Oil Spill
Government, BP challenge ruling limiting rig owner's liability in Gulf oil
spill
Emily Pickrell
© 2012 Houston Chronicle
Published: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:23 p.m.
The Justice Department and BP are appealing a court ruling limiting
Transocean's liability for oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in the 2010
Deepwater Horizon disaster.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120921/WIRE/120929922
After Spill, Gulf Oil Drilling Rebounds
Production Dipped After Deepwater Horizon Disaster; New Finds Will Lift
Output 28% in a Decade
Wall Street Journal
After a steep drop in oil production in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon
disaster, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is set for an energy boom.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443890304578008573749823206.html
Cleaning up oil spills with magnets and nanotechnology
CNN
(CNN) -- Oil companies could soon be using an innovative new technique
involving nanotechnology and magnets to help clean up offshore oil spills.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/21/tech/oil-spill-magnets/index.html
State News
Don't stick others with your problem
Bolivar Commercial
by Rory Doyle
09.21.12 - 03:33 pm
South Street Pharmacy of Cleveland is taking part in a new medical sharps
disposal program instituted by the Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/20233342/article-Don-t-stick-others-with-your-problem?instance=main_article
Beach-erosion experiment passes Isaac's test; scientists 'elated'
by MBJ Staff
Published: September 24,2012
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Scientists at Mississippi State University have
been working to find an inexpensive, attractive way to keep the sand on the
26 miles of manmade beach between Biloxi and Pass Christian, and Hurricane
Isaac tested their experimental site.
http://msbusiness.com/2012/09/beach-erosion-experiment-passes-isaacs-test-scientists-elated/
Beach back for one final summer fling
WLOX
On the last Friday of summer, beach lovers get a bit of a reprieve.
A second section of Biloxi's waterfront is once again open to the public.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality tests show the area between
Travia Street to Iberville Drive is safe. Therefore, that area will reopen
on Friday morning.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19603389/beach-back-for-one-final-summer-fling
Court ruling allows beach clean up in Ocean Springs
WLOX
Jackson County work crews began removing Hurricane Isaac storm debris from
the beaches of Ocean Springs early Friday morning. The post-storm clean-up
was delayed because the issue of beach ownership is involved in an ongoing
court case.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19605216/court-ruling-allows-beach-clean-up-in-ocean-springs
Ocean Springs, Pascagoula beaches to be cleaned after judge's ruling
Friday, September 21, 2012, 11:18 AM
By April M. Havens, The Mississippi Press
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Jackson County road crews are out cleaning
Front Beach in Ocean Springs today, Supervisor John McKay said, after
Special Chancellor Robert Lancaster gave the county the go-ahead.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/09/ocean_springs_pascagoula_beach.html
Long Beach alderman wants hurricane trash ordinance
WLOX
We are still months away from the end of hurricane season and should a
major hurricane bear down on the coast, a Long Beach aldermen believes
damage caused by a neighbor's unsecured trash shouldn't be a worry.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19613765/long-beach-alderman-wants-hurricane-trash-ordinance
FEMA approves more than $11 million statewide in Isaac disaster recovery
Published: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 6:05 AM
By Beverly Tuskan, The Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- In the wake of Hurricane Isaac, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency has approved $11,133,436 in statewide federal
grant assistance, FEMA spokesman Tim Tyson said.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/09/fema_approves_more_than_11_mil.html
WPPD To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs
Daily Times Leader
The WPPD has already collected a box load of old prescription medications
and will open the WPPD this Saturday for residents to drop off more
unwanted meds.
