6.6.14
Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Linked to Failed Blowout Preventer
Chemical Safety Board Says a Piece of Safety Equipment Punctured Pipe,
Releasing Oil
Wall Street Journal
Federal investigators probing the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster say a
critical piece of safety equipment helped trigger the worst offshore oil
spill in U.S. history.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/investigators-fault-blowout-preventer-in-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-1401984643
Board: Oil-drilling risks remain from device woes
BY SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science WriterJune 5, 2014
WASHINGTON -- The key last-ditch safety device that failed to prevent the
2010 BP oil spill remains a potentially catastrophic problem today for some
offshore drilling, according to a federal safety board investigation.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/05/5630089/board-oil-drilling-risks-remain.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
Lawyers: BP claims at risk if Jindal signs levee lawsuit bill
Measure would kill lawsuit against energy companies
Baton Rouge Advocate
BY RICHARD THOMPSON
Billions of dollars in damage claims filed by state and local government
bodies stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill may soon hang in the
balance, some legal experts say, as Louisiana officials consider the
potential consequences of a measure intended to kill an unrelated lawsuit
by a New Orleans-area levee board against 97 energy companies.
http://theadvocate.com/home/9376036-125/lawyers-bp-claims-at-risk
State
Bayou Casotte Residents Worry About Air Quality
WXXV
Could you imagine being afraid to let your children play outdoors due to
the air quality? That's the problem Bayou Casotte residents are facing in
Pascagoula, where they've found hazardous dust on their cars, houses, and
lawns. Every day, Barbara Weckedser walks outside and finds a grainy dust
all over her car.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Bayou-Casotte-Residents-Worry-About-Air-Quality/m_PPEKrRF0qJCXOo_yDt0A.cspx
National
Food-Waste Recycling Faces Hiccups
More States Want to Compost Table Scraps, But Infrastructure to Turn Them
Into Fertilizer or Electricity Isn't Ready
Wall Street Journal
JOHNSTON, R.I.—More states want to recycle their food waste instead of
dumping it into landfills, but they have run into a snag: The
infrastructure needed to turn huge quantities of table scraps into
fertilizer or electricity isn't ready.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/food-waste-recycling-faces-hiccups-1401998700
Study recommends against selling TVA
The Hill
If the federal government sold the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
customers' electricity rates would increase, while the TVA's recreation and
environmental programs could suffer, according to a federally funded study.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/208374-study-recommends-against-selling-tva
