11.22.2013
Oil Spill
BP asks court to order judge to limit spill payments
November 21, 2013 at 4:22 pm by Bloomberg
BP asked an appeals court for an injunction to stop some payments under a
$9.2 billion settlement tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying
the judge overseeing the case ignored the court's mandate to review claims.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/21/bp-asks-court-to-order-judge-to-limit-spill-payments/
State
MDEQ awards $25,000 solid waste assistance grant to Gautier
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
November 21, 2013 at 10:55 AM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
has awarded Gautier a $25,000 solid waste assistance grant that will be
used by the city to clean up illegal dumping.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/11/mdeq_awards_25000_solid_waste.html#incart_river
Gautier gets $25K cleanup grant
Sun Herald
GAUTIER -- The city has received a $25,000 solid waste assistance grant
from the state Department of Environmental Quality to be used to clean up
illegal dumping.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/11/21/5137102/around-south-mississippi.html
Marion County receives MDEQ grant
AP
Marion County received a $15,600 boost in the arm to go after illegal
dumpers.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality provided a solid waste
assistance grant that the county intends to use for illegal dumping
enforcement.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/viewart/20131122/NEWS01/311220013/Marion-County-receives-MDEQ-grant
Regional
Gulf wetlands loss rate more than doubled, new five-year federal study says
Benjamin Alexander-Bloch
The Times-Picayune
November 21, 2013 at 4:49 PM
The loss of Gulf of Mexico saltwater wetlands more than doubled between
2004 and 2009 when compared to an earlier five-year period, a federal
report released on Thursday said. The rising rate contributed to the Gulf
Coast accounting for 71 percent of wetlands lost across the contiguous
United States from 2004 to 2009.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/11/gulf_wetlands_loss_more_than_d.html#incart_river
Deadline for comments on TVA energy resource plan
The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Friday is the deadline for public comments on the
Tennessee Valley Authority's long-term energy resource strategy.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/11/22/5137547/deadline-for-comments-on-tva-energy.html
National
EPA power grab? Pols, states claim new water reg could bring feds into your
backyard
By Kelley Vlahos
Published November 22, 2013
FoxNews
A river runs through it -- and Uncle Sam isn't far behind.
That's what several Republican lawmakers and even state farming groups and
local governments are warning, after a draft rule from the Environmental
Protection Agency proposed expanding which waterways are federally
protected under the Clean Water Act.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/22/epa-power-grab-pols-states-claim-new-reg-could-bring-feds-into-your-backyard/
EPA doesn't rule out state carbon tax option for power plants
The Hill
By Ben Geman
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) isn't currently ruling out the
idea of allowing states to meet planned climate regulations for existing
power plants by imposing state-level carbon taxes.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/191055-epa-doesnt-rule-out-state-carbon-tax-option-for-power-plants
