Oil Spill
Tar balls threaten Hancock Co. beach project
WLOX
DEQ officials say the tar balls were unearthed by the contractor hired to
truck sand from Bay St. Louis to the Lakeshore community. They say the oil
turned up after a path was cleared on the beach so the trucks could make
their deliveries.
http://www.wlox.com/story/18742108/tar-balls-threaten-hancock-co-beach-project
BP wants to pay less than $15 billion to settle government spill claims,
London paper says
By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune
BP hopes the U.S. Justice Department will accept less than $15 billion to
settle the government's civil and criminal claims for the 2010 Gulf oil
spill, the Financial Times reports.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2012/06/bp_wants_to_pay_less_than_15_b.html
US seeks to keep internal emails from BP in spill case
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 06/08/12 10:59 AM ET
The Obama administration is seeking to keep an array of internal emails out
of BP's hands in the court battle over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil
spill.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/231739-us-seeks-to-keep-internal-emails-from-bp-in-spill-case
University of South Alabama researchers win $12.3 million in grants for BP
study
By Renee Busby, Press-Register
MOBILE, Alabama -- Two University of South Alabama researchers have won
grants totaling $12.3 million for health outreach programs, the money
stemming from a court settlement related to the BP oil spill.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/06/usa_researchers_win_123_millio.html
State News
Finding Balance Between Business and Environment
At the closing dinner for the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour, Trudy
Fisher, Executive Director of theMississippi Department of Environmental
Quality spoke to our group.
http://agwired.com/2012/06/08/finding-balance-between-business-and-environment/
MDEQ awards solid waste grant
Choctaw Plaindealer
June 7, 2012
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded
Choctaw County a solid waste assistance grant of $10,413 that will be used
by the county for employment assistance for a local solid waste enforcement
officer.
http://choctaw.winstonnewsonline.com/2012/06/07/mdeq-awards-solid-waste-grant/
Jackson Co. mother's home flooded by raw sewage
WLOX
A Jackson County mother of two is wondering how she'll ever make her home
livable again after it was flooded with several inches of raw sewage. Lisa
Holland said after she reported the problem, utility workers fixed the
pipe, but by then the damage had been done. She said figuring out who will
pay for this may turn into an even bigger mess.
http://www.wlox.com/story/18742497/jackson-co-mothers-home-flooded-by-raw-sewage
Work to resume at Mississippi Phosphates after deaths
By April M. Havens, The Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Operations are resuming today at Mississippi
Phosphates Corp.'s diammonium phosphate plant in Pascagoula, after ceasing
for several days following incidents that left two employees dead and two
injured.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/06/work_to_resume_at_mississippi.html
