State
Mississippi Phosphates charged with polluting waters
Felony charge part of bankruptcy settlement
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged Mississippi Phosphates
Corp. in Pascagoula with violating the Clean Water Act by discharging
pollutants that have killed thousands of fish and destroyed marshy areas
over the past decade.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/07/28/6340258_mississippi-phosphates-charged.html?rh=1
Mississippi outdoors: Here's updated list of 'species of concern'
The Associated Press
July 28, 2015 at 10:28 AM
Did you know Mississippi has nearly 300 "species of concern" — many of them
familiar?
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks first came up
with the list in 2005 "as a requirement by Congress for continued
participation in the State Wildlife Grants Program, which has provided over
$7 million dollars for fish and wildlife conservation in Mississippi since
2001," a news release said.
http://www.gulflive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/07/mississippi_outdoors_heres_upd.html#incart_river
Developers Look to Fill in Wetlands in North Gulfport
WXXV
The city of Gulfport and developer Jerard Ward are looking to fill wetlands
in north Gulfport to create more areas for development.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Developers-Look-to-Fill-in-Wetlands-in-North/LH3dXF75Rk6KtOaWdfvf2w.cspx
Mississippi Power adds $9 million more to Kemper cost
Sun Herald
Start-up costs for Mississippi Power's Kemper County power plant added $9
million more to its cost, the energy company said Tuesday in its monthly
status report to the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/07/28/6340699/mississippi-power-adds-9-million.html
Oil Spill
AG Hood: BP settlement payouts headed to local governments
WLOX
Forty local governments in Mississippi will be getting millions from BP in
the next 30 days. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Tuesday
that the oil giant has accepted the Deepwater Horizon Disaster settlement
releases, and payout will begin shortly.
http://www.wdam.com/story/29650929/ag-hood-bp-settlement-payouts-headed-to-local-governments
BP Still Needs to Drill Business for Cash
BP's mixed success in cutting reflects the challenge for the oil and gas
sector
WSJ
BP is trying to cut its way to glory. Its mixed success, evident in results
Tuesday, reflects the scale of the challenge for the oil and gas sector.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/bp-still-needs-to-drill-business-for-cash-1438095183
National
Later Deadline Expected in Obama's Climate Plan
NY Times
WASHINGTON — The final version of President Obama's
signature climate change policy is expected to extend an
earlier timeline for states to significantly cut
planet-warming pollution from power plants, according to
people familiar with the plan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/us/president-obama-expected-to-reveal-new-climate-plan-next-week.html?ref=earth&_r=0
Sources: EPA will ease deadlines on pollution rule to help states comply
Washington Post
The Obama administration has decided to give states more time to comply
with proposed regulations that will require dramatic cuts in greenhouse-gas
pollution from power plants, people familiar with the plans said Tuesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/sources-epa-will-ease-deadlines-on-pollution-rule-to-help-states-comply/2015/07/28/a223d8aa-3586-11e5-adf6-7227f3b7b338_story.html
EPA ordered to relax smokestack emission limits in Alabama, 12 other states
The Associated Press
July 28, 2015 at 3:49 PM
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection
Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state
lines and taint downwind areas with air pollution from power plants.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/07/epa_ordered_to_relax_smokestac.html
Federal court rejects EPA cross-state air pollution rules
The Hill
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has told the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to rewrite rules meant to govern pollution emissions that
drift across state lines.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/249433-federal-court-rejects-some-epa-air-pollution-rules
Wildlife group threatens lawsuit over pipeline safety
The Hill
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) says it will sue the federal
government over what it considers lax enforcement of pipeline safety laws.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/249494-wildlife-group-threatens-lawsuit-over-pipeline-safety
Could deep-Earth microbes help us frack for oil?
BY SEAN COCKERHAM
McClatchy
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — On a muddy hill above a World War II ordnance plant
that made material for atomic bombs, a fracking crew will drill thousands
of feet underground in a search for life itself.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/07/28/6340570/could-deep-earth-microbes-help.html
