10.8.13
Oil Spill
BP, federal government fighting over leak totals in Gulf oil spill trial in
New Orleans
Mark Waller
The Times-Picayune
October 07, 2013 at 10:37 PM
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday launched its case for a higher
estimate of how much oil coursed out of the Macondo well in 2010, and BP
lawyers began working to pick apart the federal government's experts and
their theories on the epic Gulf of Mexico oil spill, all with potentially
billions of dollars in fine money at stake, in the latest round of the BP
trial in federal court in New Orleans.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/10/bp_and_federal_government_figh.html#incart_river
Judge hears conflicting estimates of BP oil spill
AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For weeks after BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico, people across the globe were captivated by a live video feed
from underwater cameras that showed the company's blown-out well belching
plumes of black crude into the water.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-10-07/bp-trial-focus-shifts-to-how-much-oil-spilled
BP spars with U.S. government over size of Gulf of Mexico spill
Reuters
Mon, Oct 7 2013
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Lawyers for BP Plc and the federal government
sparred on Monday over the methods competing teams of scientists used to
estimate the size of the company's 2010 oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of
Mexico.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/08/us-bp-trial-idUSBRE99610F20131008
Cleanup begins after storm leaves oil tar balls on Grand Isle
WWL
GRAND ISLE -- Just when you thought it was safe to say Tropical Storm Karen
came and went without a fuss, islanders found their beach covered in tar
balls.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20131007/MULTIMEDIA/131009608
The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — The RESTORE Act
WWNO
The second part of a trial resumed in the Federal District Court here in
New Orleans this month to decide just how much BP will pay for polluting
the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana during the Deepwater Horizon spill back in
2010.
This is important for Louisiana because the state is depending on what it
hopes will be billions of dollars from this settlement to help pay for its
Coastal Master Plan — a $50 billion plan it says can help keep southeast
Louisiana from slipping below the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the century.
http://wwno.org/post/louisiana-coast-last-call-restore-act
State
Kay Whittington to head MDEQ Office of Land and Water Resources Resources
MBJ
Posted by Ted Carter
JACKSON, Mississippi – Kay Whittington, veteran staff member of the
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and current chief of basin
management, has been named director of the Office of Land and Water
Resources.
http://msbusiness.com/businessblog/2013/10/07/kay-whittington-head-mdeq-office-land-water-resources/
Lake Tangipahoa still almost dry as work continues on dam
WLBT
PIKE COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) -The lake at a popular south
Mississippi state park, Percy Quinn near McComb, is still almost dry as
work continues on the dam that almost broke in Hurricane Isaac a year ago.
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/23630836/lake-tangipahoa-still-almost-dry-as-work-continues-on-dam
Seminary man changes course after battle with Okatoma River
WDAM
Floaters on the Okatoma River may soon see more than just canoes along the
route.
Stacey Revette, owner of Seminary Canoe Rental, has brought in a trackhoe
to divert the water "back on its original course."
http://www.wdam.com/story/23630639/seminary-man-changes-course-after-battle-with-okatoma-river
MS oyster reefs still closed
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - South Mississippi's oyster reefs are still
closed. Monday DMR Officials will check the bacteria levels following
Sunday's rain to help determine when they can reopen them.
http://www.wlox.com/story/23626161/ms-oyster-reefs-still-closed
Regional
Tennessee's fragile Cumberland Plateau ecosystem threatened by human
interaction, scientists say
Times-Picayune
Just west of Chattanooga, Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation scientists are defending towering hemlock trees in coves along
the Cumberland Plateau from a tiny, fuzzy white pest dubbed the hemlock
woolly adelgid.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/10/tennessees_fragile_cumberland.html#incart_river
National
U.S. justices scheduled to consider climate change cases
Reuters
Mon, Oct 7 2013
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court meets later this week
to consider whether to undertake a legal review of the Obama
administration's first wave of regulations tackling climate change.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/07/usa-court-climatechange-idUSL1N0HX1DP20131007
Supreme Court mum for now on climate rule challenges
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 10/07/13 11:44 AM ET
The Supreme Court did not say Monday whether it will review a major 2012
appeals court decision that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's
first wave of greenhouse gas regulations and authority to craft future
rules.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/326903-supreme-court-mum-for-now-on-climate-rule-challenges
Obama's top environment adviser, Heather Zichal, stepping down after 5
years at White House
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 07, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top adviser on environmental and
climate issues is leaving.
Heather Zichal has been advising Obama for five years and is the architect
of his climate change plan. She also advises Obama on energy issues.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/056f1a9ee59e4ec5893842358530095a/US--Obama-Climate-Adviser
