8.26.14
State
18-wheeler accident shuts down Highway 43 in Madison
Clarion Ledger
All lanes are shut down as a result of an 18-wheeler accident and
fuel spill on Highway 43 North one mile south of the Natchez Trace
in Madison County.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2014/08/25/highway-43-accident/14575515/
Fracking boom leaves southwest Miss. with no vacancies for evacuees
WWL
MISSISSIPPI- The early, uncertain track of what has become Tropical Storm
Cristobal opened the eyes of many that peak hurricane season is here.
And if your family evacuation plan includes heading north to Mississippi,
emergency officials there are warning about a kink in that plan.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Fracking-boom-leaves-southwest-Mississippi-with-no-vacancies-for-evacuees-272635101.html
State's MAGIC accounting system works, albeit with glitches
MBJ
by Ted Carter
Published: August 21,2014
Mississippi state government's $100 million accounting system that launched
July 1 made nearly 100,000 employee and vendor payments in July, but came
in late on slightly more than two dozen contract worker payments.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/08/21/states-magic-accounting-system-works-albeit-glitches/
Oil Spill
Judge dismisses suit against BP over Gulf platform
Houston Chronicle
By Collin Eaton
August 25, 2014
Plaintiffs who brought a $256 billion lawsuit against BP have "no facts" to
back up their claim that the company misled regulators about the safety of
a deep-water production platform, a federal judge in Houston has ruled.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Judge-dismisses-suit-against-BP-over-Gulf-platform-5711987.php
National
States: EPA climate regs illegally left out data
The Hill
The attorneys general from 13 states told the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) that its proposed rule in June to reduce carbon pollution from
power plants broke the law by omitting supporting information.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/215917-states-epa-climate-regs-illegally-left-out-data
GAO finds no fault with 'social cost of carbon'
The Hill
A government probe into the metric used by federal agencies to measure the
"social cost of carbon" found no evidence that it was improperly developed,
investigators said Monday.
http://thehill.com/regulation/215908-gao-finds-no-fault-with-social-cost-of-carbon
