11.5.13
Oil Spill
Mississippi Businesses Feel Impact of BP Court Battles
BY EVELINA BURNETT | PUBLISHED 05 NOV 2013 06:00AM
MPB
BP and attorneys representing some of the businesses who say they were hurt
by the 2010 Gulf oil spill were back in court this week. MPB's Evelina
Burnett reports on how the ongoing legal battles are affecting Mississippi
businesses.
http://mpbonline.org/News/article/mississippi_businesses_feel_impact_of_bp_court_battles
BP tells 5th Circuit to throw out private oil spill settlement if business
claims rules aren't fixed
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
November 04, 2013 at 2:22 PM
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals should throw out a
multi-billion-dollar settlement of private claims against BP stemming from
the April 2010 Macondo well blowout if a lower court judge refuses to
require businesses to prove their losses were caused by the accident and
spill, a BP attorney argued Monday.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/11/bp_tells_5th_circuit_to_throw.html#incart_river
State
Officials close in on leak's source
Water seeping from Lake Serene North
Hattiesburg American
PURVIS — Nearly three weeks after it was first discovered, the
investigation continues into what caused troubling seepage at the earthen
dam that contains Lake Serene North in Lamar County.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20131105/NEWS01/311050011/Officials-close-leak-s-source
Recycling key to county's future
DeSoto Times
By ROBERT LEE LONG
Published: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:05 AM CST
Recycling efforts in the state's fastest growing county are picking up
speed and DeSoto County officials plan to look no further than their own
offices and cubicles to launch the effort.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2013/11/05/news/local/doc527856c845ba9279106755.txt
Lake Monroe Renovation Project
WCBI
Monroe County, Miss.[WCBI]-The Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries
& Parks project to renovate Monroe Lake begins this month.
http://www.wcbi.com/wordpress/video-lake-monroe-renovation-project
Sources: U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to visit Kemper coal plant
Sam Hall
Clarion Ledger
Multiple sources have confirmed that U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is
scheduled to join Gov. Phil Bryant at Mississippi Power's Kemper County
coal plant next Friday.
http://blogs.clarionledger.com/samrhall/2013/11/01/sources-u-s-energy-secretary-ernest-moniz-to-visit-kemper-coal-plant/
National
EPA Begins Rulemaking to Revise Program On Imports, Exports of Hazardous
Waste
Monday, November 4, 2013
Bloomberg
Oct. 31 --The Environmental Protection Agency has initiated a rulemaking
that would update the requirements for importing or exporting shipments of
hazardous waste, the agency confirmed to Bloomberg BNA Oct. 31.
http://www.bna.com/epa-begins-rulemaking-n17179879870/
Wasted food opportunity for startup companies
Clarion Ledger
According to a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 percent
of food in the U.S. goes uneaten. And many see this wasted food as a
business opportunity — from startups like Food Cowboy and CropMobster to
the former president of Trader Joe's, who is opening up a market. But
although food waste is an obvious problem, it's a complicated one to solve,
whether you're targeting farmers, retailers or consumers, NPR reports.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131104/BIZ/131104012/Wasted-food-opportunity-startup-companies
