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Oil Spill
Transocean oil spill settlement heads to court
By The Associated Press
updated January 09, 2013 at 3:50 AM
NEW ORLEANS — Transocean Ltd. is scheduled to make an initial court
appearance in New Orleans Wednesday for its plea agreement with the Justice
Department over the company's role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/01/transocean_spill_settlement_he.html#incart_river
City preparing claim against BP
By ZACK McDONALD / The News Herald
Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 20:58 PM.
PANAMA CITY — Negotiations are in motion for a claim against BP, as of
Tuesday's Panama City Commission meeting.
http://www.newsherald.com/news/government/city-preparing-claim-against-bp-1.76090
BP Oil Spill Cleanup Waste is Cause for Concern
WJHG (FL)
Local and national officials for the NAACP are worried about potentially
hazardous waste that's getting dumped in a Jackson County landfill. Tar
Balls, the clean up material from the BP Oil Spill, is getting dumped at
the Campbellton landfill. NAACP officials are looking for answers to
concerning questions.
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/BP-Oil-Spill-Cleanup-Waste-is-Cause-for-Concern-186084291.html
State News
Lane reopens hours after fiery tanker crash
Crews work to clean up wreck on I-55 in Madison County
WAPT
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. —At least one lane of Interstate 55 was open in
Madison County Wednesday morning, hours after a fiery tanker truck crash
closed the highway for hours.
…The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and emergency crews
were at the scene working to clean up the wreckage.
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/Lane-reopens-hours-after-fiery-tanker-crash/-/9156946/18062878/-/4rf5vg/-/index.html
1 lane reopened after I-55 tanker crash
WLBT
MADISON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) -Officials have reopened one lane
on Interstate 55 northbound after an 18 wheeler accident shut down the
interstate in Madison County Wednesday morning. Clean-up will likely take
hours, but Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say the
roadway should be completely operational by noon.
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/20539901/i55n-shut-down-by-tanker-accident
MSU, Starkville see growth in recycling programs
Commercial Dispatch
January 8, 2013 10:25:12 AM
Micah Green - mgreen@cdispatch.com
Spoiler alert: This newspaper will probably be thrown away.
According to a report from the Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality, about 10 million tons of newsprint is thrown away each year in the
United States.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=21423
PEER recommends changes to PERS administration
by MBJ Staff
Published: January 8,2013
JACKSON — The PEER Committee has released a report on its review of the
Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS).
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/peer-recommends-changes-to-pers-administration/
National News
La. officials deny EPA violation claim
BY AMY WOLD
Baton Rouge Advocate
January 09, 2013
State environmental quality officials said Tuesday that they followed the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's instructions on submitting a plan to
reduce ozone, but they are unsure why Louisiana was included on a list of
states that failed to do so.
http://theadvocate.com/news/4857803-123/la-officials-deny-epa-violation
NOAA: 2012 broke U.S. heat records
By Matt Smit
CNN
(CNN) -- The past year saw a mild winter give way to a balmier-than-normal
spring, followed by a sweltering summer and high temperatures that lingered
into the fall, all punctuated by extreme drought and intense storms.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/us/extreme-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Opinion
EPA vacancy gives Obama a fresh chance to defend environment
JANUARY 09, 2013
Boston Globe
LISA JACKSON, the outgoing administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, stood up to intense industry pressure in announcing that carbon
dioxide and other gases that contribute to global warming should be viewed
as pollutants, and thus subject to regulation by her office.
http://bostonglobe.com/editorial/2013/01/09/epa-vacancy-gives-obama-fresh-chance-defend-environment/XRiWCz3rMsx2Q6SvrzvHEN/story.html
