5.30.14
Oil Spill
Justices Scalia, Alito may have conflicts in BP claims case, websites say
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
May 29, 2014 at 4:16 PM
It's not year clear whether the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on the
complex litigation surrounding settlement payments related to BP's 2010
Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But there are already calls for two of the nine
justices in the nation's highest court to step down from the case.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/05/critics_say_justices_scalia_al.html
Four years after oil spill, $5M BP gift to Texas unspent
Houston Chronicle
By Brian M. Rosenthal
AUSTIN – Nearly four years after receiving $5 million from BP to help clean
the Texas coast after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gov. Rick Perry's
office has not spent the money and only recently mentioned it to lawmakers
in a budget plan.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Four-years-after-oil-spill-5M-BP-gift-to-Texas-5514498.php
State
Mississippi Phosphates puts emergency bypass in place as citizens discuss
pollution at Pascagoula town hall meeting
Mississippi Press
Gareth Clary
May 29, 2014 at 11:55 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi - Mississippi Phosphates filed an incident report
with the U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center on Wednesday regarding
the runoff from its sulfuric acid plant into a storm drain, and the company
has now put an emergency bypass into place, according to documents obtained
by The Mississippi Press.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/05/mississippi_phosphates_puts_em.html#incart_river
East Pascagoula resident told to call 911 about air issues
Sun Herald
BY KAREN NELSON
PASCAGOULA -- Myrie Jeter asked her city councilman Thursday night if there
isn't a way to alert east Pascagoula residents when nearby industry is
releasing dangerous emissions.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/05/29/5611404/east-pascagoula-resident-told.html?sp=/99/184/
Kerr-McGee settlement proceeds despite objections
Commercial Dispatch
May 29, 2014
Nathan Gregory
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has accepted Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's
proposed $5.15 billion settlement to clean up former Kerr-McGee sites
around the country and compensate those who have suffered negative health
effects despite objections saying it was not enough.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=33748
Waste-to-Energy Company Sets Eyes on Golden Triangle
WCBI
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — "It's guaranteed to work."
Ted McManus is CEO of Renewable Resource Solutions, a $90 Million project
that's privately funded and based out of Utah. Their goal: turning solid
waste into sustainable fuel.
http://www.wcbi.com/wordpress/waste-to-energy-company-sets-eyes-on-golden-triangle
MDWFP: Walleye fish stocked in Monroe County river
WTVA
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) -- The fish are more plentiful in the Buttahatchie
River.
Approximately 54,000 Gulf Coast strain walleye fish were recently placed in
the Monroe County river by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife,
Fisheries and Parks.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/MDWFP-Walleye-fish-stocked-in-Monroe-County-river/tF8TvUiBCkSElP2TgNZ9vw.cspx
Farm bill creates new critical conservation areas
by MBJ Staff
Published: May 28,2014
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi has two new conservation partnerships
aimed at ensuring the long-term viability of the Mississippi River and the
long leaf pine forests to the state.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/05/28/farm-bill-creates-new-critical-conservation-areas/
National
EPA's Approach on Carbon Limits to Spark Court Challenges
Agency to Rely on Little-Used Provision to Cut Power Plants' Greenhouse
Gases
Wall Street Journal
The expected legal battle over the Obama administration's coming limits on
carbon emissions from existing power plants could provide a rarity for
environmental litigation: a case for which there is scant court precedent.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/epas-approach-on-carbon-limits-to-spark-court-challenges-1401406854
Industry Worries About Carbon-Cuts Proposal
Coal, Utility Lobbyists Want EPA's Carbon-Reduction Rates Based on Older,
Higher Emission Numbers
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The coal and utility industries are increasingly worried about
the Obama administration's coming climate-change rule, especially the
baseline period from which reduction targets will be calculated.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/industry-worries-about-carbon-cuts-proposal-1401403823
Eight states set goal of 3.3M zero-pollution cars
USA Today
Eight states, including California and New York, are vowing to collaborate
to put 3.3 million electric cars on their roads and highways by 2025.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/05/30/states-zero-pollution-cars/9756493/
Biodiesel producers push for higher mandate
The Hill
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and 117 companies wrote a letter to
President Obama Thursday asking him to increase the biodiesel blending
mandate for this year from what the Environmental Protection Agency
proposed.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207568-biodiesel-producers-push-for-higher-mandate
Cow blamed for causing spill in oil patch
AP
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota regulators say a cow is suspected of causing
a spill of natural gas liquids near a tributary of the Little Missouri
River.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/30/cow-blamed-for-causing-spill-in-oil-patch/?intcmp=latestnews
