Oil Spill
BP warns some Gulf oil spill claimants may have to give money back
Houston Chronicle
BP is warning some businesses that received compensation from its
multibillion-dollar Gulf oil spill settlement that they may have to give
the money back if the company wins its appeal of the claims administrator's
payments to people the company alleges weren't harmed by the disaster.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/26/bp-warns-some-gulf-oil-spill-claimants-they-may-have-to-give-money-back/
State News
Air tests show South Mississippi meets standards
Sun Herald
EPA data shows pollutant levels have been diminishing
By CHRISTINA STEUBE — csteube@sunherald.com
Mississippi's three Coast counties meet all the air-quality requirements
outlined by federal law, according to a report from the state Department of
Environmental Quality.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/26/4762055/air-tests-show-south-mississippi.html
Attorneys for former MDMR director Bill Walker issue statement
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
June 26, 2013 at 8:14 PM
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OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Attorneys representing former Mississippi
Department of Marine Resources Executive Director Bill Walker issued an
unsolicited statement to members of the media Wednesday afternoon.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/06/attorneys_for_former_mdmr_dire.html#incart_river
Judge allows conservation groups into South Mississippi gopher frog lawsuit
Sun Herald
By TAMMY LEYTHAM — tleytham@sunherald.com
Two environmental groups have the right to participate in a court case to
defend the habitat protections of dusty gopher frogs, a federal district
court in New Orleans ruled Tuesday.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/26/4761980/judge-allows-conservation-groups.html
Please, recycle
Itawamba County Times
by Adam Armour | 7:04 am | June 26, 2013
The environment must really love Doug Comer.
For more than two decades, this Dorsey entrepreneur has owned and operated
Douglas Recycling (or, as it was known when it first opened, Comer
Recycling), a relatively small operation that nevertheless manages to move
hundreds of thousands of pounds of paper and plastic each year.
http://itawambatimes.com/2013/06/26/please-recycle/
National News
What New Climate Push Means for U.S. Utilities
Wall Street Journal
By REBECCA SMITH
The Obama administration's climate-action plan will create winners and
losers in the electricity industry, boosting the prospects for nuclear
power, natural gas and renewable energy while dimming the future of many
coal-fired power plants.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689204578569993098168404.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Big Coal to Fight Obama Plan
Mining Firms Fear Impact of President's Proposals to Combat Global Warming
Wall Street Journal
The beleaguered domestic coal industry, bracing for the possibility that
no more coal-burning power plants will ever be built on U.S. soil, is
teaming up with other business groups to blunt the impact of President
Obama's climate-change agenda, while also shifting its business focus to
exports.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689204578569940685984374.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Republican leaders steer clear of climate science fight
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 06/26/13 02:41 PM ET
GOP leadership is showing little interest in new fights with President
Obama over the science of global warming.
They're battering Obama's wide-ranging new climate plan with arguments it
will cost jobs and hurt the economy.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/307973-republican-leaders-steer-clear-of-climate-science-fight-
Carbon Storage Could Open Door to Cleaner Energy Projects
Survey Says U.S. Has Underground Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2
Emissions; High Cost a Question
Wall Street Journal
By KEITH JOHNSON
WASHINGTON—The U.S. has underground capacity sufficient to store 500 years
of energy-sector carbon-dioxide emissions, the U.S. Geological Survey
found in a study released Wednesday.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323419604578569591677328864.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
EPA Says Refiners May Exceed Ethanol Blend Limits in 2014
Bloomberg
By Mark Drajem on June 26, 2013
Refiners may be forced to exceed 10 percent ethanol in their fuels next
year in order to meet congressionally mandated renewable-fuel standards,
according the Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-26/epa-says-refiners-may-exceed-ethanol-blend-limits-in-2014
Opinion
The Carbonated President
Obama unveils a war on fossil fuels he never disclosed as a candidate.
Wall Street Journal
President Obama's climate speech on Tuesday was grandiose even for him,
but its surreal nature was its particular hallmark. Some 12 million
Americans still can't find work, real wages have fallen for five years,
three-fourths of Americans now live paycheck to check, and the economy
continues to plod along four years into a quasi-recovery. But there was
the President in tony Georgetown, threatening more energy taxes and
mandates that will ensure fewer jobs, still lower incomes and slower
growth.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323683504578567533647032380?mg=reno64-wsj.html?dsk=y
