9.25.2013
Oil Spill
Decades needed for recovery of tiny life on Gulf seabed after BP oil spill,
new study says
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
September 25, 2013 at 12:30 AM
The damage from oil during the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster to communities
of tiny organisms living in and on the soft sediment on the floor of the
Gulf of Mexico surrounding BP's Macondo well will take decades to repair,
according to a new scientific study conducted by NOAA, BP and university
researchers.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/09/decades_needed_for_recovery_of.html
Deep sea recovery from U.S. Gulf spill could take decades: study
Reuters
2:44am IST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The muddy deep-sea ecosystem around the massive 2010
Gulf of Mexico oil spill could take decades to recover from the effects of
the disaster, researchers reported on Tuesday.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/24/us-usa-environment-spill-idINBRE98N17J20130924
Opinions vary of spill's effects on fishing
Houma Today
Kelly Connelly
Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 5:46 p.m.
Ask anyone for their 2 cents: Are the state's fisheries recovering from the
2010 BP oil spill?
The answer will depend on who you ask and when you ask it. A balance is
struck between two contradictory messages: The Gulf is fine. Come visit.
Eat our seafood. But it's not fine enough to warrant suggestions of BP
evading paying lots and lots of fines.
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130924/ARTICLES/130929731/1026/news01?Title=Opinions-vary-of-spill-8217-s-effects-on-fishing
State
Kemper not a model plant
New EPA standards prompt admission
Clarion Ledger
The company building the $5 billion Kemper power plant that had been touted
as revolutionizing the entire coal industry by some and a boondoggle by
others has reversed its position, saying the plant won't be a technological
model for coal-fired plants across the country.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130925/NEWS01/309250042/Kemper-not-model-plant
Hancock wetlands complaint will be heard in December
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- The trial date has changed for William R. "Rusty" Miller, a
Fairhope, Ala., real estate developer accused of wetlands and Clean Water
Act violations in Hancock County.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/09/24/4977748/trial-date-changed-in-hancock.html
Noblin Sewer System work begins
Bolivar Commercial
by Paisley Boston
The citizens of Noblin and Stanton subdivisions received a long over due
gift from Bolivar County and Cleveland.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/23679239/article-Noblin-Sewer-System-work-begins?instance=homefirstleft
Magnolia acquires Pearl e-recycler
Clarion Ledger
E-waste recycler Magnolia Environmental Solutions LLC has completed its
acquisition of Advantage E-Cycling of Pearl.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130925/BIZ/309250023/Magnolia-acquires-Pearl-e-recycler?nclick_check=1
Volunteers invited to view, sign Mississippi Coastal Cleanup quilt in
Pascagoula
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
September 24, 2013 at 3:30 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Mississippi Coastal Cleanup is celebrating its
25th anniversary with a quilt that illustrates the event's history.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/09/volunteers_invited_to_view_sig.html#incart_river
US agriculture secretary coming to Miss. State
AP
STARKVILLE — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will tour the campus at
Mississippi State University on Wednesday and will be briefed on research
projects funded by his agency.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20130925/NEWS01/309250028/US-agriculture-secretary-coming-Miss-State
Regional
Court Says EPA Must Make Decision On Nutrient Limits in Mississippi River
Basin
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Bloomberg
Sept. 23 --A federal district court has ruled that the Environmental
Protection Agency must determine within six months whether numeric nutrient
criteria are needed for the states in the Mississippi River Basin and the
northern Gulf of Mexico (Gulf Restoration Network v. Jackson,2013 BL
253612, E.D. La., No. 2:12-cv-00677, 9/20/13).
http://www.bna.com/court-says-epa-n17179877264/
Task force: Hitting 2015 goal to reduce Gulf of Mexico dead zone unlikely
Des Moines Register
Efforts will fall short of a 2015 goal to significantly shrink the size of
the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, despite "incremental improvements and
significant investment" being made, the task force leading the charge says.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130924/BUSINESS01/130924040/Task-force-Hitting-2015-goal-reduce-Gulf-Mexico-dead-zone-unlikely?nclick_check=1
National
Obama Appeals to Trout Fishermen on Power-Plant Pollution
Bloomberg
By Mark Drajem - Sep 25, 2013
The Obama administration is trying to build support for a key element of
its climate-change plan with appeals to everyone from trout fishermen to
fans of Al Roker on the Weather Channel.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-25/obama-appeals-to-trout-fishermen-on-power-plant-pollution.html
Climate change report will point a finger at humans
USA Today
A landmark report from the world's top climate scientists this week
is likely to say with heightened certainty that humans are behind
the planet's rising temperatures, and that surface temperatures are
not the only indicators of climate change.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/09/24/climate-change-report/2862815/
Opinion
Prosecutors Gone Wild In Case of Fmr BP Engineer Kurt Mix
Forbes
On May 2, 2012, Kurt Mix was indicted on charges of obstructing justice by
deleting text message strings from his cell phone while employed as a
drilling engineer tasked with capping the flow of oil into the Gulf of
Mexico. The spill was a result of an explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon
(Macondo well) accident in 2010, which killed 11 people. According to
government prosecutors, deletion of those text messages strings, one to his
supervisor (SUPERVISOR) and the other to a contractor (CONTRACTOR) working
for BP, were a criminal act meant to hinder the investigation of the BP
spill.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2013/09/24/prosecutors-gone-wild-in-case-of-fmr-bp-engineer-kurt-mix/
