1.11.13
Oil Spill
Court rules BP must release spill data
UPI
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The public must know about toxic materials
used in the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and their potential health
effects, a three-judge federal panel says.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/01/10/Court-rules-BP-must-release-spill-data/UPI-89881357853608/?spt=hs&or=tn
Federal appeals court in New Orleans hands rare win to environmental group
in BP oil spill case
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
updated January 10, 2013 at 7:31 AM
The ruling could require BP to reveal the hazardous materials involved in
the spill and their health effects, and make the information public.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/01/federal_appeals_court_in_new_o.html
State News
Subpoenas seek two key accounts in DMR probe
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON
BILOXI -- The Sun Herald has learned the investigation by the State
Auditor's Office into the spending practices of the Department of Marine
Resources has broadened.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/01/10/4399891/subpoenas-seek-two-key-accounts.html
Water plant deficiencies prompt fine
By CALEB BEDILLION
DAILY LEADER
Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:07 am
Brookhaven has been fined by the state Department of Environmental Quality
for deficiencies that occurred at the city's waste water treatment plant
earlier this year.
http://www.dailyleader.com/topstories/article_33cf0c64-5b48-11e2-a967-0019bb2963f4.html
City recycling program is a hit
By Jeremy Pittari
The Picayune Item
PICAYUNE — Since officially beginning in October of last year, Picayune's
recycling program has collected 15 bales of various recyclable materials.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x2056580019/City-recycling-program-is-a-hit
National News
Departing EPA chief rebukes House GOP
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 01/10/13 11:06 AM ET
Outgoing Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said
House Republicans are on the wrong side of public opinion with their push
to scuttle or delay several EPA regulations.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/276485-epa-chief-en-route-to-exit-rebukes-house-gop
EPA cites Shell Arctic drilling rigs for air emissions violations
LA Times
SEATTLE — Adding to the troubles plaguing Shell Alaska and its drilling
program in the Arctic, theEnvironmental Protection Agency announced late
Thursday that it had issued air pollution citations to both of the
company's Arctic drilling rigs for "multiple permit violations" during the
2012 drilling season.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-epa-shell-emissions-violations-20130110,0,345864.story
Opinion
We must tap energy-efficiency opportunities
Politico
By: Rep. Mike Honda and Jean-Baptiste Loire
January 10, 2013 09:25 PM EST
That President Barack Obama has already named climate change as one of his
top priorities in his second term is welcome and timely news. The failure
last month of negotiators meeting in Doha, Qatar, to reach a meaningful
international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions reminds us that
individual action will always be the best way to prevent climate change.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/we-must-tap-energy-efficiency-opportunities-86021.html?hp=l20
