Oil Spill
GoCoast 2020 Commission sets three public meetings, starting Tuesday
evening in Gautier
Mississippi Press
Monday, October 01, 2012, 9:20 AM
By Gareth Clary
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- The GoCoast 2020 Commission, a distinguished group
of south Mississippi movers and shakers who will help steer millions in BP
oil spill fine money, has announced three "listening sessions" this week,
beginning Tuesday night in Jackson County.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/10/01/4219134/state-senator-gives-jackson-county.html
Possible RESTORE Act Raid
WKRG
GULF SHORES, Alabama --
Two and a half years after BP oil coated our coast, the fight for the gulf
coast to be "made whole" may have a new twist. "I think it's terrible for
the state of Alabama and it just smells like politics at it's worse," says
Gulf Shores mayor Robert Craft.
http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/oct/01/p-ar-4664620/
BP Spill Judge Rejects Claims for Loss of Recreational Use
Bloomberg
By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins on October 01, 2012
BP Plc (BP/) won't face damages claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil
spill brought by recreational users, company-branded gas station owners and
businesses alleging loss of reputation, a judge ruled.
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/335456?type=bloomberg
State News
Landfill Expansion Request Denied
Fox 40
Trash may be is piling up but it won't be doubling up at a Clinton
landfill.
Faircloth Rubbish wanted to expand by 29 acres on land they already own.
http://www.fox40tv.com/news/local/story/Landfill-Expansion-Request-Denied/jusgFIXUIECZrMJiWwDp1g.cspx
Wicker Tours Lignite Plant
WTOK
Wicker also spent time in Kemper County as he visited the new lignite plant
being built by Mississippi Power Co.
http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Wicker-Tours-Lignite-Plant-172177421.html
County: No to new water district
By Terri Ferguson Smith
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN — County officials have no plans to enter into an agreement
with the city of Meridian to form a controversial new water and wastewater
district.
http://meridianstar.com/local/x403304018/County-No-to-new-water-district
Bryant touts workforce training, says he wants to weld
Sun Herald
By MICHAEL NEWSOM — mmnewsom@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday the state is poised to establish
more workforce training programs for jobs in welding, carpentry and a
variety of other technical trades, which he said are in high demand.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/10/01/4219177/bryant-touts-workforce-training.html
National News
Mississippi gopher frog habitat designation called 'land grab'
Tuesday, October 02, 2012, 6:57 AM
By The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- A property rights nonprofit says the federal
government made an illegal land grab by listing 1,500 acres of private land
in St. Tammany Parish as critical habitat for the endangered dusky gopher
frog.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/10/mississippi_gopher_frog_habita.html
California cap and trade law sets framework for spending revenue
By Dale Kasler — The Sacramento Bee
While businesses deride California's new restrictions on greenhouse-gas
emissions as a giant tax, lawmakers have taken steps to carve up the money.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/10/02/4219553/california-cap-and-trade-law-sets.html
Cabot's Methodology Links Tainted Water Wells to Gas Fracking
Bloomberg
By Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou Jr. - Oct 2, 2012
Methane in two Pennsylvania water wells has a chemical fingerprint that
links it to natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing, evidence that
such drilling can pollute drinking water.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-02/cabot-s-methodology-links-tainted-water-wells-to-gas-fracking.html
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson praises Clean Water Act benefits, says more
work is needed
Times Picayune
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and New Orleans native Lisa
Jackson told a gathering of water environment professionals on Monday that
the Clean Water Act has kept tens of billions of pounds of sewage,
chemicals and trash out of the nation's waterways during the past 40 years.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/10/epa_administrator_lisa_jackson.html#
GOP looks to force reforms on EPA's Science Advisory Board
The Hill
By Pete Kasperowicz - 10/01/12 10:41 AM ET
House Republicans introduced a bill late last week that would require the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reform its Science Advisory Board,
the body that acts as a scientific adviser to the EPA as the EPA writes
regulations.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/259441-gop-looks-to-force-reforms-on-epas-science-advisory-board
