Russian giant Rosneft buys out TNK-BP from tycoons, BP
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, October 22, 6:39 AM
LONDON — Russian oil giant Rosneft is to buy TNK-BP, the joint venture
between AAR, a group of Russian oil oligarchs, and BP, the British the
energy company.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/bp-confirms-talks-with-rosneft-to-sell-tnk-bp-stake-no-deal-yet/2012/10/22/e58f1674-1c19-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_print.html
BP's future hinges on outcome of Russian oil-venture deal, charges in gulf
oil spill
Washington Post
By Steven Mufson, Published: October 20 | Updated: Sunday, October 21, 1:40
PM
The oil giant BP is staring at two giant decisions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bps-future-hinges-on-outcome-of-russian-oil-venture-deal-charges-in-gulf-oil-spill/2012/10/20/ec975f6a-195a-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_print.html
Environmental groups oppose BP settlement
Houma Today
By Nikki Buskey
Published: Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Environmental groups are crying foul after recent reports that BP has
offered to settle environmental damage fines related to the 2010 Gulf oil
spill for $16 billion to $18 billion.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20121020/ARTICLES/121029996/1211/news01?Title=Environmental-groups-oppose-BP-settlement
Bentley Fighing to Get Money from Restore Act
(POINT CLEAR, Ala.) - Governor Robert Bentley said Sunday he's working to
get Gulf Coast states as much money(Embedded image moved to file:
pic17451.jpg) as possible from the Restore Act.
http://www.utv44.com/news/local/story/Bentley-Fighing-to-Get-Money-from-Restore-Act/RYO9mS2X3U-n6gLlHC1Log.cspx
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.): Hands off the
RESTORE Act
By AN EDITORIAL OPINION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS (Fort Walton
Beach, Fla.)
Until a few days ago, we thought the biggest challenge facing states that
expect to receive RESTORE Act dollars would be spending the money in a
transparent, aboveboard fashion. Then everything got more complicated.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/10/21/4254121/the-northwest-florida-daily-news.html
State News
Recycling expanded at MS Coastal Clean up
WLOX
Less of the trash from the Mississippi Coastal clean up will end up in a
landfill as more volunteers get the chance to go green.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19871411/recycling-expanded-at-ms-coastal-clean-up
Volunteers make 24th annual Coast Cleanup a success (updated)
Mississippi Press
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi --- Aubrey Brink beamed with pride at her find.
One of the hundreds of Jackson County volunteers who turned out for
Saturday's 24th annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, Brink had found, in
amongst the debris and trash she and many others picked up Saturday
morning, a tiny turtle.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/10/volunteers_make_24th_coast_cle.html#incart_river
UA hears proposal from local land owner
Picayune Item
By Jeremy Pittari
PICAYUNE — A local land owner presented a proposition to the Pearl River
County Utility Authority during its meeting Thursday afternoon.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x688444096/UA-hears-proposal-from-local-land-owner
Hazardous waste collection Saturday
The Picayune Item
PICAYUNE — Pearl River County Fire Marshal Albert Lee wants to remind
residents who may have hazardous waste and debris damage from Hurricane
Isaac, that he will be at a collection site that will accept household
hazardous waste on Saturday from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x1200640574/Hazardous-waste-collection-Saturday
Mississippi Power files updated assumptions
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN — As part of its ongoing review process for the Kemper County
energy facility project, Mississippi Power filed updated assumptions to
both cost and schedule in its monthly construction report to the
Mississippi Public Service Commission.
http://meridianstar.com/local/x1400189322/Mississippi-Power-files-updated-assumptions
Army Corp To Lay 1,000-Acres Of Protective Concrete
MPB
PUBLISHED BY JEFFREY HESS ON 19 OCT 2012 03:45PM
The low river level along the Mississippi River is giving the Army Corp of
Engineers two additional months to repair and shore up the levees. MPB's
Jeffrey Hess reports a one-of-a-kind machine is laying protective concrete
squares called mats.
http://mpbonline.org/News/article/army_corp_to_lay_1000_acres_of_protective_concrete
Hairy crazy ants in South Mississippi to stay, experts say
Sun Herald
Looks like the Coast is stuck with hairy crazy ants.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/10/20/4255687/hairy-crazy-ants-in-south-mississippi.html
Light sentences, expunged records prompt officials to call for new laws
Clarion Ledger
Margaret Cooper stole from the Mississippi Crime Stoppers program she
directed, using the money to pay for movie tickets, hair appointments and
trips to the vet for her pet.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20121021/NEWS/310210041/Light-sentences-expunged-records-prompt-officials-call-new-laws?odyssey=nav%7Chead
National News
Obama's record: Environmental agenda pushes sweeping attack on air
pollution
Washington Post
By Juliet Eilperin, Published: October 21
The day after the November 2010 elections made clear President Obama's
greenhouse-gas legislation was doomed, he vowed to keep trying to curb
emissions linked to global warming. There's more than one way of "skinning
the cat," he told reporters.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obamas-record-environmental-agenda-pushes-sweeping-attack-on-air-pollution/2012/10/21/44173f74-f603-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_print.html
WHY IT MATTERS: Clean air and water, but at what price?
By Associated Press, Published: October 19
The issue:
Everyone wants clean air and water. But people also want to drive their
cars whenever they wish and light up a room by flipping a switch. It's a
never-ending balancing act for government as it tries to protect health and
the environment while promoting economic growth and jobs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-it-matters-clean-air-and-water-but-at-what-price/2012/10/19/c6a90d94-19c3-11e2-ad4a-e5a958b60a1e_print.html
After the Boom in Natural Gas
NY Times
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and ERIC LIPTON
EVELYN, La.
THE crew of workers fought off the blistering Louisiana sun, jerking their
wrenches to tighten the fat hoses that would connect their cement trucks to
the Chesapeake Energy drill rig — one of the last two rigs the company is
still using to drill for natural gas here in the Haynesville Shale.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/business/energy-environment/in-a-natural-gas-glut-big-winners-and-losers.html?ref=earth&pagewanted=print
Opinion
Recycling Helps, but It's Not All You Can Do for the Environment
NY Times
By ALINA TUGEND
LIKE most households, we recycle pretty religiously. It's easy, though,
because our town in suburban New York allows us to throw pretty much
everything into one bin, and it gets picked up at the curb.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/20/your-money/recycling-helps-but-its-not-all-you-do-for-the-environment.html?_r=1&ref=earth&pagewanted=print
