11.7.2014
State
Signal International fined $50K for Clean Water Act violations
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA -- The EPA in Atlanta has fined Signal International $50,000
under the authority of the Clean Water Act for failing to meet requirements
of its storm water national pollution discharge permit at its shipbuilding
plant located on Bayou Casotte in east Pascagoula.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/11/06/5900619/signal-international-fined-50k.html?sp=/99/184/185/
Jackson Co. leaders working to increase recycling by residents
WLOX
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) -Thirty tons of recyclable material. That's the amount
that comes into the Waste Pro recycling plant in Gulfport every day. But
Jackson County officials want that figure to increase. That's why about two
dozen of them took a tour of the plant Thursday.
http://www.wlox.com/story/27318839/jackson-co-leaders-working-to-increase-recycling-by-residents
KFG has three drill-ready projects
Clarion Ledger
Natchez-based KFG Petroleum Corp. has three projects that are drill
ready before the end of the year.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/money/business/2014/11/06/kfg-three-drill-ready-projects/18616287/
MSU to offer 4-year electrical engineering degrees through MGCCC in '15,
mechanical engineering in '16
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
November 06, 2014 at 7:44 PM
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- Representatives of Mississippi State University
spoke to a packed auditorium on the campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College on the new 4-year engineering degrees MSU will offer
through MGCCC beginning next fall.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/11/msu_to_offer_electrical_engine.html#incart_river
Oil Spill
Federal appeals court reaffirms BP is liable for Gulf oil spill
The Associated Press
November 06, 2014 at 12:45 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal appeals court panel has reaffirmed its ruling that
BP is liable for federal Clean Water Act damages stemming from the 2010
Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the latest loss for the oil giant as it fights
court decisions that could ultimately bring $18 billion in penalties.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/11/federal_appeals_court_reaffirm.html#incart_river
Appeals court stands by ruling holding BP, Anadarko liable for oil spill
penalties
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
November 06, 2014 at 2:01 PM
A panel of federal appeals court judges in New Orleans has refused to
reconsider a ruling that BP and Andarko Petroleum Corp. must pay federal
fines related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/appeals_court_stands_by_ruling.html#incart_river
NRDA-approved $5M 'Living Shoreline' restoration project on Bon Secour Bay
expected to increase oyster, crab populations
Press-Register
Dennis Pillion
November 06, 2014 at 9:20 AM
GULF SHORES, Alabama -- Often overlooked in the controversy (and now
lawsuit) surrounding Alabama's proposed $58 million conference center at
Gulf State Park are the other early restoration projects approved by
federal trustees through the Natural Resources Damage Assessment process.
http://www.al.com/news/beaches/index.ssf/2014/11/swift_tract_living_shoreline_p.html#incart_river
Online petition against using BP funds for beachfront convention center
gets 26,000 signatures
Press-Register
Dennis Pillion
November 06, 2014 at 4:17 PM
GULF SHORES, Alabama -- There's already a lawsuit aimed at halting
Alabama's plans to use $58.5 million in Natural Resources Damage Assessment
funds relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to build a beachfront
convention center in Gulf State Park. Now thousands of Internet users from
around the world have signed an online petition on the website Care2 asking
officials to focus the NRDA money on conservation issues.
http://www.al.com/news/beaches/index.ssf/2014/11/online_petition_against_using.html#incart_river
Oil spill lawyers to defend themselves at hearing
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers accused of wrongdoing in the handling of damage
claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are expected to testify
Friday before a federal judge.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/11/07/5901226/oil-spill-lawyers-to-defend-themselves.html?sp=/99/184/218/
National
EPA delays emissions rule for farmers
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is again delaying plans to update
decades-old emissions standards for grain elevators that farmers use to
scoop up corn, wheat and barley and drop it inside a silo.
http://thehill.com/regulation/223197-epa-delays-emissions-rule-for-farmers
House to vote on EPA 'secret science' bills
The Hill
The House is planning to vote later this month on a pair of bills aimed at
increasing transparency in the scientific process behind President Obama's
environmental rules.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/223213-house-to-vote-on-epa-secret-science-bills
U.S. fracking firms stay in top gear despite oil price slump
Reuters
By Edward McAllister
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unfazed by slumping oil prices and battering in the
stock market, firms that supply sand and guar gum for shale oil and gas
companies are not ready yet to call an end to a four-year boom spurred by
hydraulic fracturing technology.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/07/us-oil-prices-fracking-analysis-idUSKBN0IR0EB20141107
