Oil Spill
Some ask: Is the Gulf cleanup finished?
Tar balls from BP spill still show up on some beaches
AP
GULF SHORES, ALA. — Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't
difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the British oil giant and the
government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that
patrolled the sand for three years in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20130617/NEWS01/306170033/Some-ask-Gulf-cleanup-finished-
Gulf birds scour vanishing land spits for nests
By AMY WOLD — The Advocate
BATON ROUGE -- Photos of oil-covered brown pelicans being removed from a
small island in Jefferson Parish became some of the most iconic images of
the damage the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster brought to the coast of
Louisiana.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/16/4738574/gulf-birds-scour-vanishing-land.html
Volunteers to Monitor Coastline for Oil and Tar from 2010 Spill
WGCU
Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the U-S Coast Guard and
Florida Department of Environmental Protection are ending their active
monitoring of the state coastline.
http://news.wgcu.org/post/volunteers-monitor-coastline-oil-and-tar-2010-spill
Residents discuss how to spend spill fines
Houma Today
By Nikki Buskey
Published: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Residents and backgrounds shared their thoughts and concerns about how
fines from the Gulf oil spill should be spent on restoration during a
meeting in Dulac Thursday.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130614/ARTICLES/130619750
BP Shareholders Seek to Sue as Group Over 2010 Gulf Spill Losses
Bloomberg
By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk - Jun 15, 2013
BP Plc (BP/)'s U.S. investors asked a federal court to grant class action,
or group, status for their lawsuit claiming the company misled them before
and after the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-15/bp-investors-seek-class-status-over-2010-gulf-spill-losses-1-.html
State News
Group Cleans Up Chunky River
WTOK
Chunky, Miss. Fifteen volunteers with the East Mississippi Foothills Land
Trust set out in canoes this morning to clean-up a 7 mile stretch of the
Chunky River. The group was formed 10 years ago, and has been cleaning up
the Chunky each June for the past(Embedded image moved to file:
pic10466.jpg) seven. East Mississippi Foothills Land Trust Treasurer Andrew
Covington says in the past they've collected over 500 pounds of trash.
http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Group-Cleans-Up-Chunky-River-211563881.html
Man has vision for the MS Gulf Coast: Greenways, blueways, pathways
WLOX
Through greenways, blueways and pathways the paddling trails network will
ensure fun family activity, but the Mississippi Coastal Heritage Trail
Partnership said it will also do a lot more.
http://www.wlox.com/story/22601612/man-has-vision-for-the-ms-gulf-coast-greenways-blueways-pathways
Pearl River Utility Authority makes emergency repairs to system
By Alexandra Hedrick
The Picayune Item
PICAYUNE — Circle Drive has been partially closed and detour routes set up
so that the Pearl River Utility Authority can make emergency repairs to the
failing 12 inch sewer line.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x182740451/Pearl-River-Utility-Authority-makes-emergency-repairs-to-system
National News
Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
Reuters
Sun, Jun 16 2013
By Patrick Rucker and Valerie Volcovici
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate
change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool
that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental
Policy Act.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/16/us-usa-climate-whitehouse-idUSBRE95F02N20130616
White House, EPA at odds over savings produced by emissions regulations
The Hill
By Julian Hattem - 06/15/13 08:42 AM ET
How much do new regulations cost? It depends on whom you ask.
That's the message from a disagreement that emerged this week over the
benefits of a draft rule to regulate some emissions of formaldehyde, a
chemical that can cause irritation and may lead to cancer.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/305709-white-house-epa-at-odds-over-savings-produced-by-emissions-regulations-
EPA confirmation delay raises questions about U.S. carbon rules
Valerie Volcovici
Reuters
6:33 PM CDT, June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's
nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency still in limbo,
speculation is rising about the fate of a proposed emissions rule for new
power plants that was scheduled to have been finished in April.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-usa-climate-epabre95d13e-20130614,0,1107171.story
Fracking fuels water fights in nation's dry spots
AP
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through
some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water
to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/16/fracking-fuels-water-fights-in-nations-dry-spots/
Energy and Commerce a refuge from ethanol ire
Politico
By: Darren Goode
June 17, 2013 05:05 AM EDT
Pro-ethanol Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee see no
reason to worry about their panel's probe of the Environmental Protection
Agency's biofuel mandate, which the GOP-friendly oil industry is fighting
hard to repeal.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/energy-and-commerce-refuge-from-ethanol-ire-92867.html?hp=r10
Opinion
The E.P.A. Backs Off on Factory Farms
NY Times
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged under the Clean Water Act to
monitor America's waterways and shield them from the toxic runoff from
factory farms. But the growth of that industry, and its courtroom tenacity,
has far outstripped the E.P.A.'s efforts to restrict runoff from manure
lagoons and feedlots.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/opinion/the-epa-backs-off-on-factory-farms.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print
