12.2.2013
Oil Spill
Ex-BP engineer who deleted texts heads to trial
BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
December 1, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Nearly a year after energy giant BP cut a deal to a resolve a
criminal investigation of its role in the nation's worst offshore oil
spill, a jury is set to hear the Justice Department's case against a former
company employee accused of trying to stymie the federal investigation.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/01/5158404/ex-bp-engineer-charged-over-texts.html?sp-tk=E1DB6C43C8AFA7876D46B18CD425E368940C9AC734A8140C81AE4362B5A2716EED5CE287B8716BDF6E4EE3000E7A6F3F6CD1B37C7DF7921E438397631A6C6EEC50DA0CCBCC1C36D7524117145D4664A0D27BABBF65B5E803DF5A39720B5543E92A8CE7127B4814A03DE3EB0C5895A359A4C5BEB6F349640387DFC30B52ADC0204FA6FD80CFCC8B671A8FE166B137032F44C59AB2A4ED93E63C8C29025877974DE97FC3FC
Defendants say they are scapegoats
Baton Rouge Advocate
By Richard Thompson and Claire Galofaro
Kurt Mix did not cause the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. He cannot be
blamed for the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon, the corporate
recklessness that created it, or the 11 lives lost and 4.2 million barrels
of oil poured into the sea.
http://theadvocate.com/news/7715100-123/defendants-in-bp-oil-spill
Oral history project to document oil spill impact
Project funded with grant from NOAA
Hattiesburg American
University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural
Heritage interviews with Gulf Coast marine harvesters affected by the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil spill are included in an initiative supported with
funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20131127/NEWS01/131127009/Oral-history-project-document-oil-spill-impact-
State
MS fisheries stock waters with bluegill, crappie
WTVA
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries,
and Parks has added more than half a million crappie and coppernose
bluegill to lakes around the state.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/MS-fisheries-stock-waters-with-bluegill-crappie/L2n-Yl3-Sk2urJN1UKXZhg.cspx
Subpoena precludes release of DMR files, auditor argues
AP
GULFPORT — State Auditor Stacey Pickering says his hands are tied by a
federal subpoena that prevents his releasing documents seized from state
Department of Marine Resources to a Gulf Coast newspaper.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20131202/NEWS01/312020003/Subpoena-precludes-release-DMR-files-auditor-argues
Watchdog: Miss. should do better to help vendors
BY JEFF AMY
Associated Press
December 1, 2013
JACKSON, MISS. — It's too hard for companies to track down information on
how to sell goods and services to state government and Mississippi should
make it easier to do business with the state, a legislative watchdog group
said.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/01/5158988/watchdog-miss-should-do-better.html?sp-tk=9F120A836F1116880BE8DBF4F1291746BDDC6BBCC7AB0A83880846A0D8C3B333DA23B75A4534A25D14F79C1221BCB99EDC6875E10C5D6C69D9AD020A95F743B6C1115502B555E0EF972FF259F0CEDE660650356286ABBD79CED692CE3AE46DE6F3AC2BF8CF02A4FF2C48E96CF339E16D5B7A41F974A1B8EA3D3C47D15F5702B6CC2CE061A8D59B587F3919EC22B7B863F7FD9D6AF793D370D31C994238419A307C4C879C
National
Cities, Counties, Mayors Urge Uniform Application of Mixing, Blending
Decision
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Bloomberg
By Amena H. Saiyid
Nov. 26 --Representatives of several groups urged the Environmental
Protection Agency to end regulatory confusion by applying nationally an
appeals court decision to invalidate the agency's policies prohibiting
bacteria mixing zones in receiving waters and the blending of partially and
fully treated wastewater during heavy rains.
http://www.bna.com/cities-counties-mayors-n17179880379/
Ethanol fans pushing back
EPA's plan to cut the fuel requirement worries producers
Gannett
WASHINGTON — Ethanol supporters are mounting an all-out lobbying blitz they
hope will convince the White House to backtrack on its decision to reduce
the amount of the renewable fuel required to be mixed into the country's
gasoline supply next year.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131201/BIZ/312010026/Ethanol-fans-pushing-back
Fracking requires chemicals and water, raising unresolved claims about
pollution
By Sean Cockerham
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Fracking, the controversial drilling technique that is driving America's
energy boom, has been around for decades. But it was only in the last
decade that the process of blasting underground rocks with water and
chemicals was refined enough to deliver a long sought oil and gas bounty
and stir a furious debate over its health and environmental consequences.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/28/3764671/fracking-requires-chemicals-and.html
Energy boom brings new life to old businesses across U.S.
By Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Washington Bureau
This rust-bucket town near Buffalo is a perfect example of the
transformation that fracking has brought to American business, where new
life has been breathed into manufacturing and the nation's railroads even
as much the economy bumps along at a subpar pace.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/28/3764663/energy-boom-brings-new-life-to.html
The $38 billion nuclear waste fiasco
Politico
By: Darius Dixon
November 30, 2013 12:29 PM EST
Doing nothing often has a cost — and when it comes to storing the nation's
nuclear waste, the price is $38 billion and rising.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/nuclear-waste-fiasco-100450.html?hp=l20
Opinion
Editorial: Projects will restore Gulf Coast habitats
Friday, November 29, 2013 12:48pm
Tampa Bay Times
The recovery from the BP oil spill took a big step last month with the
announcement of $100 million in restoration efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
The projects in five states, including Florida, will go a long way toward
strengthening the gulf ecosystem and the region's economy. Florida should
keep the focus on ecological health, coastal habitats and the fisheries as
it steers new work into the pipeline.
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-projects-will-restore-gulf-coast-habitats/2154758
