Oil Spill
Coast's oyster industry is back!
Sea Coast Echo
By Geoff Belcher
Nov 10, 2012, 00:02
After suffering through two consecutive years of disasters, the Mississippi
Gulf Coast industry this week roared back to life.
http://12.68.233.230/40/article_6410.shtml#.UKI-kYfXYjk
Broadband business owner has message for Governor Bryant
WLOX
Governor Bryant's recent remarks about the economic potential of broadband
caught the attention of a coast business owner.
http://www.wlox.com/story/20077026/broadband-business-owner-has-message-for-governor-bryant
Gulf Coast Research Lab's new head Eric Powell focused on oyster habitat
AP
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Eric Powell, the recently appointed head of
the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, says he's acquainting himself with the
depth and breadth of the lab's oil spill research.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/11/gulf_coast_research_labs_new_h.html#incart_river
Criminal probe of Gulf spill could be key to civil resolution
Posted on November 12, 2012 at 6:54 am by Harry R. Weber
Houston Chronicle
A protracted criminal investigation of the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico rig
explosion and oil spill may be holding up civil settlements that could
result in multibillion-dollar fines against BP and other companies linked
to the disaster.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/11/12/criminal-probe-of-gulf-spill-could-be-key-to-civil-resolution/
BP oil spill cash benefits shorebird, sea turtle habitats
Birds, turtles get habitat funding
Pensacola News Journal
About $6.3 million of a $9 million allocation from BP will be spent to
restore shorebird nesting habitats and improve sea turtle lighting in
Northwest Florida, including the beaches of Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties and Gulf Islands National Seashore.
http://www.pnj.com/article/20121109/NEWS01/311090033/BP-oil-spill-cash-benefits-shorebird-sea-turtle-habitats
Alabama agencies, cities to split $8 million in BP tourism grants
Al.com
Nearly two dozen nonprofit groups and government agencies in Alabama will
share $8.3 million in BP funds that were awarded to promote Gulf Coast
tourism and seafood industries in states impacted by the 2010 oil spill
Patrick Juneau, administrator of the claims process for the 2010 Gulf oil
spill, announced the first round of Gulf Tourism and Seafood Promotional
Fund grants on Wednesday.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/11/alabama_agencies_cities_to_spl.html
BP Oil Spill Grants: Who Gets What
Fox15
(MOBILE, Ala.) - A cemetery and a neighborhood association are among dozens
of organizations in Florida chosen to receive grants to promote gulf
tourism and seafood.
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/story/BP-Oil-Spill-Grants-Who-Gets-What/KWhpRCGNbUeMAOWhUozppA.cspx?rss=217
Oil-spill repairs' pace too slow, state claims
Daily Comet
By Nikki Buskey
Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
BP's early program to repair environmental damage from its 2010 oil spill
is not moving quickly enough, Louisiana officials said.
Federal officials have announced the next round of early restoration
projects paid for through $1 billion BP set aside. But while there is money
to restore turtle and bird habitat in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi,
there is no money for Louisiana.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20121110/ARTICLES/121119998/1211/NEWS01?Title=Oil-spill-repairs-8217-pace-too-slow-state-claims
Ex-BP Engineer Seeks Dismissal of Spill Criminal Charge
Bloomberg
By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allen Johnson Jr. - Nov 8, 2012
A former BP Plc (BP/) engineer charged with destroying evidence about the
2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill asked a judge to dismiss one of the two
charges against him.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-11-08/ex-bp-engineer-seeks-dismissal-of-spill-criminal-charge.html
State News
Jackson lab owner Tennie White charged in federal indictment
Clarion Ledger
An owner and sole operator of an environmental laboratory has been charged
in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi with
falsification of records and obstructing a federal criminal investigation,
announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Gregory K.
