5.19.2014
Oil Spill
HBO's 'Crude Awakening' examines effects of BP oil spill cleanup
David Lee Simmons
The Times-Picayune
May 18, 2014 at 12:48 PM
While lots of attention has been focused recently on a "60 Minutes" report
on BP's claims of fraud in the settlement over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
oil spill, a report on HBO's "Vice," airing over this week, sharply
criticizes the company's use of chemical dispersant in its cleanup efforts.
http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2014/05/hbos_crude_awakening_examines.html
State
The coal plant to end all coal plants?
Washington Post
By Steven Mufson, Published: May 16 | Updated: Saturday, May 17, 12:07 PM
KEMPER COUNTY, Miss. — Last November, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz rode an
elevator to the top of the 11-story scaffolding surrounding Southern Co.'s
new coal-fired power plant here and gazed out over the Mississippi
flatlands. Below him lay a new lignite coal mine, new storage facilities
and a glimmering maze of steel.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/intended-showcase-of-clean-coal-future-hits-snags/2014/05/16/fc03e326-cfd2-11e3-b812-0c92213941f4_story.html
MDEQ sets date for Groundworx permit hearing
WDAM
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has set July 15 as the
date for an evidentiary hearing involving the Groundworx permit for
Hattiesburg.
http://www.wdam.com/story/25541223/mdeq-sets-date-for-groundworx-permit-hearing
Meeting to discuss $10.9 million for fisheries
The Associated Press
May 19, 2014
LONG BEACH, MISS. — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will
hold a public meeting Thursday on how the state should spend $10.9 million
it received for damage to oyster and blue crab fisheries.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/05/19/5582873/meeting-to-discuss-109-million.html
Local environmental supporters host `Hands Across the Sand' event in Ocean
Springs
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
May 17, 2014 at 4:16 PM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- About 30 environmental supporters gathered on
Front Beach in Ocean Springs Saturday to say yes to clean energy and no to
additional oil/gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/05/local_environmental_supporters.html#incart_river
Sun Herald
BY TAMMY LEYTHAM
Huntington Ingalls to enter into oil, gas markets
Company acquires UniversalPegasus International
Huntington Ingalls Industries is entering the oil and gas market. It
announced an agreement Friday to acquire UniversalPegasus International
Holdings, a provider of engineering and project management services to
domestic and international energy markets.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/05/16/5578949/huntington-ingalls-to-enter-into.html?sp=%2F99%2F184%2F
People on the Move: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clarion Ledger
Jeffrey "Chad" Phillips has been awarded the 2014 Larry N. Harper
"Regulator of the Year" Award from the corps' Vicksburg District. Phillips,
who was nominated by his peers, was recognized for permit decisions that
assured the nation's aquatic resources are protected while allowing
development.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/money/business/2014/05/17/people-move-us-army-corps-engineers/9227357/
Regional
Southern states get gasoline break from EPA
UPI
Published: May 16, 2014 at 10:09 AM
Daniel J. Graeber
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) --WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) --The Environmental
Protection Agency said it waived gasoline requirements for parts of North
Carolina and Florida because of good air quality standards.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2014/05/16/Southern-states-get-gasoline-break-from-EPA/9101400248453/
The Recycling Partnership aims to increase attention, recycling rates
Plastics News
By: Jim Johnson
May 15, 2014
A new, uniquely funded program hopes to move the needle when it comes to
municipal recycling, first in the Southeast and eventually around the
country.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140515/NEWS/140519945/the-recycling-partnership-aims-to-increase-attention-recycling-rates#
National
EPA races to finish Obama rules
The Hill
Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are racing to churn
out new regulations before the clock runs out on President Obama's term.
http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/206378-epa-races-to-finish-obama-rules
Obama's Moment of Environmental Decision
NY Magazine
By Jonathan Chait
On June 2, President Obama will personally announce new Environmental
Protection Agency regulations on existing power plants, which will be the
policy centerpiece of his second term. Nobody knows how these rules will
work or how ambitious they will be, and Bloomberg Businessweek reports
today that "There's disagreement even within the administration about
what's allowable under the Clean Air Act."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/obamas-moment-of-environmental-decision.html
Energy Companies Try New Methods to Address Fracking Complaints
Wall Street Journal
Frackers are trying to clean up their act.
Thanks to hydraulic fracturing—a technology that uses water, chemicals and
sand to unlock oil and gas trapped in dense underground rocks—communities
from Pennsylvania to North Dakota are experiencing a boom in energy
production. But the industry is facing more intense pressure from
communities and environmentalists over its role in increased air and water
pollution.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304831304579544092287190238?mod=googlenews_wsj
