1.14.2014
Oil Spill
Years after BP spill, Mote Marine still finding oil in Gulf
WFLA
SARASOTA, FL -It's been nearly four years since the BP oil spill wreaked
havoc in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.wfla.com/story/24411198/mote-marine-lab-finding
State
Environmental group files motion against city
Gulf Restoration Network seeks summary judgment in sewage discharge case
Hattiesburg American
An environmental group based in New Orleans has filed a motion for summary
judgment in federal court, asking that the City of Hattiesburg be found to
have violated its sewage discharge permit for nearly the past 14 years.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20140114/NEWS01/301140006/Environmental-group-files-motion-against-city?nclick_check=1
Moss Point to host public meeting about brownfield grants on Thursday
Mississippi Press
January 13, 2014 at 3:06 PM
MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- A public meeting and workshop will be held
Thursday at 11 a.m. at Pelican Landing for city leaders to provide
information about Moss Point's $400,000 grant from the Environmental
Protection Agency to clean brownfield sites.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/01/moss_point_to_host_public_meet.html#incart_river
National
US carbon pollution up 2 percent in 2013
BY MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Energy-related carbon dioxide pollution grew by 2 percent last
year after declining several years in a row, a government report said
Monday. The increase was largely due to a small boost in coal consumption
by the electric power industry, according to the study by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/01/13/5254591/us-carbon-pollution-up-2-percent.html
Farm Bureau warns: EPA seeks to control all farm, ranch land
New regulations tied to water infringe on rights, group's leader says
Des Moines Register
SAN ANTONIO — The Environmental Protection Agency is moving too
aggressively to expand its reach through a rule that would give it
"regulatory control of virtually all farm and ranch land," the head of the
country's largest farm group said Sunday.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140113/BUSINESS01/301130056/Farm-Bureau-warns-EPA-seeks-control-all-farm-ranch-land?nclick_check=1
West Virginia Begins to Lift Water Ban
Tests Show Chemical Has Largely Dissipated, Officials Say
Wall Street Journal
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Officials in Kentucky and Ohio were preparing Monday for
the arrival of a slow-moving, 60-mile-long chemical plume drifting toward
them down the Ohio River, after its accidental release prompted a five-day
water ban here.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303595404579318623579448490?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
