Oil Spill
Experts clash on estimates of oil spilled into Gulf
Houston Chronicle
A sparring match between some of the world's top scientists over how much
oil spewed into the sea following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster is
heating up as a civil trial is set to resume next month.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/08/18/experts-clash-on-estimates-of-oil-spilled-into-gulf/
New study questions oil spill data, fish safety
Houma Today
Dee Dee Thurston
Published: Friday, August 16, 2013 at 3:48 p.m.
The level of cancer-causing pollutants left behind in Gulf waters by the BP
oil spill was greater than reported by the federal government, according to
a report issued this week by a group of independent scientists.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130816/ARTICLES/130819657/1211/news01?Title=New-study-questions-oil-spill-data-fish-safety
USF Bridges Schools for Gulf Oil Spill Recovery Efforts
WUSF
Last year's federal Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist
Opportunity, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Act made hundreds of millions
of dollars in funds available for projects related to the Gulf region's
recovery from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/usf-bridges-schools-gulf-oil-spill-recovery-efforts
Scientists Investigating Troubling Trend in Kemp's Ridley Numbers
KRIS
NATIONAL PADRE ISLAND SEASHORE -- More than 3 years after the BP Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, some effects of the mess are still being felt.
Along North Padre Island, research is still being gathered to figure out
if and how that spill could have affected the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea
turtle.
http://www.kristv.com/news/scientists-investigating-troubling-trend-in-kemp-s-ridley-numbers/
PSC wins big BP grant
Most groups strike out in second round
Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola State College was the big winner in this week's second and final
disbursement of BP grant dollars earmarked for tourism and seafood
promotion.
http://www.pnj.com/article/20130817/NEWS09/308170014/PSC-wins-big-BP-grant
Grants help expand local tourism industry
Advertiser
More than a million dollars(Embedded image moved to file: pic24129.jpg)
have flowed to Louisiana and other Gulf states and more could be coming as
tourism funds continue to be distributed as a result of the 2010 Deepwater
Horizon oil spill.
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20130818/NEWS01/308190003/Grants-help-expand-local-tourism-industry?nclick_check=1
State
PSC: Deal in the works to buy out TESI
WLOX
The MS Public Service Commission confirms that a company called Utility
Services LLC is working on a deal to take over Total Environmental
Solutions Incorporated – better known as TESI. And once that deal is
negotiated and approved by state regulators, Utility Services will make
improvements to several privately owned water systems across the state.
http://www.wlox.com/story/23166396/psc-deal-in-the-works-to-buy-out-tesi
25 years and 1.6 Million Lbs. of marine litter removed
WLOX
Mississippi Coastal Cleanup's most dedicated servants were honored on
Friday. Thousands of volunteers have taken a stunning 800 tons of trash out
of South Mississippi's waterways.
http://www.wlox.com/story/23159851/25-years-and-16-million-lbs-of-marine-litter-removed
Supes explore new approaches to litter control
Commercial Dispatch
August 17, 2013 9:16:19 PM
County administrator Ralph Billingsley said he's seeking input from all
supervisors about the new options to run its litter-control program in the
wake of the May retirement of community services coordinator Sylvester
Harris.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=26353
Sun Herald files motion adding auditor to DMR records lawsuit
Sun Herald
By ANITA LEE — calee@sunherald.com
GULFPORT -- Gulf Publishing Co. (the Sun Herald) is asking a chancery judge
to add State Auditor Stacey Pickering and his office as defendants in a
public-records lawsuit the newspaper filed against the Mississippi
Department of Marine Resources.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/16/4879344/sun-herald-files-court-motion.html#
No timetable for replacing Leonard Bentz
MBJ
by Clay Chandler
Published: August 16,2013
Southern District Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz had not, as of
Tuesday, sent Gov. Phil Bryant a letter noticing his resignation from the
Mississippi Public Service Commission.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/08/16/no-timetable-for-replacing-leonard-bentz/
National
Luminant Sued by EPA Over Texas Clean Air Violation Claims
Bloomberg
By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Mark Chediak - Aug 17, 2013
Luminant Generation Co., the largest power generator in Texas, was sued by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over air-pollution standards for
two power plants.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-16/luminant-sued-by-epa-over-texas-clean-air-violation-claims-1-.html
Decade of Drought Threatens West
Wall Street Journal
BOULDER CITY, Nev.—Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the nation, is
shrinking drastically—with consequences that could ripple across the West.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579017041805336208.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Opinion
SUN HERALD | Editorial: Stacey Pickering's handling of DMR scandal
undermines public confidence
State Auditor Stacey Pickering's handling of the Mississippi Department of
Marine Resources scandal has led to waning confidence by many in the public
and by this newspaper.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/17/4879966/sun-herald-editorial-stacey-pickerings.html
MICHAEL NEWSOM: An odd response from SMPDD
Sun Herald
Irecently asked the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District
for the qualifications it required of its last executive director and I got
a comical answer.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/17/4879962/michael-newsom-an-odd-response.html#
Put a Corn Cob in Your Tank
Even the EPA tacitly admits that ethanol is a bust.
Wall Street Journal
A strong candidate for the most expensive policy blunder of recent years
would have to be the mandate to blend corn ethanol and other biofuels into
the nation's gasoline supply. This month even the Environmental Protection
Agency essentially acknowledged that the program is increasingly
unworkable and costly to consumers. The EPA just won't do much to fix it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323977304579000790062317098.html?mod=wsj_streaming_stream
