1.22.2014
Oil Spill
Advocates Call For Investment In Gulf Coast Economy, Environment With
Deepwater Spill Funds
WJCT
By MELISSA ROSS AND AARON BADIDA
In a departure from past responses to violations of the Clean Water Act,
Congress is looking to disperse fines from BP in a way that will benefit
the economies most affected by the spill.
http://news.wjct.org/post/advocates-call-investment-gulf-coast-economy-environment-deepwater-spill-funds
County creates RESTORE Act committee
By MATTHEW BEATON | The News Herald
Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 20:01 PM.
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Commission has created a RESTORE Advisory
Committee with no permanent seats for ecological experts, much to the
chagrin of some environmentalists.
http://www.newsherald.com/news/government/county-creates-restore-act-committee-document-1.265891
BP seeks rehearing in oil spill settlement dispute
AP
By Michael Kunzelman January 21, 2014
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP on Tuesday asked an appeals court to review a ruling
upholding a multibillion-dollar settlement to compensate victims of the
company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/397327?type=ap
Halliburton manager gets probation in Gulf spill
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former Halliburton manager apologized to his family
and friends Tuesday before a federal judge sentenced him to one year of
probation for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's massive 2010 oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.wlox.com/story/24505129/halliburton-manager-gets-probation-in-gulf-spill
Fla environmental specialists pick up bp tar balls
WEAR
Wednesday, January 22 2014
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is still doing its part-
on a daily basis- to monitor the effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout
and oil spill. And how many tar balls they find may surprise you.
http://www.weartv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/fla-environmental-specialists-pick-up-bp-tar-balls-40636.shtml
State
Ocean Springs aldermen raise garbage, water & sewer rates
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Last year, Ocean Springs aldermen touted the
$4 per month savings it had earned city residents after long -- and
sometimes contentious -- negotiations for a new garbage contract, which
ultimately went to Waste Pro.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/01/ocean_springs_aldermen_raise_g.html
Mississippi Development Authority Accepting Applications for Alternative
Fuel School Bus and Municipal Motor Vehicle Revolving Loan Program
WXXV
Jackson, Miss. (January 21, 2014) – The program provides municipalities and
public school districts with zero percent interest loans and may be used to
cover the cost difference between the purchase of a new AFV and a
comparable conventional model; to cover the cost of a new fuel system,
including construction and installation; and for the purchase of a new fuel
system for the conversion of existing fleet vehicles to AFVs. Alternative
fuels include propane gas, compressed natural gas and liquefied natural
gas.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Mississippi-Development-Authority-Accepting/f0R35UxPC0iWU9q1epKyNQ.cspx
Bio-diesel plant fire in Union County
AP
NEW ALBANY, MISS. — The Mississippi Highway Patrol says officials are
working a fire at a bio-diesel plant near New Albany.
The Highway Patrol says the fire was reported shortly before 6 a.m.
Wednesday.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20140122/NEWS/301220045/Bio-diesel-plant-fire-Union-County
Reservoir working to remove 'camps'
Carpet, tents among 112 tons of material removed
Clarion Ledger
Anglers and boaters who have not been on the Pearl River above Barnett
Reservoir in a while are going to notice a major change in the scenery this
spring.
Crews of workers armed with barges and machinery have been removing
unapproved camps and associated items that have built up over the last 20
or so years.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140119/SPORTS08/301190001?gcheck=1
State's e-government cut agencies costs by $3 million
Clarion Ledger
Mississippi's efforts to provide more services on digital platforms has not
only netted awards but has saved the state millions over the last three
years, officials said.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140121/NEWS/301210065?cid=dlvr.it
Neel-Schaffer opens new Rankin County office
by MBJ Staff
Published: January 21,2014
BRANDON — The Jackson-based engineering firm Neel-Schaffer Inc. has opened
an office in Brandon that will be managed by Brandon native Derick Milner.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/01/21/neel-schaffer-opens-new-rankin-county-office/
National
Discarded fishing line lethal threat to birds and marine mammals
By Kyle Rothenberg
Published January 17, 2014
FoxNews.com
Discarded fishing line and other marine debris are killing wildlife in huge
numbers.
More than one million birds and 100,000 marine mammals die each year from
marine debris,according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/01/17/discarded-fishing-line-lethal-threat-to-birds-and-marine-mammals/
