4.17.2013
Oil Spill
Gulf Coast Advocates Call for BP to Face Full Penalty for Oil Spill
MPB
Environmentalists, residents, and community activists along the Mississippi
Gulf Coast are calling for BP to face the maximum penalty for the 2010 Gulf
Oil Spill. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, Saturday marks the 3rd anniversary
of what's considered the worst environmental disaster in American history.
http://mpbonline.org/News/article/977gulf_coast_advocates_call_for_bp_to_face_full_penalty_for_oil_spill
Environmental, social justice groups reflect on oil spill disaster
WLOX
Environmental and social justice groups held a news conference in Biloxi on
Tuesday, talking about the ongoing impact of the BP oil spill that happened
three years ago this week.
http://www.wlox.com/story/21992608/environmental-social-justice-groups-reflect-on-oil-spill-disaster
South Mississippi coalition recalls oil rig disaster, calls for inclusion
in RESTORE money
By PRISCILLA LOEBENBERG — Special to the Sun Herald
BILOXI -- Residents and community leaders used the anniversary of the BP
oil disaster to call on officials to use local workers for RESTORE Act
projects.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/04/16/4598800/south-mississippi-coalition-recalls.html
BP oil spill trial continues as demonstrators note upcoming 3-year
anniversary of disaster
By Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 16, 2013 at 7:03 PM
A former Transocean executive testified Tuesday (April 16) that a key piece
of equipment intended to shut down BP's Macondo oil well in an emergency
would have succeeded if its automatic mode function had worked.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/04/bp_oil_spill_draws_demonstrato.html
Rally held outside of BP trial nearly three years after oil spill
WWL
NEW ORLEANS - April 2013 marks three years since the rig explosion and oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Residents, public officials and conservation groups hosted a press
conference and rally at the BP civil trial on Tuesday.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Rally-held-outside-of-BP-trial-nearly-three-years-after-oil-spill-203190331.html
Search for lingering BP oil spill tar mats over on Pensacola Beach
Pensacola News Herald
The heavy equipment is packed up and the work crews have wrapped up a
roughly 10-day search for lingering tar mats on Pensacola Beach.
http://www.pnj.com/article/20130416/NEWS09/130416014/Search-lingering-BP-oil-spill-tar-mats-over-Pensacola-Beach-
State News
Attorneys for lab owner to ask for dismissal of charges
by Associated Press
Published: April 17,2013
WATER VALLEY — A hearing is scheduled today on a motion to dismiss the
charges against a laboratory owner charged with faking wastewater samples
she was hired to test for a company in Mississippi.
Tennie White, who owns Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories
Inc., was indicted Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court in Jackson.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/attorneys-for-lab-owner-to-ask-for-dismissal-of-charges/
DMR could soon take possession of controversial boats
WLOX
Two large boats that have been leased by the Department of Marine Resources
for the past several years could soon belong to the agency. That's because
a deal has been worked out between the DMR, the state auditors office, and
the controversial foundation that actually owns the boats.
http://www.wlox.com/story/21996767/dmr-could-soon-take-possession-of-contgroversial-boats
State Auditor Stacey Pickering says officials who used DMR foundation boats
could be held accountable
Mississippi Press
By Warren Kulo | GulfLive.com
April 16, 2013 at 6:01 PM
BILOXI, Mississippi -- State Auditor Stacey Pickering said Tuesday the
Mississippi Marine Resources Foundation will transfer ownership of two
fishing vessels valued at $1.74 million to the Department of Marine
Resources within 7-10 days.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/04/state_auditor_stacey_pickering.html#incart_river
Foundation to transfer boat ownership to DMR, state auditor says
Sun Herald
By MICHAEL NEWSOM — mmnewsom@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- State Auditor Stacey Pickering said Tuesday the Mississippi
Marine Resources Foundation is taking steps to transfer two controversial
boats it owns to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/04/16/4597999/foundation-to-transfer-boat-ownership.html
Hattiesburg must reach a sewage treatment decision by May 31st.
WDAM
Hattiesburg City Councilman Kim Bradley says, that the time for a sewage
treatment decision is here. "We need to meet the time line that we've
agreed to. The first or I guess the next benchmark is the end of May"
http://www.wdam.com/story/21996819/hattiesburg-must-reach-a-sewage-treatment-decision-by-may-31st
City proposes water, sewer bond issue
By Terri Ferguson Smith
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN — Some needed water and sewer repairs will be funded if the
city goes forward with a proposed bond issue for $1.2 million.
http://meridianstar.com/local/x1097425822/City-proposes-water-sewer-bond-issue
Grand Bay NERR receives Outstanding Research Partner award
By Mississippi Press Staff
April 16, 2013 at 11:11 AM
BILOXI, Mississippi - The University of South Alabama Faculty Senate has
honored the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) with its
Outstanding Research Partner Award at the awards banquet in Fairhope, Ala.
The Grand Bay NERR and Weeks Bay NERR were jointly nominated and selected
to receive the prestigious award.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2013/04/grand_bay_nerr_receives_outsta.html#incart_river
