6.23.14
Oil Spill
Oil spill research vessel invites young guests on board
WLOX
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) -An exploration vessel will set sail Sunday morning to
continue its study of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on corals in
the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, hundreds of people were invited to the Port
of Gulfport to meet the research team and see the technology.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25833229/oil-spill-research-vessel-invites-young-guests-on-board
A 1,000-pound BP tar mat found on Fort Pickens beach
Pensacola News Journal
A U.S. Coast Guard pollution investigation team is leading another
day of cleanup of a tar mat discovered Friday on the beach at Fort
Pickens.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/06/22/tar-mat-found/11237777/
National Park team diving for BP oil
Pensacola News Journal
Four years after currents carried waves of black, sticky crude from
the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill to our shoreline,
the National Park Service is still trying to calculate damage to its
Gulf Islands National Seashore.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/environment/2014/06/20/national-park-team-diving-bp-oil/11134001/
State
Beach crews battle dead fish, grass along the shore
WLOX
HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -Harrison County Sand Beach crews are busy
cleaning up a mess created by a combination of shrimpers and Mother Nature.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25829446/beach-crews-battle-dead-fish-grass-along-the-shore
Beach reopens after sewage spill
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- The state Department of Environmental Quality has lifted the
beach closure between Arkansas Drive and Alfonso Drive.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/20/5661675/around-south-mississippi.html
Michael Janus talks sentencing and his future
WLOX
D'IBERVILLE, MS (WLOX) -Former D'Iberville City Manager Michael Janus has
been all over the news lately after pleading guilty to defrauding the City
of D'Iberville out of thousands. This week, he was sentenced to 21 months
behind bars.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25834549/michael-janus-talks-sentencing-and-his-future
Ocean Expo looks unlikely for D'Iberville
Sun Herald
BY MARY PEREZ
D'IBERVILLE -- It's been 2½ years since ground was broken for Ocean Expo
along Interstate 10 in D'Iberville but the aquarium is no closer to being
built there.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/21/5663245/ocean-expo-looks-unlikely-for.html
National
Fears of EPA 'land grab' create groundswell against water rule
The Hill
Lawmakers are up in arms over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposal that they fear could give federal officials expansive new powers
over private property and farmland.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/210130-fears-of-epa-land-grab-create-groundswell-against-water-rule
Opinion
SUN HERALD | Editorial: Like many of us, judge finds that the MDA is
'arbitrary and capricious' about drilling
June 21, 2014
AHinds County chancery judge has ruled officials with the Mississippi
Development Authority were less than candid with Coast residents and
businesses about the effects of offshore drilling.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/21/5661072/sun-herald-editorial-like-many.html?sp=/99/728/
