3.21.14
Oil Spill
BP Partner Anadarko E-Mails Seen Showing Role in Doomed Well
Bloomberg
By Jef Feeley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins
March 21, 2014
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC:US) officials urged BP Plc to drill deeper
into the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the worst offshore oil spill in
U.S. history even after BP warned that doing so would be unsafe.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-21/bp-partner-anadarko-e-mails-seen-showing-role-in-doomed-well
Funding found to save endangered turtles
By Harvey Rice | March 20, 2014 |
Houston Chronicle
GALVESTON - Officials of Gulf Coast states have stepped in to restore
funding to save the world's most endangered sea turtle after it was slashed
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a researcher said Thursday.
http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/Funding-found-to-save-endangered-turtles-5334845.php?cmpid=hpts
State
Council approves raising landfill ceilings
Commercial Dispatch
March 20, 2014 10:12:57 AM
Nathan Gregory
Two Columbus landfill cells will have their height limit raised pending
approval from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=32001
Gautier clear-water project moves forward
Sun Herald
BY CHRISTINA STEUBE
GAUTIER -- Construction on a new filtration system expected to begin in May
is the next step in the city's plan to remove the brown tint from its
water.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/03/20/5432831/gautier-clear-water-project-moves.html
'Pristine' water coming to Helena, Escatawpa, Big Point with new treatment
plant
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
March 20, 2014 at 1:16 PM
HELENA, Mississippi -- Jackson County leaders this morning broke ground on
a $9.2 million surface water treatment plant that will treat Pascagoula
River and ground water for residents of east Jackson County.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/03/pristine_water_coming_to_helen.html#incart_river
Jackson County breaks ground on water-treatment plant
Sun Herald
JACKSON COUNTY -- The county broke ground Thursday on a $9.2 million
water-treatment plant that will be able to supply drinking water to 1,800
homes in east Jackson County.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/03/20/5432159/jackson-county-breaks-ground-on.html
"It's a Hattiesburg problem, they should work out their own problems"
County supervisors raise concern over possible sales tax increase
WDAM
Forrest County Supervisors voted in favor of a resolution on Thursday
supporting Hattiesburg's request for a one percent sales tax increase.
http://www.wdam.com/story/25032971/forrest-county-supervisors-raise-concern-over-possible-sales-tax-increase
South MS high schools compete in environmental competition
WLOX
VANCLEAVE, MS (WLOX) -Learning about the environment could pay off big for
some South Mississippi students. On Thursday, teams from six high schools
competed in the Mississippi Envirothon South Area Competition. The event
tested the students' knowledge on a variety of environmental topics.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25033156/high-schools-compete-in-environmental-competition-chance-at-scholarships
Vancleave High School students take top Envirothon honors in regional
competition
Mississippi Press
Joanne Anderson
March 20, 2014 at 7:11 PM
VANCLEAVE, Mississippi -- Two teams of Vancleave High School students took
the top two places in the 2014 Regional Envirothon competition held in
Vancleave today.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2014/03/vhs_students_take_top_enviroth.html
Water-contact advisoryissued for Waveland beach
Sun Herald
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has issued a water
contact advisory for the Waveland beach between Oak Boulevard and Favre
Street.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/03/20/5432719/around-south-mississippi.html
National
White House nears strategy to reduce methane leaks
The Hill
By Timothy Cama
The White House is very close to releasing a government-wide strategy to
curb emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that is the main component of
natural gas.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/201279-white-house-nears-strategy-to-reduce-methane-leaks
Wildcatters rush Spindletop in return to East Texas oil
Wildcatters rush Spindletop in return to East Texas in search of oil
BY BRADLEY OLSON AND DAVID WETHE
Bloomberg News
HOUSTON -- From the storied King Ranch near the Mexican border to the 1901
Spindletop well in East Texas -- the most famous gusher of all time -- oil
companies are returning to their old stamping grounds in search of the next
big find.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/03/20/5432656/wildcatters-rush-spindletop-in.html
