5/28/2013
Oil Spill
Coast fishermen still concerned about oil spills impact
WLOX
It was a busy Sunday morning at the Ocean Springs harbor, with boat after
boat heading out into the Gulf for some fishing. For some people, it's
still not quite the same since the spill.
http://www.wlox.com/story/22426532/coast-fishermen-still-concerned-about-oil-spills-impact
MDEQ to take public comments on restore plan
AP
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public meeting
on June 11 in Biloxi to take public comment on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem
Restoration Council's draft plan.
http://www.wlox.com/story/22425918/mdeq-to-take-public-comments-on-restore-plan
Louisiana missing its chance at federal money, Corps of Engineers officer
says
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 24, 2013 at 8:13 PM
Louisiana is missing an opportunity to have the federal government pay 65
percent of the cost of several major coastal restoration projects that
could represent an investment of close to $1 billion, according to the
departing commander of the New Orleans District office of the Army Corps of
Engineers.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/05/louisiana_missing_chance_to_ge.html
Panhandle Counties plan to spend oil spill funds
AP
By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL — Associated Press
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Three years after the massive Gulf oil spill fouled
Florida Panhandle beaches, millions of dollars in restitution are being
used to build new piers and boat ramps and restore sand dunes.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/05/26/4691363/panhandle-counties-plan-to-spend.html
Meetings aim to refine plan for RESTORE Act
Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola will host the first of six public meetings to decide a framework
for applying for RESTORE Act funding by the Gulf Coast states affected by
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
http://www.pnj.com/article/20130525/NEWS09/305250013/Meetings-aim-to-refine-plan-for-RESTORE-Act
Researchers study oil impacts at LUMCON
Daily Comet
By Nikki Buskey
Published: Monday, May 27, 2013 at 11:03 a.m.
Scientists from all over the country gathered at the LUMCON marine research
facility in Cocodrie last week as part of a long-term study to look at the
Gulf oil spill's impact on the coastal ecosystem.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20130527/ARTICLES/130529549
Fishermen fight major river diversions
Daily Comet
By Nikki Buskey
Published: Monday, May 27, 2013 at 10:49 a.m.
Fishermen are protesting large Mississippi River diversion projects they
fear could damage productive fisheries in the Barataria Basin and east of
the river.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130527/ARTICLES/130529552/1211/NEWS01?Title=Fishermen-fight-major-river-diversions
Beach Walk: Dauphin Island 3 Years After the BP Oil Spill
WKRG
Located 3 miles south of Mobile Bay, you'll find Dauphin Island. The only
way on and off the island is by its high rise bridge. I started my walk on
the east end of the island, and worked my way west.
http://www.wkrg.com/story/22419829/beach-walk-dauphin-island
State News
Department of Environmental Quality developing water sources plan
MBJ
by Ted Carter
Published: May 24,2013
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is preparing
regulations that will govern how oil and gas companies use both surface and
below-ground water sources in their water-intensive hydraulic fracturing
operations in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale development.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/24/department-of-environmental-quality-developing-water-sources-plan/
Recycling program takes hold of Cleveland residents
Bolivar Commercial
by Rory Doyle
05.24.13 - 04:21 pm
Cleveland's recycling program, which kicked off in January, continues to
grow at an impressive rate.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/22700036/article-Recycling-program-takes-hold-of-Cleveland-residents?instance=homesecondleft
Injured dolphin found in MS Sound dies
WLOX
On-lookers cheered as two teenagers helped rescue an injured dolphin from
the Mississippi Sound Monday.
http://www.wlox.com/story/22430018/injured-dolphin-found-in-ms-sound-dies
Gulf Coast Research Lab to open new building in Ocean Springs, its first
since Katrina
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON — klnelson@sunherald.com
OCEAN SPRINGS -- The view of the Mississippi Sound from the front porch of
the Field Studies Building at USM's Gulf Coast Research Lab is panoramic.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/05/27/4693086/gulf-coast-research-lab-to-open.html
National News
W.Va. joins fight to EPA greenhouse gas rules
Friday, May 24, 2013
AP
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's governor and attorney general are
joining two other states that are seeking to challenge federal
environmental rules on greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/W-Va-joins-fight-to-EPA-greenhouse-gas-rules-4546495.php
GE says it is investing billions to improve fracking
AP
One of America's corporate giants is investing billions of dollars in the
new boom of oil and gas drilling, or fracking. General Electric Co. is
opening a new laboratory in Oklahoma, buying up related companies, and
placing a big bet that cutting-edge science will improve profits for
clients and reduce the environmental and health effects of the boom.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/28/ge-says-it-is-investing-billions-to-improve-fracking-oil-drilling/
German brewers warn fracking could hurt beer industry
NBC
BERLIN -- German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's government
that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as
fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry.
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/german-brewers-warn-fracking-could-hurt-beer-industry-6C10077831
Europe's Green-Fuel Search Turns to America's Forests
Wall Street Journal
WINDSOR, N.C.—Loggers here are clear-cutting a wetland forest with
decades-old trees.
Behind the move: an environmental push.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324082604578485491298208114.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6
Who's ready for The Big One on New Madrid fault?
Big earthquake expected to hit in Central US
By Michael Fitzgerald/CNHI News Service
It's a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault
kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people
are homeless. The Memphis airport — the country's biggest air terminal for
packages — goes off-line.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x609262728/Who-s-ready-for-The-Big-One-on-New-Madrid-fault