http://www.dailytimesleader.com/content/wppd-collect-unwanted-prescription-drugs
Volunteers want to help South Mississippi's wildlife
WLOX
It has been helping rescue and rehabilitate injured animals for more than a
decade. Sunday the Wildlife Care and Rescue Center held a volunteer calling
at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, hoping to attract people who share the same love
and passion it does for South Mississippi's wildlife.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19617748/volunteers-want-to-help-south-mississippis-wildlife
National News
EPA investigators launch criminal investigation into Calif. refinery,
unrelated to Aug. fire
By Associated Press, Published: September 23
RICHMOND, Calif. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a
criminal investigation of Chevron after learning the company had been
routing pollutants around monitoring equipment at its Richmond refinery and
burning them off into the atmosphere.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-investigators-launch-criminal-investigation-into-calif-refinery-unrelated-to-aug-fire/2012/09/23/33712d52-05ca-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_print.html
EPA replaces 'crucify' administrator
Politico
By: Erica Martinson
September 24, 2012 04:32 AM EDT
Ron Curry, an academic and former New Mexico Cabinet secretary for the
environment, has been appointed as the new administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6, EPA chief Lisa Jackson told
staff Friday in an email.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81573.html?hp=r14
Christie vetoes fracking wastewater ban
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill Friday that would have
banned wastewater generated by gas drilling from being treated or disposed
of in New Jersey.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP070bafcb3424410a967ecc0fe54492cb.html
How 'Silent Spring' Ignited the Environmental Movement
NY Times Magazine
By ELIZA GRISWOLD
On June 4, 1963, less than a year after the controversial environmental
classic "Silent Spring" was published, its author, Rachel Carson, testified
before a Senate subcommittee on pesticides. She was 56 and dying of breast
cancer. She told almost no one. She'd already survived a radical
mastectomy. Her pelvis was so riddled with fractures that it was nearly
impossible for her to walk to her seat at the wooden table before the
Congressional panel. To hide her baldness, she wore a dark brown wig.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html?ref=earth&_r=0&pagewanted=print
Pension Crisis Looms Despite Cuts
Almost Every State Trims Public-Employee Benefits but $900 Billion
Retirement Funding Gap Remains
Wall Street Journal
By MICHAEL CORKERY
Almost every state in the U.S. has made cuts to its public-employee
pensions, seeking to dig out from the economic downturn, but so far the
measures have fallen well short of bridging a nearly $1 trillion funding
gap.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443890304578010752828935688.html
Opinion
Hurricane Isaac showed that BP oil-spill woes remain
Sunday, September 23, 2012, 8:56 PM
By Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune
It's been three weeks since Hurricane Isaac punched up the region, but a
12-mile section of our coast from Caminada Pass to Pass Fourchon remains
closed to fishing -- and any other activities.
http://www.nola.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/09/hurricane_isaac_showed_that_bp.html
After Hurricane Isaac, a chance to finish cleaning up beaches: Mike Utsler
Published: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 7:40 AM
By Contributing Op-Ed columnist
Isaac was the first hurricane to strike the Gulf Coast region since the
Deepwater Horizon accident of 2010. There were predictions that substantial
amounts of residual oil related to the accident would wash ashore, setting
back the area's recovery efforts.
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/09/after_hurricane_isaac_a_chance.html
Make sure BP does its job
Editorial – Houma Today
Published: Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 10:44 p.m.
The long and frustrating effort to get BP to sufficiently clean up the oil
that remains on and near Louisiana's coast has not gotten any easier since
Hurricane Isaac.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120922/OPINION/120929894/-1/opinion?Title=Make-sure-BP-does-its-job
Ten Reasons To Care That E15 Ethanol Is On The Way To Your Gas Station
Forbes
In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a challenge by automakers and
other groups seeking to overturn the EPA's previous approval of E15
automotive fuel containing 50% more ethanol. Brought forth by the Alliance
of Automobile Manufacturers, Global Automakers, the Grocery Manufacturers
Association and the petroleum industry, the suit charged that the provision
would likely cause a "concrete" and "imminent" injury to any automaker,
refiner or food processor.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/09/23/ten-reasons-to-care-that-e15-ethanol-is-on-the-way-to-your-gas-station/
