3.12.13
Oil Spill
Halliburton executive testifies about 'irregularities' in cement slurry
testing
By Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
March 11, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Halliburton's president for strategic and corporate development testified
Monday that he was "aware of some irregularities" in the company's testing
of the quality of the cement slurry from the ill-fated Macondo oil well
after the blowout.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/03/halliburton_executive_testifie.html#incart_river
Engineer who did forensic analysis of blowout preventer continues testimony
in BP Gulf oil spill trial
By Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
updated March 11, 2013 at 2:54 PM
An engineer who helped conduct a forensic analysis of the Deepwater
Horizon's blowout preventer for the Department of Justice continued his
testimony Monday in the BP oil spill trial.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/03/halliburton_executive_expected.html#incart_river
Halliburton executive tells of 'irregularities' in its tests after deadly
2010 rig explosion
By Associated Press, Published: March 11
NEW ORLEANS — An executive from the company that was BP's cement contractor
on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig testified Monday that he learned of
some "irregularities" in tests that the contractor's employees performed
after the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/halliburton-executive-tells-of-irregularities-in-its-tests-after-deadly-2010-rig-explosion/2013/03/11/25c410a8-8a99-11e2-a88e-461ffa2e34e4_story.html
Gulf Spill Money Reaches Escambia County, Waiting Game For Others
By The News Service of Florida
March 12, 2013
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection expects to have a list
of desired restoration and conservation projects in place this summer for
its share of the money from the BP oil spill disaster.
http://www.northescambia.com/2013/03/gulf-spill-money-reaches-escambia-county-waiting-game-for-others
BP claims administrator has paid out nearly $1.7 billion
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
updated March 11, 2013 at 7:05 PM
The Deepwater Horizon Claims Center, which is administering the claims
process for the economic and property damages settlement between BP and
private claimants for damages resulting from the 2010 oil spill, has paid
out nearly $1.7 billion as of Monday.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/03/bp_claims_administrator_has_pa.html#incart_river
State News
Source of jet fuel leak at NAS Meridian located; cleanup continues
By Michael Stewart
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN — The source of a jet-fuel leak at NAS Meridian has been
located and temporary repairs made, base officials announced Monday.
An underground pipe that supplies jet fuel to the base was the cause of
a leak at the base last Thursday that caused jet fuel to pool up on the
ground and prompted an emergent response by NAS Meridian, Lauderdale County
Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Environmental Services, the Mississippi
Department of Environmental Quality and Region 4 of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
http://meridianstar.com/local/x2016921619/Source-of-jet-fuel-leak-at-NAS-Meridian-located-cleanup-continues
National News
USA's winter was warmer and wetter than average
USA Today
The winter of 2012-13 in the USA was both warmer and wetter than
average, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/03/11/winter-climate-report/1979553/
Coming to a curb near you: Compost collection
Washington Post
By Steve Hendrix, Published: March 11
Richard Vitullo has seen the future of trash, and it is moldering under his
kitchen sink.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coming-to-a-curb-near-you-compost-collection/2013/03/11/e2f196fc-82b3-11e2-8074-b26a871b165a_story.html
Opinion
SUN HERALD | Editorial: CMR should step down for clean break with past
We have seen and heard enough. It's painfully clear the Commission on
Marine Resources and the Department of Marine Resources need a clean break
from the past and need new leadership.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/03/11/4521318/sun-herald-editorial-cmr-should.html
