6.26.13
Oil Spill
BP mounts ad campaign in spill settlement dispute
AP
BP was placing a full-page advertisement in 3 of the nation's largest
newspapers on Wednesday as the company mounts an aggressive campaign to
challenge what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to
businesses following its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.wlox.com/story/22687569/bp-mounts-ad-campaign-in-spill-settlement-dispute
Massive tar mat dug up off Louisiana, 3 years after Gulf spill
CNN
Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, workers have dug up a
massive chunk of weathered crude from the shallows off a Louisiana beach.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/studentnews/louisiana-oil-spill/index.html
Map to highlight La. attractions
Houma Courier
By Xerxes Wilson
Published: Monday, June 24, 2013 at 11:23 a.m.
National Geographic is teaming up with states affected by 2010 Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill to highlight the state's natural attractions.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130624/ARTICLES/130629783/1211/NEWS01?Title=Map-to-highlight-La-attractions
State News
MDEQ awards Solid Waste Assistance grant to Harrison County for hazardous
household waste collection
Mississippi Press
JACKSON, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) has awarded Harrison County a solid waste assistance grant of
$25,460 that will be used by the county to continue the household hazardous
waste collection program.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/06/mdeq_awards_solid_waste_assist.html#incart_river
Latest theft target: Sewage pump grinder stations
WLOX
Thieves are known for stealing just about anything. You can now add
stainless steel bolts to the list. While that may seem relatively harmless,
there is potential danger arising from those thefts.
http://www.wlox.com/story/22683856/thieves-will-steal-just-about-anything
Gautier council accepts bid for septic system
Sun Herald
By CHRISTINA STEUBE — csteube@sunherald.com
GAUTIER -- New City Council members began their orientation Tuesday at City
Hall to prepare for the July 1 administration change.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/25/4759086/gautier-council-accepts-bid-for.html
National News
Record-size 'dead zone' predicted for Gulf of Mexico
Press-Register
George Talbot
June 25, 2013 at 2:42 PM
MOBILE, Ala. - A record-size 'dead zone' – as big as the state of New
Jersey - will take shape this summer in the Gulf of Mexico, according to
experts.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/06/record-size_dead_zone_predicte.html#incart_river
Obama orders new rules on coal-fired plants, sets condition for Keystone
pipeline
Published June 25, 2013
FoxNews.com
President Obama pressed ahead Tuesday with his climate change agenda,
calling for new regulations on coal-fired power plants and setting a new
condition for the approval of the controversial Keystone pipeline.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/25/obama-to-unveil-new-climate-regulations-as-adviser-pushes-war-on-coal/?test=latestnews
President Details Sweeping Climate Policies
Wall Street Journal
A far-reaching plan to fight climate change detailed by President Barack
Obama on Tuesday would profoundly reshape the way the U.S. produces and
consumes electricity, though the resistance it is sure to encounter
promises to sow uncertainty for an industry already buffeted by shifting
rules and economics.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323683504578566264197407052.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6
Clean Air Act, Reinterpreted, Would Focus on Flexibility and State-Level
Efforts
NY Times
By JUSTIN GILLIS
With no chance of Congressional support, President Obama is staking part of
his legacy on a big risk: that he can substantially reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by stretching the intent of a law decades old and not written
with climate change in mind.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/science/earth/clean-air-act-reinterpreted-would-focus-on-flexibility-and-state-level-efforts.html?ref=earth&_r=0&pagewanted=print
President Obama's climate speech: 10 takeaways
Politico
By: Andrew Restuccia
June 25, 2013 04:27 PM EDT
President Barack Obama outlined a wide-ranging climate plan Tuesday that's
centered on greenhouse gas regulations for power plants — while making a
surprise mention of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and defending his
increasingly embattled nominee for EPA administrator.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/obama-climate-speech-10-takeaways-93362.html?hp=r5
Senate confirms Pritzker for Commerce
Washington Post
By Al Kamen
The Senate voted 97 to 1 Tuesday to confirm Chicago billionaire
businesswoman and Obama 2008 campaign finance chair Penny Pritzker to be
secretary of commerce.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop
Opinion
DMR Scandal an Example of What Can Go Wrong with RESTORE Funds
Glen Davis Outdoors Blog – Clarion Ledger
Posted on June 25, 2013
I blundered into the Dept. of Marine Resources scandal while doing research
on coastal restoration efforts.
http://blogs.clarionledger.com/gdavis/2013/06/dmr-scandal-an-example-of-what-can-go-wrong-with-restore-funds/
