Oil Spill
Wildlife Chief: Oil to be around fo a long time
WWL
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham
believes the Bayou State will be dealing with the after effects from the
2010 BP oil spill for many years to come.
http://www.wwl.com/Wildlife-Chief---Oil-to-be-around-fo-a-long-time/18058534
Targets in BP settlement inquiry rebut findings
The Associated Press
December 27, 2013 at 1:24 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- Nearly six months after a federal judge appointed former FBI
director Louis Freeh to investigate alleged misconduct inside the
settlement program for compensating victims of BP's 2010 Gulf oil spill,
the targets of his inquiry are questioning his independence and trying to
rebut his findings.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/12/targets_in_bp_settlement_inqui.html
BP reserves right to appeal ruling allowing business claims without proof
of oil spill losses
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
December 26, 2013 at 9:08 PM
BP filed a notice Thursday reserving the right to appeal a federal judge's
decision rejecting the company's attempt to ban payments to some businesses
claiming damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/12/bp_reserves_right_to_appeal_ru.html#incart_river
BP funded Project Rebound project coming to an end in 2014
Press-Register
December 29, 2013 at 7:02 AM
(Embedded image moved to file: pic05447.jpg)MOBILE, Ala.-- Project Rebound
initially began after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when BP funds were
dispersed to various projects as recompense for the disaster. Geared toward
mental health, Project Rebound was given $10 million in August of 2012, and
those funds have lasted until this year.
The program will come to an end Dec. 31, but keep its services in Baldwin
County schools.
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/12/bp_funded_project_rebound_proj.html#incart_river
State
Drilling Challenge Goes To Court On Jan. 6
MPB
BY EVELINA BURNETT | PUBLISHED 30 DEC 2013
Mississippi's rules for oil and gas leases and seismic testing in state
waters will be tested in court early next year.
http://mpbonline.org/News/article/drilling_challenge_goes_to_court_on_jan._6
Holiday trash can be recycled but also can be sign for thieves
Sun Herald
BY MARY PEREZ
Tis the season to recycle large cardboard boxes from televisions,
computers, video game systems and other expensive Christmas gifts.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/26/5219406/holiday-trash-can-be-recycled.html
Sun Herald will get first look at Mississippi DMR records Monday
Sun Herald
BY PAUL HAMPTON
GULFPORT -- Sixty boxes of Department of Marine Resources records have been
returned to the Coast and are under lock and key at the Harrison County
Courthouse in Gulfport.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/27/5220081/dmr-records-returned-to-schloegels.html
National
Climate change debate ready to heat up
The Hill
By Laura Barron-Lopez
Policies surrounding climate change are poised to heat up in 2014 as major
aspects of President Obama's climate plan come to fruition.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/194082-climate-change-debate-to-dominate-agenda-in-2014
Neighbors Fume at Radioactive Dump
Legacy of Atomic-Era Weapons Work in St. Louis Suburb Stirs Worries About
Health, Environment
Wall Street Journal
BRIDGETON, Mo.—A dispute is smoldering here, in one sense quite literally,
over what to do with thousands of tons of radioactive waste in a landfill
in this suburban St. Louis town.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579270660999230736?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_4
