Oil Spill
GoCoast 2020 Commission gives Jackson County leaders update on its work
Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Mississippi's commission created to offer advice
on how to best invest the state's portion of federal RESTORE Act funds
anticipated as a result of the BP oil spill is ready to prepare a final
report for the governor.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/11/gocoast_2020_commission_gives.html#incart_river
Mississippi focusing on overall needs BP fine money will fund
Sun Herald
By LEIGHANNE LOCKHART — llockhart@sunherald.com
JACKSON COUNTY -- There are still no settlements in place for RESTORE Act
money, GoCoast2020 representatives told local officials Tuesday in
Pascagoula.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/11/06/4287308/state-focuses-on-overall-needs.html
2 more BP spill early restoration projects gain preliminary approval
Times Picayune
Two projects to restore nesting areas for shorebirds and sea turtles in
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, totaling $9 million, have received
preliminary approval from federal and state trustees for the BP oil spill,
according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. BP will
pay for the projects from a $1 billion fund the company has set aside after
an explosion at its deep water Macondo well sent 4.1 million barrels of oil
into the Gulf in 2010.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/11/two_more_bp_spill_early_restor.html
Fairness hearing on proposed BP oil spill settlement slated for Thursday in
New Orleans
Times Picayune
More than a year-and-a-half in the making, Thursday's fairness hearing in
New Orleans on the proposed BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlements on
private economic damage, property and health claims will include testimony
from the plaintiffs' lawyers, BP's counsel and a host of potential
objectors to the deal. If they stand, the settlements could eventually pay
out more than $7.8 billion and resolve tens of thousands of oil spill
claims.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2012/11/fairness_hearing_on_proposed_b.html
National News
Cleanup Poses Towering Task
Wall Street Journal
Municipalities across Greater New York are straining under the task of
carting away a mountain of debris left by Sandy, an effort that could last
months and that has disrupted garbage pickup for homes not otherwise
affected by the storm.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324439804578103424245041016.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6
Ousted Duke Energy CEO to head Tennessee Valley Authority
The Hill
By Zack Colman - 11/05/12 02:59 PM ET
The former head of Progress Energy has been tapped to lead the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA), the federally owned electric utility announced
Monday.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/265951-former-progress-ousted-duke-ceo-to-head-tennessee-valley-authority
