State
MDEQ issues water advisory for Town Creek in Jackson
Clarion Ledger
Sewage discharge into Town Creek near Monument Street in Jackson
prompted the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to
issue a water advisory for the creek Friday.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/12/12/mdeq-water-advisory/20305681/
Summit explores efficient water usage across the Delta
By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
STONEVILLE -- Mississippi's agricultural industry is not going about
"business as usual" above ground while the underground water supplies
decline every year.
http://msucares.com/news/print/agnews/an14/20141212water.html
Epps scandal could impact all state agencies
Clarion Ledger
The alleged pay-to-play scandal that rocked the Mississippi
Department of Corrections soon could impact how all state agencies
do business.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2014/12/12/epps-scandal-could-impact-all-agencies/20312725/
Oil Spill
Plaintiffs' lawyers for oil spill victims say BP should pay punitive
damages
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
December 12, 2014 at 6:48 PM
The committee of lawyers representing BP oil spill victims has largely
praised a September ruling that found the British oil giant acted with
gross negligence and bears most of the blame for causing the 2010 disaster.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/12/plaintiffs_lawyers_appeal_bp_o.html
Federal council faces tough choices on Gulf oil spill ecosystem restoration
projects
Press-Register
Dennis Pillion
December 12, 2014 at 2:11 PM
SPANISH FORT, Alabama -- A great blue heron flies past the large window of
a conference room in the 5 Rivers Delta Center in Spanish Fort, flapping
its wings majestically and probably emitting a loud squawk at some
perceived threat as it finds its next perch along the Blakeley River.
http://www.al.com/news/beaches/index.ssf/2014/12/gulf_restoration_council_faces.html
Fishermen happy for reopening of waters affected by oil spill
Daily Comet
By Jonathan Olivier
Commercial fishermen are once again harvesting Gulf seafood off the coasts
of Elmer's and Grand Terre islands, an area that's been closed due to the
2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20141213/ARTICLES/141219828/1320?Title=Fishermen-happy-for-reopening-of-waters-affected-by-oil-spill-
National
Climate Talks Yield Plan to Spread Burden of Emission Cuts
Issues Such as How to Finance the Bulk of Poorer Countries' Cuts Left for
Later Meetings
Wall Street Journal
LIMA, Peru—The U.S. and other wealthy countries persuaded their
developing-nation peers to advance a framework that for the first time
would spread the burden of economically painful emission cuts across all
nations.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-talks-notch-progress-with-plan-for-emission-cuts-1418542019
EPA head brushes off 'doomsday' talk
The Hill
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency dismissed what she
characterized as "doomsday" predictions from opponents of her agency's
climate rule.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/226950-epa-head-brushes-off-doomsday-talk
First coal ash regulations in the offing
The Hill
The Obama administration will soon finish rules aimed at controlling
pollution from toxic coal ash, making good on a promise it made less than
two months after President Obama's inauguration.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/227013-first-coal-ash-regs-in-the-offing
