3/20/13
Oil Spill
Transocean CEO testifies about safety culture leading to BP oil spill
By Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
March 19, 2013 at 7:44 PM
The head of Transocean Ltd., which leased its Deepwater Horizon drilling
rig and supplied its crew to BP to drill the ill-fated Macondo well,
testified Tuesday that the rig's crew members "should have done more" to
recognize problem signs pointing to a potential blowout during drilling and
ordered the operation shut down.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/03/transocean_ceo_testifies_about.html#incart_river
Transocean CEO: Rig workers should have done more to avert deadly
explosion, Gulf oil spill
By Associated Press,
NEW ORLEANS — Transocean employees should have done more to detect signs of
trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in
2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the nation's worst offshore oil
spill, Transocean's chief executive testified Tuesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/transocean-ceo-rig-workers-should-have-done-more-to-avert-deadly-explosion-gulf-oil-spill/2013/03/19/c31b280c-90f5-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_story.html
Huntsville lawmaker: Use BP fine money to repay Alabama Trust Fund (video)
By George Talbot | gtalbot@al.com
March 19, 2013 at 12:17 PM
A Huntsville lawmaker wants to use proceeds from the state's litigation
against BP to repay money borrowed from the Alabama Trust Fund.
Click here to read a copy of Sanford's bill, SB 290.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/03/huntsville_lawmaker_use_bp_fin.html
State News
Saltillo board to ask MDEQ for Park Ridge approval
by JB Clark/NEMS Daily Journal
03.20.13 - 06:45 am
SALTILLO – The process of fixing Park Ridge subdivision could be under way
after the Saltillo Board of Aldermen approved sending a request of approval
to the Mississippi Department of Environment Quality.
http://djournal.com/view/full_story/22021598/article-Saltillo-board-to-ask-MDEQ-for-Park-Ridge-approval-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
CMR will submit 3 nominees for DMR chief to governor this week
Sun Herald
By MICHAEL NEWSOM — mmnewsom@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources voted Tuesday on
the three names it would give the governor to choose from for the
Department of Marine Resources' top job.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/03/19/4537802/cmr-to-submit-3-nominees-for-dmr.html
Governor to choose DMR director from final 3 candidates
WLOX
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -
The Commission on Marine Resources has selected the three finalists for the
Department of Marine Resources' executive director position. The commission
will now forward those names to the governor, who will choose the new
director from among the trio of candidates.
http://www.wlox.com/story/21723016/governor-to-choose-dmr-director-from-final-3-candidates
City parks combat trash with weather change
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- Attendance at local parks increases up to 200
percent during this time of year.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/City-parks-combat-trash-with-weather-change/GYbRZ_QGEkaOB9NlFBaZGw.cspx
Miss. legislature passes bill to give Reservoir board authority
Clarion Ledger
The Legislature has passed a bill that gives the board that oversees the
Ross Barnett Reservoir much of the same authority and responsibility a city
has in providing services and collecting fees.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130319/NEWS010504/130319023?cid=dlvr.it
National News
EPA Emissions Plan Faces Possible Revamp
Administration Considers Rewriting Rules as Trade Groups Say Many Plants
Would Have Hard Time Meeting Limits
Wall Street Journal
By RYAN TRACY and TENNILLE TRACY
WASHINGTON—An early step toward President Barack Obama's second-term goal
of cutting emissions linked to climate change has hit a snag.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323639604578370772219131476.html
Manufacturers sue EPA over soot rule
The Hill
By Zack Colman - 03/19/13 01:39 PM ET
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is challenging the stronger
standards on fine particulate matter, or soot, that the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) issued in December.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/289017-manufacturing-group-sues-epa-for-tougher-soot-rule
Green Groups Press EPA for Climate Rule Industry Loathes
Bloomberg
By Mark Drajem - Mar 20, 2013
Environmental groups are stepping up pressure on President Barack Obama to
issue the first greenhouse-gas limits for power plants as the utility
industry seeks to weaken the standards before a deadline next month.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-20/green-groups-press-epa-for-climate-rule-industry-loathes.html
Senators expect clear path for water bill
Politico
By: Scott Wong and Burgess Everett
March 20, 2013 04:33 AM EDT
Rank-and-file senators working on a sweeping new water bill have a message
for Harry Reid: We're available.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/senators-expect-clear-path-for-water-bill-89090.html?hp=l10
