12.17.2013
Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill NRDA trustees invite public comment on
restoration projects Tuesday in Long Beach
Mississippi Press
By Brittany Bright
December 16, 2013 at 4:25 PM
LONG BEACH, Mississippi --The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource
Damage Assessment Trustees will host a meeting Tuesday at the University of
Southern Mississippi campus in Long Beach, seeking public comment on the
$627 million in proposed early restoration gulf projects.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/12/deepwater_horizon_oil_spill_tr.html
Craft: Governor still committed to state park lodge
Gulf Coast News
BY JOHN MULLEN
December 17, 2013 4:30 am
GULF SHORES, AL — Mayor Robert Craft was late to a City Council work
session on Dec. 9, but with good cause.
Craft showed up just about the time the meeting was wrapping up, but
offered a report from a meeting about future growth and transportation for
not only Gulf Shores, but Pleasure Island as well.
http://www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com/area_news/article_88c24044-6671-11e3-808f-0019bb2963f4.html
Jury mulls ex-BP engineer's fate
1 of 4 charged with crimes related to spill
AP
NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury on Monday started weighing whether a former BP
engineer broke the law or harmlessly swiped his finger across a cellular
phone when he deleted hundreds of text messages in the aftermath of the
company's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20131217/NEWS01/312170016/Jury-mulls-ex-BP-engineer-s-fate
Supreme Court won't consider Gulf spill moratorium case
The Associated Press
December 16, 2013 at 9:09 AM
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court won't decide if the Obama administration
violated a judge's order that struck down its temporary moratorium on deep
water drilling after BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/12/supreme_court_wont_consider_gu.html
AP's Liz Sidoti take BP PR job
Politico
By HADAS GOLD
12/16/13 5:01 PM EST
Associated Press national political editor Liz Sidoti is resigning from her
post to take a job as head of communications for BP's U.S. operations,
based in Washington.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/ap-political-editor-resigns-for-bp-communications-179719.html?hp=r14
State
DMR director signs off on state's process for oil, gas drilling leases
SUN HERALD
December 17, 2013
BILOXI -- The head of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said
the state's process for seismic testing and oil or gas drilling leases off
the Coast are consistent with the agency's Mississippi Coastal Program.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/17/5199913/dmr-director-signs-off-on-states.html
DMR's Jamie Miller OKs Mississippi Development Authority's process for
drilling leases in state waters
Mississippi Press
Gareth Clary
December 17, 2013 at 7:08 AM
BILOXI, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Development Authority's rules for
oil and gas leasing and seismic activity in Mississippi marine waters does
not contradict the Mississippi Coastal Program, according to a review of
the policy.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/12/dmrs_jamie_miller_oks_mississi.html#incart_river
Pascagoula meeting set on environmental concerns
Sun Herald
The City of Pascagoula and the Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality are holding a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for the Cherokee
Subdivision in Southeast Pascagoula.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/16/5199473/around-south-mississippi.html
Pascagoula to host Wednesday public outreach meeting for Cherokee
subdivision
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
December 16, 2013 at 3:58 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- The city of Pascagoula has announced a Wednesday
night public outreach meeting for residents of the Cherokee subdivision in
southeast Pascagoula.
The meeting is being hosted in cooperation with the Mississippi Department
of Environmental Quality to discuss concerns of air quality, noise and
other environmental issues, the city said in a news release.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/12/pascagoula_to_host_wednesday_p.html
Miss. State forest products dept. renamed
AP
STARKVILLE, MISS. — A department at Mississippi State University has a new
name.
MSU says its Department of Forest Products is now the Department of
Sustainable Bioproducts.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20131217/NEWS/312170032/Miss-State-forest-products-dept-renamed
Regional
Louisiana Oil and Gas Assoc. sues state attorney general over approval of
wetlands damages suit
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
December 16, 2013 at 5:06 PM
The Louisiana Oil & Gas Association filed suit Friday against Attorney
General Buddy Caldwell in an attempt to halt a wetlands damages lawsuit
filed in July by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/12/louisiana_oil_and_gas_associat.html#incart_river
National
Republicans file brief against EPA rules
The Hill
By Julian Hattem
Congressional Republicans are filing a brief in opposition to Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) regulations requiring permits for some greenhouse
gas emissions.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/court-battles/193294-gop-file-brief-against-epa-rules
Environmental advocates target possible flaws in EPA pesticide system
BY KENDALL HELBLIG
McClatchy Washington BureauDecember 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — The honeybees that pollinate one-third of Americans' daily
diet are dying, and in the eyes of some environmentalists one culprit may
be a decades-old Environmental Protection Agency system.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/17/5198400/environmental-advocates-target.html
New forecast finds U.S. flush with energy
BY SEAN COCKERHAM
McClatchy Washington Bureau
December 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — U.S. oil production will surge toward a record high in the
next two years and the nation's natural gas dominance is expected to rise
for decades, according to a new government forecast.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/16/5198929/new-forecast-finds-us-flush-with.html
Southern California Water Dispute Boils Over
Battle Between Agencies Could Lead to Rate Increases for Millions
Wall Street Journal
A water war in Southern California could result in rates being driven up
for millions of customers, just as the state enters a third year of
drought.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304173704579260291609054598?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6
