10.3.14
State
Sen. Wicker goes fishing for information
WLOX
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker went on a fishing expedition
Wednesday afternoon, and it wasn't just to catch blue crabs and shrimp. It
was to fish for information.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26683534/sen-wicker-goes-fishing-for-information
MISSISSIPPI SEAFOOD INDUSTRY SEES PATCHY RECOVERY
MPB
Mississippi's seafood industry is recovering in some areas but still
struggling in others. That's according to the state Department of Marine
Resources, which gave an update to Senator Roger Wicker yesterday during a
boat trip in the Mississippi Sound. MPB's Evelina Burnett was there.
http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2014/10/02/mississippi-seafood-industry-sees-patchy-recovery/
Miss. cities targeted for lead levels
Clarion Ledger
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun collaborating
with the Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors to reduce lead
levels in older housing in the Delta.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/money/business/2014/10/03/miss-cities-targeted-lead-levels/16629097/
Again, costs rise and completion delayed at Kemper
AP
Southern Co. said Thursday that it will cost at least another $59
million to finish the power plant it's building in eastern
Mississippi's Kemper County, pushing the total cost above $5.6
billion.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/10/02/again-costs-rise-and-completion-delayed-at-kemper/16613487/
Officials: DMR boat sinks in the Mississippi Sound
WLOX
MISSISSIPPI SOUND (WLOX) -A Department of Marine Resources vessel sank in
the Mississippi Sound on Thursday afternoon. According to officials, The
Conservationist was transporting oysters from restricted reefs in
Pascagoula over to Biloxi when the vessel hit rough waters.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26692436/officials-dmr-boat-sinks-in-the-mississippi-sound
65-foot DMR vessel capsizes in Mississippi Sound, nobody injured
Mississippi Press
October 02, 2014 at 6:44 PM
BILOXI, Mississippi -- A vessel owned by the Mississippi Department of
Marine Resources capsized Thursday afternoon in the Mississippi Sound,
according to a news release from the agency.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/10/65-foot_dmr_vessel_capsizes_in.html#incart_river
Fuel spill in Jackson County ties up traffic
WLOX
JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -There was a single vehicle accident shortly
after 1 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near mile marker 63 in
Jackson County on Thursday.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26691172/fuel-spill-in-jackson-county-ties-up-traffic
Gulf Coast Research Lab receives Conservation Award from International
Federation of Fly Fishers
Mississippi Press
October 02, 2014 at 3:30 PM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- The International Federation of Fly Fishers
(IFFF) recently presented The University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf
Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) with its Conservation Award.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/10/gcrl_receives_conservation_awa.html#incart_river
Oil Spill
BP Seeks Revised Verdict or New Trial on Spill Negligence
Bloomberg
By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins - Oct 3, 2014
BP Plc (BP/) asked the U.S. judge in charge of thousands of oil-spill
damage lawsuits to review a ruling that exposes the company to as much as
$18 billion in fines, saying it was based on evidence he said he wouldn't
consider.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-02/bp-seeks-revised-judgment-or-new-trial-in-gulf-spill-case.html
New arraignment date for ex-BP exec
The Associated PressOctober 2, 2014
NEW ORLEANS — A former BP executive charged with obstructing a
congressional investigation into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been
granted a delay in his arraignment on recently updated charges in the case.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/10/02/4201520/new-arraignment-date-for-ex-bp.html
Oil spill crew did not find source of tar balls
Pensacola News Journal
Frequent reports of tar balls at the National Seashore's Johnson
Beach led to the activation of a U.S. Coast Guard-led cleanup crew
to canvass about 2 miles of shoreline Wednesday looking for more and
the possible source.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/pensacola/beaches/2014/10/02/tar-balls-coast-guard/16591967/
BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill didn't shrink number, size of Louisiana
shrimp, study says
Benjamin Alexander-Bloch
The Times-Picayune
October 02, 2014 at 1:34 PM
Looking at the abundance and size of Louisiana white and brown shrimp
before and after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a scientific
paper published Wednesday said the amount of shrimp actually increased in
local estuaries through 2011 and that the size of that shrimp remained
unaffected.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/10/following_bp_deepwater_horizon.html#incart_river
National
Supreme Court could hear challenge to EPA rule on emissions
Indianapolis Star
WASHINGTON – A challenge to a federal rule cutting toxic emissions
from power plants is one of the issues the Supreme Court could agree
to hear this term, which begins Monday.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/10/02/supreme-court-hear-challenge-epa-rule-emissions/16568147/
Issa: EPA still blocking watchdog investigations
The Hill
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) blasted the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, claiming it had failed
to take steps to allow a federal watchdog to conduct investigations.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/219606-issa-epa-still-blocking-investigations
Governors ask for higher biodiesel, ethanol mandates
The Hill
A group representing 33 state governors asked the administration to
increase the blending mandates for biodiesel and a certain kind of ethanol.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/219560-governors-ask-for-higher-biodiesel-ethanol-mandates
Press Releases
Students Compete to Design Green Stormwater Management Systems
For immediate release
October 2, 2014
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is engaging teams of
college students to develop green infrastructure system designs to manage
stormwater runoff in its third annual Campus RainWorks Challenge.
Registration ends Oct. 3.
Stormwater is one of the nation's most significant challenges to water
quality. It pollutes our nation's streams, rivers and lakes, posing a
threat to human health and the environment and contributing to downstream
flooding.
Since 2012, more than 300 student teams have entered the competition. These
teams, working with faculty advisors, develop green infrastructure project
proposals for their campuses. These projects show how managing stormwater
at its source can benefit the community and the environment.
Competing teams have until Dec. 19 to submit their entries. Student teams
can win up to $2,000 in prize money and faculty up to $3,000 for green
infrastructure research and training.
For more information on Campus RainWorks, go to www.epa.gov/campusrainworks
For more on last year's Campus RainWorks Challenge winners, go to
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/crw_2013winners.cfm
