5/23/13
Oil Spill
BP protester Sandra Howard settles lawsuit against Long Beach regarding
retaliation arrest
By The Associated Press
May 22, 2013 at 10:19 AM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a
south Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting
the BP oil spill then arrested her again in retaliation for suing.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/05/bp_protester_sandra_howard_set.html#incart_river
State News
Main sewer line in danger of collapsing
Madison County Journal
By MICHAEL SIMMONS
RIDGELAND - Reparing a major sewer line under Lake Harbour Drive near the
Reservoir that carries most of south Madison County's waste water to a
treatment plant in Jackson will cost about $150,000.
http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=26654
Rezoning of rubbish pit rejected
DeSoto Times
By ROBERT LEE LONG
Published: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:05 AM CDT
DeSoto County Supervisors Wednesday rejected by a vote of 3-2 rezoning from
agricultural/residential or AR to Agricultural to allow a future planned
expansion of the Star Landing Rubbish Pit operated by Unified Waste
Systems.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2013/05/23/news/doc519d943c7014f213492351.txt
CMR chief: 'Nobody really knows how much money the agency really has'
Sun Herald
By PAUL HAMPTON — jphampton@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- The Department of Marine Resources has $117,250 in its budget for
the rest of the fiscal year, according to a report by its director of
administrative services Tuesday at the Commission on Marine Resources
meeting.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/05/21/4681760/cmr-chief-nobody-really-knows.html
Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning defends Kemper County plant at
shareholders meeting (updated)
The Associated Press
May 22, 2013 at 6:50 PM
PINE MOUNTAIN, Georgia -- The head of Southern Co. called the decision to
write off $540 million in extra costs on a Mississippi power plant "a
bitter pill for us to swallow," but he defended the project Wednesday as a
long-term investment for the large utility.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/05/southern_co_ceo_tom_fanning_de.html#incart_river
National News
Grid reliability bill heads to Senate in time for summer heat
Houston Chronicle
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that would
shield electric utilities from environmental fines and lawsuits if they
keep power flowing in emergencies.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/05/22/grid-reliability-bill-heads-to-senate-in-time-for-summer-heat/
Obama's new Energy chief: Climate change 'not debatable'
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 05/22/13 11:03 AM ET
New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz doesn't want to spend his tenure battling
over climate science.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/301287-new-energy-secretary-need-to-address-climate-change-not-debatable
After 37 years, U.S. chemical-safety laws may finally get an overhaul
Washington Post
By Brad Plumer, Updated: May 22, 2013
The current U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with
exceptions, and widely seen as ineffective — so much so that the federal
government hasn't even tried to restrict an unsafe chemical since an
asbestos ban was overturned in courts in 1991.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/22/after-37-years-the-senate-may-finally-revamp-the-nations-chemical-safety-laws/
Energy-Rich Colorado Becomes Setting for Fracking Fight
Bloomberg
By Jennifer Oldham and Jim Snyder - May 23, 2013
Stan Dempsey, an oil and gas lobbyist, raced from one committee hearing to
another in Colorado's statehouse this spring, defending the industry
against an onslaught of bills.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-23/energy-rich-colorado-becomes-setting-for-fracking-fight.html
