9.27.2013
Oil Spill
Defense seeks to toss BP supervisors' manslaughter charges
AP
September 26, 2013 at 9:32 pm
NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers for two BP rig supervisors charged with manslaughter
in the Deepwater Horizon disaster say the indictment should be dismissed
because prosecutors accuse the men of violating standards that didn't exist
when an explosion killed 11 workers on April 20, 2010.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/26/defense-seeks-to-toss-bp-supervisors-manslaughter-charges/
State
Renewable energy source finds home in Mound Bayou
Bolivar Commercial
by Paisley Boston
09.26.13 - 05:59 pm
Mound Bayou is housing green gas that has the potential to grow 14 feet
tall.
The Alcorn State University Extension service in Mound Bayou recently
planted an entire acre of giant miscanthus for the purpose of research.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/23697681/article-Renewable-energy-source-finds-home-in-Mound-Bayou?instance=latest_articles
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces $3 million for Mississippi
programs
The Associated Press
September 26, 2013 at 12:14 PM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has
announced more than $3 million in funding for renewable energy projects,
projects to improve public health in the Mississippi Delta region and
awards to support small farmers.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/09/us_agriculture_secretary_tom_v_1.html#incart_river
DMR to open bids on bringing down buildings at Ocean Springs Harbor
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON — klnelson@sunherald.com
OCEAN SPRINGS -- The state Department of Marine Resources plans to open
bids next week for the demolition of the Harbor Landing boat shed and
restaurant -- vacant buildings at the Ocean Springs Harbor.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/09/26/4985302/dmr-to-open-bids-on-bringing-down.html
National
Report: Polluted farm runoff linked to toxic green algae slime in U.S.
waters
Washington Post
By Darryl Fears, Published: September 26
They call it the green slime, a toxic ooze of algae that covered lakes and
other water bodies across the United States this summer, closing beaches in
Wisconsin and Kentucky, and killing scores of dolphins, manatees, birds and
fish in Florida, a report says.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/report-polluted-farm-runoff-linked-to-toxic-green-algae-slime-in-us-waters/2013/09/26/591a75a2-25f1-11e3-b75d-5b7f66349852_print.html
EPA Carbon Standards Among Rules Targeted in Debt Ceiling Bill, Analysis
Says
Friday, September 27, 2013
Bloomberg
By Anthony Adragna and Ari Natter
Sept. 26 --Clean Air Act new source performance standards for new power
plants recently announced by the Obama administration are among the rules
House Republicans are targeting in debt ceiling legislation, according to
an analysis of the bill released Sept. 26 by the House Joint Economic
Committee.http://www.bna.com/epa-carbon-standards-n17179877380/
U.N. climate change report points blame at humans
CNN
By Dave Hennen, Brandon Miller and Eliott C. McLaughlin
Fri September 27, 2013
The world's getting hotter, the sea's rising and there's increasing
evidence neither are naturally occurring phenomena.
So says a report from the U.N. International Panel on Climate Change, a
document released every six years that is considered the benchmark on the
topic. More than 800 authors and 50 editors from dozens of countries took
part in its creation.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/world/climate-change-5-things/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
