Oil Spill
RESTORE Act for Gulf Coast is now law as Louisiana and others wait for the
money
Updated: Jul 06, 2012 7:19 PM CDT
Fox 8
Written by: John Snell
New Orleans, La. - President Obama's signature on the huge transportation
bill clears up one of the great mysteries surrounding the 2010 Gulf oil
spill: how the government would decide to handle billions of dollars in
fines it will reap from BP PLC and BP contractors.
http://www.fox8live.com/story/18968667/with-restore-ac
Obama signs RESTORE Act; billions headed to Gulf states
BY JORDAN BLUM
Advocate Washington bureau
July 08, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law late
Friday afternoon that will direct billions of dollars in BP oil leak fine
funds to Louisiana's coast.
The omnibus transportation bill, which includes the RESTORE Act billions
for Gulf Coast states, also gives $1.47 billion to Louisiana in highway
construction and transit funds over two years. East Baton Rouge Parish's
share is an estimated $200 million.
http://theadvocate.com/home/3285058-125/obama-signs-restore-act-billions
Obama signs transportation bill heralded as 'triple win' for Louisiana
Published: Friday, July 06, 2012, 8:30 PM
By Bruce Alpert
Times-Picayune
President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a transportation bill that
is expected to funnel billions of dollars in fines from the 2010 BP oil
spill to Louisiana and four other Gulf states. The bill is the most
significant for Louisiana adopted by the current Congress, which has been
best known for bitter partisan battles.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2012/07/president_signs_transportation.html
Louisiana won't get as much in Gulf oil spill fines as officials hoped
Published: Sunday, July 08, 2012, 6:40 AM
By Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
A close reading of the conference committee report outlining the compromise
Restore Act approved by Congress last week shows that Louisiana won't get
as many billions in Clean Water Act fines as state leaders had hoped.
Compromise language awards other states larger shares than Louisiana
officials believe they deserve.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2012/07/louisiana_wont_get_as_much_in.html
BP oil-spill fines could boost Everglades restoration
Environmentalists eye billions to shore up Florida ecology
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau – Sun Sentinel
WASHINGTON -- Everglades restoration backers are aiming to get a big piece
of the billions of dollars of fines that oil giant BP is expected to pay
for polluting the Gulf of Mexico and disrupting Florida's delicate ecology
during the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-08/news/fl-everglades-backers-seek-bp-billions-20120708_1_everglades-restoration-deepwater-horizon-future-oil-spills
Dispersant's use adds subplot to oil spill saga
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:50 am
As a federal judge considers a proposed settlement between BP and Gulf
Coast residents harmed by the 2010 oil spill, a legal subplot has developed
around workers who allege they were sickened by chemicals used to clean up
the oil.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/07/09/dispersants-use-adds-subplot-to-oil-spill-saga/
Plenty of fish in the sea: Recreational fishing makes comeback after tough
time
Hattiesburg American
By Thursday morning moonlight, Capt. Kyle Jarreau idled the Jus Add Water
out of its home in a Bay St. Louis marina.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120708/NEWS01/207080334/Plenty-fish-sea-Recreational-fishing-makes-comeback-after-tough-time
State News
2nd county rubbish site considered
Bolivar Commercial
by Rory Doyle
07.05.12 - 01:18 pm
Talks of a temporary rubbish holding site, which would serve the towns of
North Bolivar County and be placed in Shelby, are in the works.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/19232318/article-2nd-county-rubbish-site-considered?instance=latest_articles
Community members pitch in to cleanup beach
WLOX
Fourth of July celebrations left quite a mess on South Mississippi beaches.
WLOX aired a story on Thursday showing the amount of trash left behind and
that story prompted one of our own to jump into action. So Carrie Duncan
decided to do something about it.
http://www.wlox.com/story/18972606/beach-cleanup-effort-spearheaded-by-our-own-carrie-duncan
Mangrove trees showing up on Horn Island may indicate climate change
Published: Monday, July 09, 2012, 7:02 AM
By Ben Raines, Press-Register
A low shrub sitting at the mouth of the big lagoon on Horn Island provides
another piece of evidence that our climate may be changing.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/07/mangrove_trees_show_up_on_horn.html
Tagged Kemp's ridley turtles released into Gulf of Mexico (Gallery)
Published: Friday, July 06, 2012, 6:07 PM Updated: Monday, July 09,
2012, 7:11 AM
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press
GULFPORT, Mississippi -- One by one, 22 tagged Kemp's ridley sea turtles
that had been rehabilitated at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies were
released into the Gulf of Mexico south of Ship Island on Friday morning.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/07/tagged_kemps_ridley_turtles_re.html
Commission unanimously approves sea turtle study resolution
by MBJ Staff
Published: July 7,2012
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR)
unanimously approved a Sea Turtle Study Resolution, which was presented to
them for approval at the June 19 CMR meeting.
http://msbusiness.com/2012/07/commission-unanimously-approves-sea-turtle-study-resolution/
Surviving and thriving: Hatchery aims to keep fish off endangered list
by M. Scott Morris
NEMS Daily Journal
07.08.12 - 08:05 am
Sometimes nature needs a helping hand, and the staff at the Private John
Allen National Fish Hatchery is there to give it.
http://djournal.com/view/full_story/19235714/article-Surviving-and-thriving--Hatchery-aims-to-keep-fish-off-endangered-list?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Transition time: Fish hatchery in middle of makeover
by M. Scott Morris
NEMS Daily Journal
07.08.12 - 07:56 am
TUPELO – The Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery is in the middle of
a makeover and more changes are on the horizon.
http://djournal.com/view/full_story/19235410/article-Transition-time--Fish-hatchery-in-middle-of-makeover?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Analysis: Agencies seek to preserve Miss. heritage
by Emily Wagster Pettus
The Associated Press
07.09.12 - 06:00 am
JACKSON — Culture Club isn't just a 1980s British band featuring guys who
wear makeup. In Mississippi, it's the nickname that leaders of some state
agencies have jokingly given themselves.
http://djournal.com/view/full_story/19240049/article-Analysis--Agencies-seek-to-preserve-Miss--heritage?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
National News
Senate, House farm bills follow different paths
Politico
By: David Rogers
July 8, 2012 10:39 PM EDT
To look behind the numbers for the House and Senate farm bills is to see
rival visions of the government's role in agriculture — each playing on the
different ambitions and anxieties of farmers themselves.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78220.html
Opinion
What price clean air?
By George F. Will, Published: July 6
PHOENIX
The federal government is a bull that has found yet another china shop,
this time in Arizona. It seems determined to inflict, for angelic motives
and progressive goals, economic damage on this state. And economic and
social damage on Native Americans, who over the years have experienced
quite enough of that at Washington's hands.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-epa-regulations-threaten-arizonas-economy-navajos-livelihood/2012/07/06/gJQAzWFfSW_story.html
