2/21/13
Oil Spill
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council held first meeting
WLOX
Tuesday evening, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council held the
first of several public meetings to come.
http://www.wlox.com/story/21285821/gulf-coast-ecosystem-restoration-council-held-first-meeting
BP civil settlement remains elusive as trial approaches next week
By The Associated Press
updated February 20, 2013 at 1:27 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states
affected by a massive oil spill nearly three years ago have indicated they
would like to settle their environmental and economic claims with BP PLC
ahead of a trial scheduled to start next week.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/02/bp_civil_settlement_remains_el.html#incart_river
BP Witness May Help Halliburton Avoid Spill Trial Blame
Bloomberg
By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins - Feb 20,
2013
Halliburton Co. (HAL) may escape paying billions of dollars in damages for
its role in the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history thanks to
statements by a witness for codefendant BP Plc. (BP/)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-21/bp-witness-may-help-halliburton-avoid-spill-trial-blame.html
BP faces civil trial over gulf oil spill
By Julie Cart
Los Angeles Times
February 19, 2013, 7:22 p.m.
With the ink barely dry on the record-breaking $4-billion check BP wrote to
settle criminal charges stemming from itsGulf of Mexico oil spill disaster,
the energy giant now faces a protracted court battle that could cost it
billions more.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bp-trial-20130220,0,6895127.story
La. coastal restoration meetings continue
BY AMY WOLD
Baton Rouge Advocate
February 20, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Although many comments may have been more technical in nature
during a Louisiana coastal restoration and protection meeting Wednesday
night, a 9-year-old boy from Ascension Parish summed up the general feeling
among attendees.
http://theadvocate.com/news/5230771-123/coastal-restoration-meetings-continue
How should BP oil spill fines be spent?
Houma Today
By Nikki Buskey
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 9:46 p.m.
Residents asked the council tasked with distributing billions in BP oil
spill fine money to act with urgency and make use of the numerous plans and
programs already in place to restore Louisiana's coast.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130219/ARTICLES/130219595/1211/news01?Title=How-should-BP-oil-spill-fines-be-spent-
State News
Starkville faces EPA fines for sewage overflows
Commercial Dispatch
February 20, 2013 10:04:51 AM
Carl Smith - csmith@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE Â-- The city of Starkville faces retroactive fines due to past
overflow incidents involving its sanitary sewage system, public works
director Doug Devlin reported to the board of aldermen Tuesday.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=22394&TRID=1
EPA to penalize city for sewage overflows
Starkville Daily News
Created 02/20/2013 - 10:54pm
By NATHAN GREGORY
City Public Works Director Doug Devlin informed the Starkville Board of
Aldermen Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency planned to impose
monetary penalties on the city retroactively for sanitary sewer overflows
in the public collection system over a five-year period.
http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/node/13225
Judge gives easement to Harrison County Utility Authority
Sun Herald
By MELISSA M. SCALLAN — mmscallan@sunherald.com
GULFPORT -- The Harrison County Utility Authority now owns a piece of land
it needs to begin operating a sewage-treatment plant in Woolmarket.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/20/4480734/judge-gives-easement-to-harrison.html
City looks at recycling improvements
By CALEB BEDILLION
DAILY LEADER
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:00 pm
Aldermen continue to work to make the city's recycling program better, with
plans laid to improve the success of a drop-off recycling location at the
Willard Street fire station.
http://www.dailyleader.com/topstories/article_bbb1ec60-7b81-11e2-a797-001a4bcf887a.html
Ladies of Wastewater make it happen
DeSoto Times
By ROBERT LEE LONG
DESOTO COUNTY — Four women who help manage and run DeSoto County's $110
million wastewater system could be working for a Fortune 500 company.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2013/02/21/news/doc512584ebb88d7051348412.txt
Supes say no to Northbay residents
Madison County Journal
By ALINE CARAMBAT
MADISON - After almost a four-week battle for funding to correct a $350,000
drainage problem in Northbay, residents left Tuesday night's Board of
Supervisor's meeting defeated after the board stated they would not move
forward with the project to drain the subdivision's lake.
http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=26228
Water advisories lifted in Waveland, Gulfport
Sun Herald
Three water contact advisories issued Feb. 15 were lifted Wednesday by the
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality through its Beach
Monitoring Program.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/20/4479577/water-advisories-lifted-in-waveland.html
Reservoir: PRVWSD appoints board member
Clarion Ledger
Madison County resident John Pittman was appointed to the Pearl River
Valley Water Supply District board of directors.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130221/NEWS/302210062/Reservoir-PRVWSD-appoints-board-member
Agency budgets not likely to grow
Education may be exception for pre-k program
AP
Mississippi lawmakers are pushing forward with early proposals for the
budget year that begins July 1, and many agencies are likely to receive
less money than they're requesting.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20130221/NEWS010504/302210049/Agency-budgets-not-likely-grow
National News
McCarthy, Moniz top picks for EPA, DOE
Politico
By: Darren Goode
February 20, 2013 04:23 PM EST
Environmental Protection Agency air chief Gina McCarthy and former Clinton
Energy undersecretary Ernest Moniz are still seen as clear favorites to
help lead President Barack Obama's energy and environment team, but the
official announcements may not be imminent, sources tell POLITICO.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/mccarthy-moniz-top-picks-for-epa-doe-87872.html?hp=r17
Obama leans toward EPA air regs chief as next agency leader
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 02/20/13 05:43 PM ET
President Obama is strongly leaning toward nominating Gina McCarthy as the
next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to
sources tracking the process and published reports.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/284107-obama-leans-toward-epa-air-regs-chief-as-next-agency-leader
Kerry comes out swinging on climate change
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 02/20/13 01:04 PM ET
John Kerry used his first major speech as secretary of State to make that
case that failing to confront climate change means missing big economic
opportunities — and worse.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/284017-kerry-comes-out-swinging-on-climate-change
One-third of seafood mislabeled, study finds
Washington Post
By Juliet Eilperin and and Tim Carman,
If you order tuna at a D.C. restaurant, chances are half the time you'll be
getting another, less expensive fish in its place. But those odds are
better than if you had wanted snapper. Testers nationwide found that 87
percent of the time, restaurants and grocery stores were selling something
else under that label.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/one-third-of-seafood-mislabeled-study-finds/2013/02/20/e168e032-7b70-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html
