1.30.2014
Oil Spill
BP Deepwater Horizon disaster offered lessons for more rapid, cooperative
response, scientists say
Benjamin Alexander-Bloch
The Times-Picayune
January 29, 2014 at 2:49 PM
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill showed scientists that they need to
get better at landing funding for on-the-ground research sooner after
environmental disasters, so they can better measure its impact,
participants at a national scientific conference on the spill said
Wednesday.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/01/bp_deepwater_horizon_oil_spill_2.html
State
Lawmakers back 5-year farm bill
Clarion Ledger
WASHINGTON — Mississippi lawmakers voted for a long-awaited five-year farm
bill Wednesday that would end direct payments and expand popular crop
insurance programs while cutting federal food assistance used by millions
of Americans.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140130/BIZ/301300041/Lawmakers-back-5-year-farm-bill
National
EPA, Texas Reach Deal on Clean Air Plan
DALLAS January 30, 2014
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press
Federal and state environmental officials said Wednesday that they've
reached an agreement on portions of the Texas clean air plan that for years
have been points of contention.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-texas-reach-deal-clean-air-plan-22290272
Soybean growers to EPA: Adjust up biodiesel volume in Renewable Fuel
Standard
Jan. 29, 2014 | Southeast Farm Press
American Soybean Association President Ray Gaesser urged Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy to amend EPA's proposed 2014
and 2015 Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for biomass-based
diesel that, if left unchanged, would significantly damage the nation's
growing biodiesel industry and adversely impact soybean growers.
http://southeastfarmpress.com/soybeans/soybean-growers-epa-adjust-biodiesel-volume-renewable-fuel-standard
Arizona bill would nullify EPA regs
The Hill
By Ben Goad
More than three-dozen Arizona state lawmakers have signed onto legislation
meant to free the state of all regulations imposed by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energy-environment/196898-arizona-bill-would-nullify-epa-regs
