6.20.13
Oil Spill
BP, Coast Guard criticized for trying to downgrade oil spill clean-up
efforts
Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 19, 2013 at 11:26 PM
The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority used its monthly
meeting in Baton Rouge on Wednesday as a bully pulpit to criticize BP and
the U.S. Coast Guard for their attempts to downgrade the continued clean-up
of oiled wetlands and shoreline areas in Louisiana, in the wake of the2010
Gulf oil spill triggered by the fatal explosion on the Macondo well.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/06/coastal_authority_criticizes_b.html
Louisiana seafood board asking for more time to spend BP oil spill money
The Times-Picayune By Diana Samuels
June 19, 2013 at 4:15 PM
Louisiana's seafood board is going to ask BP for two more years to spend
the millions of dollars it received after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/louisiana_seafood_board_asking.html
Ex-BP Employees Face New Indictments Over Spill
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS June 19, 2013 (AP)
Justice Department prosecutors secured new indictments Wednesday against a
former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with
obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bp-employees-face-indictments-spill-19439443#.UcMBs_nCZcY
State News
Sewage Problem Plagues Neighborhood
WREG
(Hernando, MS) Folks that live next to a sewage lagoon in a Hernando
subdivision say they can hardly stand the smell.
http://wreg.com/2013/06/19/sewage-problem-plagues-neighborhood/
Jackson County renews contract with Waste Pro, new emphasis being placed on
recycling
The Mississippi Press
June 19, 2013 at 11:21 AM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has
approved a new five-year residential waste services contract with Waste Pro
for the approximately 26,000 households in the unincorporated areas of the
county.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/06/jackson_county_renews_contract.html#incart_river
Sierra Club files new motion on Kemper Power Plant
SUN HERALD
The Sierra Club filed a motion Wednesday with the Mississippi Supreme Court
asking that information about the Kemper County Power Plant be added to the
public record.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/19/4746429/sierra-club-files-new-motion-on.html
Aldermen want to land debris contractor before storm hits
by Associated Press
Published: June 19,2013
MOSS POINT — The Board of Aldermen has approved a request to advertise for
debris pickup in case of a storm.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/19/aldermen-want-to-land-debris-contractor-before-storm-hits/
National News
Obama, EPA to focus on greenhouse gasses from coal-fired plants to reduce
global warming
By DINA CAPPIELLO and JOSH LEDERMAN — Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using
executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an
effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term.
"We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in
Berlin.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/19/4746167/obama-making-plans-to-tackle-global.html
Obama Readying Emissions Limits on Power Plants
NY Times
By JOHN M. BRODER
WASHINGTON — President Obama is preparing regulations limiting carbon
dioxide emissions from existing power plants, senior officials said
Wednesday. The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he
could take and one likely to provoke legal challenges from Republicans and
some industries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/science/earth/obama-preparing-big-effort-to-curb-climate-change.html?ref=earth&_r=0&pagewanted=print
Obama to Renew Emissions Push
Wall Street Journal
By KEITH JOHNSON
The Obama administration is set to renew its push to restrict
greenhouse-gas emissions, including delayed measures on coal-fired power
plants, at a time when price swings have spurred electric utilities to
turn back to coal as an energy source.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323836504578553973227234246.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Environmental, health groups sue over delayed smog rule
The Hill
By Julian Hattem - 06/19/13 03:00 PM ET
A group of health and environmental organizations are filing a lawsuit to
force the Obama administration to review its standards for smog pollution.
The four groups are looking for the court to set a deadline for the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review current limits for ozone,
which were set in 2008.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/306601-green-health-groups-sue-over-delayed-smog-rule
GOP senators slam 'significant change' to 'social cost' of carbon
The Hill
By Zack Colman - 06/19/13 05:06 PM ET
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans told
administration officials they're "troubled" by a recent change to the way
agencies calculate benefits from carbon regulations.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/306645-gop-senators-slam-significant-change-to-social-cost-of-carbon
Opinion
SUN HERALD | Editorial: Commissioners who allowed DMR to become a rogue
agency should resign
Those responsible for "an environment and culture … susceptible to fraud,
waste and abuse" at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources must
take responsibility and be held accountable.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/19/4746091/sun-herald-editorial-commissioners.html
