State
State agencies spent more than $1.4 million on food and drinks during
fiscal 2014
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
November 25, 2014 at 11:36 AM
JACKSON, Mississippi -- State agencies spent in excess of $1.4 million on
food and beverages for business meetings -- much of it at coast casinos --
during fiscal 2014, according to a state watchdog group.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/11/state_agencies_spent_more_than.html
Younger wins District 17 runoff
Commercial Dispatch
November 25, 2014 8:25:23 PM
Nathan Gregory - ngregory@cdispatch.com
Chuck Younger has officially won the District 17 Senate runoff.
With all precinct, absentee and affidavit ballots counted, Younger finished
with 57.47 percent of the votes to challenger Bobby Patrick's 42.49
percent. Of 5,256 ballots cast, 3,018 were votes for Younger. Patrick
received 2,231 votes. There were two write-ins.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=38338
Oil Spill
Audit: Vast majority of BP oil spill claims payments are correct
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
November 25, 2014 at 6:31 PM
Results of a third-party audit of the oil spill settlement program released
Tuesday (Nov. 25) by claims administrator Patrick Juneau show the
settlement program has correctly processed 99.5 percent of claims.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/audit_vast_majority_of_bp_oil.html
National
Gov't to set stricter smog standard
BY DINA CAPPIELLO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The stricter smog standard proposed by the Obama
administration joins a string of historic — and controversial — moves by
the administration to improve air quality.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/11/26/5935948/ap-sources-govt-to-set-a-stricter.html?sp=/99/184/208/
EPA pushes to cut smog in new anti-ozone rule
The Hill
The Obama administration unveiled an ambitious plan Wednesday that it said
would improve public health by slashing the ozone pollution that causes
smog.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/225371-epa-pushes-to-cut-smog-in-new-rule
EPA to Propose Limit to Ozone Air Pollution
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to announce
Wednesday a sweeping federal air-pollution standard limiting ground-level
ozone, or smog, in the atmosphere, according to people familiar with the
plan.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/epa-to-propose-limit-to-ozone-air-pollution-wednesday-sources-say-1416966904
Supreme Court to review EPA mercury limits
Published November 25, 2014
Associated Press
The Supreme Court is stepping into a new case about Obama administration
environmental rules, agreeing to review a ruling that upholds emission
standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and
oil-fired power plants.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/25/supreme-court-to-review-epa-mercury-limits/
EPA hits back against report on employees' paid leave
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is defending itself against a
watchdog report that said it paid numerous employees to be on
administrative leave, some for more than a year.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/225306-epa-hits-back-against-report-on-employees-paid-leave
Opinion
U.S. EPA: We need tougher ozone standards
By Gina McCarthy, U.S. EPA Administrator
CNN
For 44 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has defended
the American people's right to breathe clean air by setting national air
quality standards for common air pollutants.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/26/news/economy/epa-stronger-ozone-standard/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
