6.24.14
Oil Spill
1,250 pounds of BP oil removed from Fort Pickens
Pensacola News Journal
A tar mat discovered on a beach in the National Seashore's Fort
Pickens area Friday is larger than first thought.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/06/23/pounds-bp-oil-removed-seashore/11291577/
Storm water funds to flow soon
Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola area government leaders who are looking for new funding
sources to pay for storm water infrastructure improvements will get
a boost from Tallahassee this week, according to Florida Senate
President Don Gaetz.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/06/24/storm-water-funds-flow-soon/11303277/
BP shuts down internal oil spill claims program
WWL
HARVEY, La. -- In a shocking move, BP has decided to shut down its internal
oil spill claims program, taking away an avenue for more than 10,000
claimants who have opted out of the oil giant's controversial settlement
agreement or others who are not covered by it.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/BP-shuts-down-internal-oil-spill-claims-program-264317381.html
State
Grant to help districts purchase new school bus
WTVA
(Jackson, Miss.) -- Five north Mississippi school districts are getting
help to replace older buses.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has issued grants of
$15,000 each to seven school districts across the state.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Grant-to-help-districts-purchase-new-school-bus/w-8Qr1NX_U-027QaJf1XHw.cspx
Mississippi Phosphates reps address Cherokee residents' emissions
questions, concerns
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
June 23, 2014 at 9:38 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Mississippi Phosphates Corp. representatives
told Cherokee residents tonight that they will install $17,000 worth of
sulfuric acid monitors in their neighborhood, but they don't think their
company is responsible for the unpleasant emissions the residents complain
about most.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/06/mississippi_phosphates_reps_ad.html#incart_river
Mississippi Phosphates to place air monitors in Pascagoula neighborhood
Official says they'll shut down plant if sulfur dioxide levels read high
BY CHRISTINA STEUBE AND KAREN NELSON
SUN HERALD
June 23, 2014
PASCAGOULA -- Mississippi Phosphates will shut down its plant if sulfur
dioxide levels read dangerously high, an official told east Pascagoula
residents Monday night.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/23/5665976/mississippi-phosphates-to-place.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
Could DMR opinion limit legal casino sites? Appraiser says some property
values would dive
Sun Herald
BY ANITA LEE
An opinion from the DMR on what constitutes open water could curtail the
number of legal casino sites on the Coast and drastically reduce values for
some properties, say an attorney and appraiser who represent casino
developers.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/23/5666196/could-dmr-opinion-limit-legal.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
Construction to start soon on Audubon Center
Sun Herald
A celebration will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday to kick off construction of
the $1.6 million Pascagoula River Audubon Center on a 10-acre site along
Rhodes Bayou in Moss Point.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/23/5665393/construction-set-to-start-soon.html?sp=/99/184/
National
Supreme Court justices rebuke EPA, but uphold global warming rules
The Associated Press
June 23, 2014 at 1:06 PM
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama
administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory
emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But a divided court also
rebuked environmental regulators for taking too much authority into their
own hands without congressional approval.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/06/justices_rebuke_epa_but_uphold.html#incart_river
Supreme Court Ruling Backs Most EPA Emission Controls
Justices Say EPA Can Require Pollution Controls but Limit Permitting
Process
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency can require greenhouse-gas
controls on power plants and other large stationary sources of pollution,
the Supreme Court ruled Monday, but it said the agency went too far in
claiming power to regulate smaller emitters.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-reins-in-some-of-epas-greenhouse-gas-efforts-1403534416
Money men tally cost of climate change
BY JONATHAN FAHEY
AP Energy WriterJune 23, 2014
NEW YORK — Climate change is likely to exact enormous costs on U.S.
regional economies in the form of lost property, reduced industrial output
and more deaths, according to a report backed by a trio of men with vast
business experience.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/23/5666230/money-men-tally-cost-of-climate.html?sp=/99/184/767/312/
US mayors pass climate change resolution
The Hill
By Laura Barron-Lopez
A bipartisan group of mayors from across the U.S. passed a resolution
Monday that green lights projects to tackle climate change.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/210273-us-mayors-pass-climate-change-resolution
House schedules hearing on EPA management
The Hill
By Timothy Cama
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) head and two senators will
speak Wednesday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the agency's
"management failures."
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/210254-house-schedules-hearing-on-epa-management
House passes energy efficiency bills
The Hill
By Cristina Marcos
The House on Monday gave voice vote approval to legislation that would
boost energy efficiency in schools and federal buildings.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/210285-house-passes-energy-efficiency-bills
Opinion
What Is the EPA Hiding From the Public?
The agency shouldn't get to decide who sees the science behind its rules.
Open the research to outside analysis.
Wall Street Journal
By LAMAR SMITH
June 23, 2014 6:45 p.m. ET
The climate is changing and, yes, humans play a role. But that does not
mean, as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy would
have us believe, that the debate—over how much the climate is changing, how
big a role humans play, and what can reasonably done about it—is over.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/lamar-smith-what-is-the-epa-hiding-from-the-public-1403563536
