1.28.2014
Oil Spill
BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on Gulf of Mexico fisheries
discussed
Benjamin Alexander-Bloch
The Times-Picayune
January 27, 2014 at 5:10 PM
As the 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference
continued on Monday in Mobile, Ala., some scientists discussed the
potential impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf fisheries,
often describing the fishery as better off than many think but always
adding that there still remains much ongoing research.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/01/bp_deepwater_horizon_oil_spill_1.html
Oil spill conference touches on Gulf fisheries and social toll in
communities
Press-Register
Michael Finch II
January 27, 2014 at 9:55 PM
MOBILE, Alabama – Researchers discussed Monday some of the uncertainties
and challenges of dealing with the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference.
http://blog.al.com/live/2014/01/oil_spill_conference_focuses_o.html#incart_river
BP's New Tactic in Oil Spill Claims: Go After the 'Special Master'
Wall Street Journal
BPPLCBP.LN +0.09% has been complaining for a year that money it has
promised to pay to financial victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has
been doled out to unworthy, uninjured claimants. In courthouse filings and
newspaper ads, BP has targeted companies it says were not really harmed by
the accident and their lawyers, as the oil giant's estimate of the tab
ballooned from $7.8 billion to $9.4 billion.
http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/01/27/bps-new-tactic-in-oil-spill-claims-go-after-the-special-master/
State
Janus statements to FBI could incriminate Scott Walker, Walker says in
motion for separate trial
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- Coast businessman Scott Walker is requesting a separate trial
on corruption charges because he says he could be incriminated by a
statement his codefendant, former D'Iberville City Manager Michael Janus,
made to the FBI.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/01/27/5290345/janus-statements-to-fbi-could.html
National
Lawmakers Reach Deal on Farm Bill
Measure Expected to Cut Food-Stamp Funding by About $8 Billion Over 10
Years; House to Vote This Week
Wall Street Journal
By KRISTINA PETERSON
Updated Jan. 27, 2014 8:12 p.m. ET
Congress moved closer to ending the two-year struggle to pass a new farm
bill when senior lawmakers Monday unveiled a bipartisan agreement
overhauling agriculture policy for the next five years.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304691904579347290833722698?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
