4.15.14
Oil Spill
Baby Dolphins Washing Up Dead on Coast Shores
WXXV
More baby dolphins than usual are dying and washing up on Coast shores;
troubling news not only for marine scientists, but also for our ecosystem.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Baby-Dolphins-Washing-Up-Dead-on-Coast-Shores/3555owl7h0ecjc52abqXWw.cspx
ADEM Report Shows Continuing Impacts of BP Oil Spill
WKRG
In February with the wind howling out of the north and a trip to the beach
was less than appealing, four, two-man crews were out every day, walking
the beaches and picking up tar balls.
http://www.wkrg.com/story/25246000/news-5-exclusive-adem-report-shows-continuing-impacts-of-bp-oil-spill
State
Birmingham Ridge Road remains closes after tanker overturns
WTVA
SALTILLO, Miss. (WTVA) -- The eastern end of Birmingham Ridge Road is
closed after a gasoline tanker overturned just west of Highway 145. The
tanker belongs to Tommy Brooks Oil Company and according to crews at the
scene, was full when it overturned.
http://www.wtva.com/news/national/story/Birmingham-Ridge-Road-remains-closes-after-tanker/OR-Dn-0AI0uClwxmbsJgMw.cspx
Text messages about government business are public records, rules
Mississippi Ethics Commission
The Associated Press
April 14, 2014 at 7:38 PM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- Public officials' text messages about government
business are public records, the Mississippi Ethics Commission says.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/04/text_messages_about_government.html#incart_river
National
Political Rifts Slow U.S. Effort on Climate Laws
By CORAL DAVENPORT
APRIL 14, 2014
NY Times
WASHINGTON — The United States needs to enact a major
climate change law, such as a tax on carbon pollution, by
the end of this decade to stave off the most catastrophic
impacts of global warming, according to the authors of a
report released this week by the United Nations
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/us/politics/political-rifts-slow-us-effort-on-climate-laws.html?ref=earth&_r=0
EPA's McCarthy visits Taiwan, Vietnam
The Hill
By Timothy Cama
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Gina McCarthy is traveling to
Taiwan and Vietnam this week for events related to environmental education
and international cooperation on environmental issues.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/203476-epas-mccarthy-visits-taiwan-vietnam
EPA drastically underestimates methane released at drilling sites
LA Times
By Neela Banerjee
April 14, 2014, 5:44 p.m.
Drilling operations at several natural gas wells in southwestern
Pennsylvania released methane into the atmosphere at rates that were 100 to
1,000 times greater than federal regulators had estimated, new research
shows.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-methane-emissions-natural-gas-fracking-20140414,0,2417418.story
Walking, 'talking' drilling rigs aim to modernize fracking
Reuters
By Ernest Scheyder
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, April 15 (Reuters) - The backbreaking life of a
roughneck, the iconic worker bees of oilfield drilling rigs, is getting a
little easier.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/15/schramm-shale-idINL2N0N61DY20140415
