8.9.13
Oil Spill
BP's Robert Dudley on the Gulf Oil Spill's Legal Aftermath
Bloomberg
By Paul M. Barrett on August 08, 2013
After the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP (BP) said it wanted to
clean up the mess, pay what it owed, and get on with business. Three years
later, you're at war with plaintiffs' lawyers. What happened?
It was a terrible accident. And from that time on, we said we would want to
step up and make good. We are still committed to make sure that legitimate
claimants and people who were true victims of the spill are paid.
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/141586-bps-robert-dudley-on-the-gulf-oil-spills-legal-aftermath
Tulane study shows no post-oil spill crab decrease
Fox 8
New Orleans, La. - When researchers from Tulane and the University of
Louisiana-Lafayette began a study of blue crabs in the Gulf of Mexico after
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, they expected a big kill-off. However,
their investigations have not indicated any obvious or dramatic mortality
rates. The ongoing study is funded by the BP/Gulf of Mexico Research
Initiative.
http://www.fox8live.com/story/23085276/tulane-study-shows-no-post-spill-crab-decrease
Alabama Attorney General's Office brings its first oil spill claims fraud
cases
Press-Register
Brendan Kirby
August 08, 2013 at 10:59 PM
MOBILE, Alabama – The state Attorney General's Office announced Thursday
that it has obtained indictments against 10 people on charges of filing
false claims against BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/08/alabama_attorney_generals_offi.html
State
Sentencing rescheduled for Mississippi environmental lab owner convicted
of faking water tests
AP
JACKSON, Mississippi — A federal judge has reset the sentencing date for
an environmental laboratory owner in Mississippi who was convicted on
federal charges of falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ca3aee061a334baea99915e867440938/MS--Wastewater-Testing-Indictment
2 Jackson recycling facilities close after piling up with debris
Clarion Ledger
There's no longer a place for residents to drop off their recycling in the
Jackson city limits, and some recyclables dropped off in the past are
ultimately destined for the landfill.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130809/NEWS01/308090026/2-Jackson-recycling-facilities-close-after-piling-up-debris
Glass recycling in Miss. isn't a profitable venture
Clarion Ledger
With the recent closure of a recycling facility on Palmyra Street in
Jackson, nowhere in the metro area accepts glass from the public.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130809/NEWS01/308090025/Glass-recycling-Miss-isn-t-profitable-venture
35 apply for Mississippi DMR deputy director position
Sun Herald
By PAUL HAMPTON — jphampton@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- The state Personnel Board received 35 applications for deputy
director of the Department of Marine Resources, a spokesman said Wednesday,
the deadline for applications to be received by the Jackson office.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/08/4858764/35-apply-for-mississippi-dmr-deputy.html
Leader of state Senate road study proposes $700 million in new taxes as
discussion starting point
The Associated Press
August 08, 2013 at 11:05 PM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- The leader of a Senate transportation study
committee proposes the state should levy $700 million in new taxes to
support road maintenance as well as some other non-transportation related
projects.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/08/leader_of_state_senate_road_st.html#incart_river
Ocean Springs considering suspension of Public Works Director Andre Kaufman
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
August 08, 2013 at 3:15 PM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- The Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen is
considering suspending Public Works Director Andre Kaufman without pay for
up to a week for derogatory remarks he made about one of the aldermen in an
email to Ocean Springs school superintendent Bonita Coleman-Potter.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/08/ocean_springs_considering_susp.html#incart_river
Region
Rare green sea turtle nesting attempts blocked by beach trash in Gulf
Shores
Press-Register
Dennis Pillion
August 08, 2013 at 2:01 PM
GULF SHORES, Alabama -- Volunteers with Share the Beach, Alabama's sea
turtle conservation program, discovered two sets of tracks from an
endangered green sea turtle Wednesday morning during their daily patrols of
Alabama's coastline.
http://blog.al.com/gulf-coast/2013/08/endangered_green_sea_turtles_n.html#incart_river
National
Cut Emissions? Congress Itself Keeps Burning a Dirtier Fuel
NY Times
By ERIN BANCO
WASHINGTON — As part of the climate change agenda he unveiled this year,
President Obama made a commitment to significantly reduce the federal
government's dependence on fossil fuels. The government, he said in a
speech in June at Georgetown University, "must lead by example."
But just two miles from the White House stands the Capitol Power Plant, the
largest single source of carbon emissions in the nation's capital and a
concrete example of the government's inability to green its own turf.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/us/politics/just-across-town-a-test-of-obamas-emissions-goals.html?ref=earth&_r=0&pagewanted=print
Obama in center of fight over bald eagle deaths
The Hill
By Julian Hattem - 08/08/13 05:00 AM ET
Wildlife conservationists are battling an Obama administration rule that
would give wind energy companies lengthy permits for wind farms that end up
killing bald and golden eagles.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/316051-obama-in-center-of-green-fight-over-eagle-deaths
