2.28.2014
Oil Spill
BP gets slick in trying to undermine gulf oil spill settlement
In full-page ads, BP ridicules payouts it believes are undeserved,
including $8 million to famed chef Emeril Lagasse and $173,000 to an escort
service.
LA Times
It would be perfectly proper for BP, the giant British oil company, to feel
a sense of corporate remorse.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20140221,0,1294413.column#axzz2uGLX3193
Why I want to get BP in front of a jury of Alabamians (Opinion from
Attorney General Luther Strange)
AL.com
February 26, 2014
By Luther Strange
It has been almost four years since the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico, America's biggest environmental disaster.
Making Alabama whole from this disaster has been and remains a top
priority.
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/why_i_want_to_get_bp_in_front.html
New sentence date for ex-BP engineer fighting conviction on obstruction
charge
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 28, 2014
NEW ORLEANS — Sentencing for a former BP engineer found guilty of
obstructing justice in the government's investigation of the Deepwater
Horizon disaster has been pushed back while his lawyers fight the
conviction.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0f0168a0da9d429ebe5b4eabaa78427d/LA--Gulf-Oil-Spill-Deleted-Texts
State
Coast to see $10.9 million for oyster, blue crab fisheries disasters
Sun Herald
BY LAUREN WALCK
The tide started to turn this week for harvesters of oysters and blue
crabs, who have been struggling in the Sound since the 2011 Mississippi
River flooding.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the state
will get $10.9 million for fisheries disaster relief, part of $75 million
nationally for six troubled areas.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/27/5376767/coast-to-see-109-million-for-oyster.html
Oil-rich shale formation gushes high hopes in southwest Mississippi
The Associated Press
February 27, 2014 at 12:50 PM
GILLSBURG, Mississippi -- Residents living above an oil-rich shale
formation that stretches across southwest Mississippi and Louisiana have
been waiting on a boom for years. A steady trickle of drilling is already
boosting the rural region's economy, and spending by two oil companies
could make 2014 the year that many other locals finally cash in on the oil
far beneath their feet.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/02/oil-rich_shale_formation_gushe.html#incart_river
Mississippi Town Waits for Oil Jackpot
AP
Video
http://video.ap.org/Mississippi-Town-Waits-for-Oil-Jackpot--25663750#.UxCQQ_k7tca
Mayor of Hattiesburg plans to veto sewer rate increase
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -Mayor Johnny DuPree has announced that he will veto
a city ordinance that would drastically increase Hattiesburg's city sewer
rates.
http://www.wdam.com/story/24843884/mayor-of-hattiesburg-plans-to-veto-sewer-rate-increase
Vetoed: Mayor DuPree says annual sewer rate increases too much for many
Hattiesburg residents to bear
Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree concedes that the city's sewer rates — and
by extension, its water bills — will have to be raised to help pay for a
new wastewater treatment system that the city has to have operating by
2017.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20140228/NEWS01/302280035/Vetoed-Mayor-DuPree-says-annual-sewer-rate-increases-too-much-many-Hattiesburg-residents-bear
Probe planned of city's sewer system
Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg will begin a city-wide examination of its sanitary sewer system
Monday that in the end will give consulting engineers, city administrators
and elected officials a comprehensive map of the underground lines and any
issues with them.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20140228/NEWS01/302280036/Probe-planned-city-s-sewer-system
Local city consolidates recycling location options
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - There is a sign on the side of fire station 6
informing people that there is no longer recycling bins to recycle at.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Local-city-consolidates-recycling-location-options/eE7Fbb1IzkCMxJJAJ8JGlQ.cspx
Pontotoc Co Looks to Save Money and the Environment with Fuel Switch
WCBI
PONTOTOC, MS (WCBI) – While most people think of natural gas as a fuel
source to heat their homes or run clothes dryers or stoves, some
communities are exploring other uses. As WCBI's Allie Martin reports, one
local city is joining the small but growing number of places using it to
power vehicles.
http://www.wcbi.com/wordpress/video-pontotoc-county-looks-to-save-money-and-the-environment-with-fuel-switch
National
Watchdog: EPA officials obstructed probes through 'intimidation'
Fox News
The chief watchdog overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency is
accusing agency officials of obstructing investigations by refusing to
cooperate, using bully tactics to silence lower-level workers and, in at
least one instance, threatening an agent.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/27/watchdog-epa-officials-obstructed-probes-through-intimidation/
Nuclear dump leak raises questions about cleanup
BY JERI CLAUSING
Associated Press
CARLSBAD, N.M. — For 15 years the trucks have barreled past southeastern
New Mexico's potash mines and seemingly endless fields of oil rigs, hauling
decades worth of plutonium-contaminated waste to what is supposed to be a
safe and final resting place a half mile underground in the salt beds of
the Permian Basin.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/28/5377004/nuclear-dump-leak-raises-questions.html
Wyoming top in CO2 per person amid new regulations
AP
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Turns out the worst state for carbon dioxide
emissions per person isn't smoggy California or bustling New York, but a
state famous for big, clear skies: Wyoming.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/feb/27/wyoming-top-in-co2-per-person-amid-new-regulations/
