Oil Spill
Did more bacteria put people at risk after the oil spill? Scientists say
it's hard to say
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON
GULFPORT -- Vibrio vulnificus flourished after the BP oil spill, like other
bacteria in the Gulf that eat oil. The difference is that Vibrio
vulnificus eats people as well.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/08/04/4105591/did-more-bacteria-put-people-at.html
Conference aims to clear up BP settlement confusion for affected fishermen
WWL
WESTWEGO, La. -- Several hundred people who make a living off local
fisheries convened at the Alario Center in Westwego on Saturday. They
carefully listened to presentations that could help make or break their
livelihoods.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Conference-aims-to-clear-up-BP-settlement-confusion-for-affected-fishermen-165017076.html#
Former Interior official laments that public has forgotten about Gulf oil
spill
The Hill
By Zack Colman - 08/03/12 11:54 AM ET
A former Interior Department official said Friday that growing public
support for increased offshore drilling shows people have been too quick to
forget the 2010 Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling explosion.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/242093-former-interiror-official-public-forgot-about-oil-disaster-too-quickly
Counting the cost of the Deepwater Horizon spill
ABC
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Environmentalists and fishing industry veterans say it
could be years before they know the full impact of the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago.
http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2012/s3560729.htm
State News
APNewsBreak: US auditing post-Katrina sewer cash
AP
BILOXI, Miss. – Federal housing authorities are auditing the use of more
than $650 million in grants designated for an ambitious plan for sewage and
water systems across south Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,
The Associated Press has learned.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/06/apnewsbreak-us-auditing-post-katrina-sewer-cash/
Cleanup wraps up at Davis Timber
Hattiesburg American
Within the next few weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency should be
putting the finishing touches on the multi-million-dollar purification of
the former Davis Timber Co. site.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120805/NEWS01/208050334/Cleanup-wraps-up-Davis-Timber?nclick_check=1
Dozens hold hands on the beach in protest
WLOX
Saturday at noon people across the world simultaneously joined hands on the
beach, sending a message to say no to drilling off the shoreline.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19197048/dozens-hold-hands-on-the-beach-in-protest
Hands Across the Sand event focuses on offshore drilling, gas exploration
Sun Herald
BILOXI -- Lining the beach with linked hands, people from across the Gulf
Coast stood along Biloxi Beach on Saturday to voice their opposition over
offshore drilling and gas activities.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/08/04/4105301/hands-across-the-sand-event-focuses.html
Southern Miss marine mammal research program has global reach
Monday, August 06, 2012, 7:38 AM
By Special to The Mississippi Press
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi -- While the Gulf Coast draws crowds this time of
year for summer recreation, University of Southern Mississippi graduate
student Christina Perazio takes to the coastal waters of Mississippi for
scientific pursuits that center primarily on the study of dolphins.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2012/08/usms_marine_mammal_research_pr.html
National News
Fish Kills in Midwest Rise As Drought Effects Intensify
AP
LINCOLN, Neb.—Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, arid
summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some
spots to nearly 100 degrees.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443792604577571531181771286.html
Replacing Water Meters to Cut Costs Across Texas
NY Times
By JOHN WAYNE FERGUSON
ROUND ROCK, Tex. — Early one recent morning, Buddy Franklin and a team of
utility workers descended on the Rock Hollow neighborhood in this Austin
suburb. They went from house to house with one mission: to install new
electronic water meters that change how the city records, and bills for,
water use.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/us/water-meters-are-being-replaced-across-texas.html?ref=earth&pagewanted=print
