Oil Spill
BP denied access to 21 government Deepwater Horizon documents
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 12:47 pm by Emily Pickrell in Deepwater drilling
A New Orleans magistrate judge has ruled that BP will not have access to 21
documents including confidential White House e-mails during the aftermath
of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/06/11/bp-denied-access-to-21-government-deepwater-horizon-documents/
Judge won't step aside in a BP obstruction case
The judge presiding over a criminal obstruction case stemming from the BP
Plc 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill said he won't recuse himself after
attorneys on both sides agreed he doesn't have a conflict of interest.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/06/11/judge-won%E2%80%99t-step-aside-in-a-bp-obstruction-case/
State News
City shares options for wastewater treatment
Hattiesburg American
It was time for show-and-tell Monday evening, as the City of Hattiesburg
held a public meeting at the Oseola McCarty Youth Development Center
regarding plans to build a new wastewater treatment system.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120612/NEWS01/206120321/City-shares-options-wastewater-treatment
Hernando Gets Cleanup Grant
WREG
(DeSoto County, MS) The Federal government is giving Hernando, MS $400,000
to identify what's called "brownfield" sites.
http://wreg.com/2012/06/04/hernando-gets-cleanup-grant/
Feds designate critical habitat for endangered Mississippi gopher frog
By The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is designating
nearly 6,500 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as critical habitat for the
endangered Mississippi gopher frog -- the only endangered or threatened
frog in the Southeast.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/06/feds_designate_critical_habita.html
Jackson County extends Mississippi Gasification lease
By April M. Havens
The Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Jackson County Supervisors agreed this morning
to extend a lease with Mississippi Gasification, a company that wants to
bring a high-dollar plant to the old International Paper Co. site in Moss
Point.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/06/jackson_county_extends_mississ.html
Landowners along river eligible for wetlands-conservation program
by MBJ Staff
Published: June 11,2012
WEST MISSISSIPPI — Owners of land along the Mississippi River in
Mississippi may be eligible for financial and technical assistance with
increasing bottomland forest acreage and enhancing water quality under the
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP), part of the Wetlands Reserve
Program. Eligible land is between the Mississippi River and the river's
primary levees. These lands are called "batture" lands and are in the
river's active floodplain.
http://msbusiness.com/2012/06/landowners-along-river-eligible-for-wetlands-conservation-program/
National News
Engine-idling laws get little enforcement and not much respect across US
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2:14 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — Jodi Miller likes her coffee as much as anyone, but she
admits to feeling guilty idling her car with a half-dozen others at a
coffee shack on a residential street corner.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/engine-idling-laws-get-little-enforcement-and-not-much-respect-across-us/2012/06/12/gJQABRKfWV_story.html
Ethanol's Long Boom Stalls
Fuel-Additive Plants Close as Gasoline Demand Falls, Federal Mandates Are
Met
Wall Street Journal
By MARK PETERS
WALHALLA, N.D.—For years, the biggest employer in this city of 1,000
people near the Canadian border was the ethanol plant on County Road 9,
which pumped out the corn-based fuel additive to satisfy demand driven by
federal mandates requiring its use in gasoline.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303395604577434782358634706.html
EPA chief says agency rules not to blame for problems facing coal industry
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 06/11/12 09:18 AM ET
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson says that her
policies aren't the cause of stiff headwinds facing the coal industry.
"[I]n my opinion the problem for coal right now is entirely economic,"
Jackson tells the Guardian in an interview published Monday.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/231991-epa-chief-dont-blame-enviro-rules-for-coals-woes
Bank of America Pledges $50 Billion to Combat Climate Change
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) said it will contribute $50 billion over the
next 10 years to address climate change, the latest company to boost its
investments toward environmental goals.
http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=1525641
Advocates say old Japanese composting method can be new way to solve food
waste problems
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2:33 AM
MIDDLETON, Mass. — Down the back stairs of the clubhouse kitchen, on a plot
lost among the expanse of tightly trimmed fairways and greens, weeks-old
food is buried under a tarp and mulch and left to decompose.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/advocates-say-old-japanese-composting-method-can-be-new-way-to-solve-food-waste-problems/2012/06/12/gJQAa2RgWV_story.html
Poll: Americans know how to save energy, but balk
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — When it comes to saving energy, people in the United States
know that driving a fuel-efficient car accomplishes more than turning off
the lights at home.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP2a51a319a01f4f90929c721a367856ea.html
Ohio passes fracking law
Ohio has adopted legislation that requires energy companies to disclose to
healthcare providers the components of fluids used in natural gas
operations.
UPI
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 12 (UPI) -- Ohio has adopted legislation that requires
energy companies to disclose to healthcare providers the components of
fluids used in natural gas operations.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/06/12/Ohio-passes-fracking-law/UPI-51971339497616/?spt=hs&or=er
Opinion
Tom Fanning: The Natural Gas Skeptic
'Nobody can sit here and tell me that it's going to be safe forever, safe
in terms of economics and reliability,' says the Southern Company CEO.
Wall Street Journal
Tom Fanning By JOSEPH RAGO
'I'm here to talk about what we're calling an 'all of the above' energy
strategy," President Obama said the other day. Funny, Mitt Romney also
calls it that. Everyone in Washington calls it that, and everyone claims
to be in favor of it too: natural gas, solar, coal, biofuels, hydro,
nuclear, oil, wind, the works. But almost nobody supports "all of the
above," not really.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wgWeb3O3LNoJ:online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303448404577410473497091202.html
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