Davis and Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno of the Justice
Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20121109/NEWS/121109006/Jackson-lab-owner-Tennie-White-charged-federal-indictment-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7C
Environmental lab owner charged with falsifying records
by Associated Press
Published: November 12,2012
JACKSON — The owner of an environmental laboratory in Mississippi has been
charged with falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples that she
was hired to test.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/12/environmental-lab-owner-charged-with-falisfying-records/
Folks get prepared as oil companies look to Mississippi
WLOX
SUMMIT, MS (Mississippi News Now) - As Mississippi leaders look in the
state's own back yard for oil and gas, many residents and businesses are
wondering how to get a fair deal in leasing their land for drilling
techniques like hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. To get better prepared,
a Thrive America conference is helping out.
http://www.wlox.com/story/20056416/folks-get-prepared-as-oil-companies-look-to-mississippi
Mississippi Universities Collaborate With National Labs
MPB
BY SANDRA KNISPEL | PUBLISHED 12 NOV 2012 08:43PM
National laboratories need qualified scientists and their ideas.
Mississippi's research universities meanwhile need to find new avenues to
finance their projects, and job opportunities for their graduates. MPB's
Sandra Knispel reports on a new initiative to expand the cooperation
between both sides.
http://mpbonline.org/News/article/421mississippis_universities_collaborate_with_national_labs
Officials estimate sluggish growth in state revenue
Figures to guide budgeting process
Clarion Ledger
With economic recovery sluggish, lawmakers and Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday
agreed to growth estimates of less than 2 percent for the rest of the
current fiscal year and next.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20121113/NEWS/311120062/Officials-estimate-sluggish-growth-state-revenue
National News
U.S. Redraws World Oil Map
Shale Boom Puts America on Track to Surpass Saudi Arabia in Production by
2020
Wall Street Journal
By BENOÎT FAUCON And KEITH JOHNSON
A shale-oil boom will help the U.S. overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's
largest oil producer by 2020, according to the International Energy
Agency, a shift that could transform not just energy supplies but also
U.S. politics and diplomacy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324073504578115152144093088.html
EPA official hopeful on gas drilling study
AP
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A top official with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency is optimistic that a nationwide project examining natural gas
hydraulic fracturing and potential drinking water impacts will provide
comprehensive guidelines to help scientists and the public identify the key
issues to focus on. But the industry said past studies have already shown
the process is safe.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-11-09/epa-official-hopeful-on-gas-drilling-study
Dead zone: Gulf Coast pays price for runoff from Midwest farms
Des Moines Register
CHAUVIN, La. -- Generations of shrimpers, crabbers and oystermen have set
out from this bayou village to net their catch.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20121111/NEWS01/211110334/Farm-runoff-growing-concern-Gulf
Scientists size up area of hypoxia in the Gulf
The Pelican, a research vessel working the Gulf waters off Louisiana's
coast, was transformed at each sampling stop into a whir of activity during
its monitoring cruise in July.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20121112/NEWS01/311120003/Scientists-size-up-area-hypoxia-Gulf?nclick_check=1
Opposition threatens Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan
Washington Post
By Darryl Fears, Published: November 11
The embattled Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan is being hit by opponents from
both the left and right.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/opposition-threatens-chesapeake-bay-cleanup-plan/2012/11/11/695db02a-13c1-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html
EU postpones airline emissions rule
Politico
By: Kathryn A. Wolfe and Burgess Everett
November 13, 2012 04:25 AM EST
A day before Congress is set to clear a bill to shield U.S. airlines from
an EU emissions regulation, the Europeans blinked.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83731.html?hp=r7
House to defy ozone treaty, allow sale of asthma inhalers
The Hill
By Pete Kasperowicz - 11/12/12 08:52 AM ET
The House is looking to pass legislation this week that would legalize the
sale of 1 million asthma inhalers, which were banned from drugstore shelves
this year in order to comply with an international air quality treaty.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/267283-house-to-defy-ozone-treaty-allow-sale-of-asthma-inhalers
