State
Diesel spill on I-10 clear
WLOX
JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -Crews with the Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality worked for hours to clean up a diesel fuel spill on
Interstate 10 in Jackson County.
http://www.wdam.com/story/32259386/diesel-spill-on-i-10-clear
NATIONAL PARKS DRAW 6.4M VISITORS TO MISSISSIPPI
MPB
Mississippi's eight national parks attracted 6.4 million visitors last
year. MPB's Evelina Burnett reports, visitor spending at these national
parks helped boost local economies by almost $200 million.
http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2016/06/20/national-parks-draw-64m-visitors-to-mississippi/
Southern Company sued by former CO2 customer over Kemper Project delays
Mississippi Watchdog
An enhanced oil exploration firm, Treetop Midstream Services LLC, is
seeking $100 million and punitive damages from Mississippi Power's parent
company, alleging in a lawsuit that the Southern Company committed fraud by
misleading it on the $6.74 billion power plant's construction schedule when
the two parties signed a carbon dioxide off-load contract.
http://watchdog.org/268230/southern-company-2/
Hood: Legislature used 'cover-up' to hide budget holes
Clarion Ledger
Attorney General Jim Hood said the Legislature's grab of state agencies'
trust and special funds is legally and constitutionally flawed and called
it a "cover-up" to hide gaping shortfalls caused by corporate tax breaks.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/20/hood-state-budget/86136978/
Oil Spill
Jean Lafitte Park's Barataria Preserve oil canals to be filled
Times-Picayune
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell got an on-the-marsh view on Monday (June
20) of how $8.7 million in fine money from the BP oil spill will be used to
begin backfilling about 16 1/2 miles of abandoned canals in the Barataria
Preserve of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/06/bp_spill_money_to_help_fill_je.html
Regional
Gulf sanctuary could add coral reefs off Texas, Louisiana
AP
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Federal officials are considering enlarging a research sanctuary in the
Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana by adding more than a
dozen coral reefs and banks.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/state/mississippi/article84810707.html
Marine sanctuary expansion plan is at center of controversy
Houston Chronicle
GALVESTON – A plans that would vastly expand a marine sanctuary off the
Texas coast to protect undersea life faces fierce opposition from the
commercial fishing and oil and gas industries.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/Marine-sanctuary-expansion-plan-is-at-center-of-8314215.php
National
Activists to bring millions of dead bees to EPA headquarters
The Hill
Activists are planning to take 2.64 million dead bees to Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters as they seek to bring attention to the
plight of the insect.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/284135-activists-to-bring-dead-bees-to-epa-headquarters
Remember the Ozone Layer?
NY Times
Q. Whatever happened to the ozone hole, and should we still be worried
about it?
A. What is called the ozone hole is an area of severe depletion of the gas
ozone in the upper atmosphere above theAntarctic. It still appears every
year, though it gets less publicity than it did when it was first
discovered.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/science/remember-the-ozone-layer.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
National parks vandal banned from 524 million acres of public land
LA Times
LOS ANGELES
A San Diego woman pleaded guilty last week to seven misdemeanor counts of
defiling rock formations with graffiti in seven national parks and has been
banned from 524 million acres of public lands during her two years of
probation.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article84972527.html
Opinion
Two Can Play at Climate 'Fraud'
If Exxon can be sued, why can't Al Gore for exaggerations that help his
investments?
WSJ
Eric Schneiderman and Sheldon Whitehouse, call your office. The New York
Attorney General and Rhode Island Senator who helped to launch the
prosecution of dissent on climate change may not like where their project
is headed. Thirteen state Attorneys General have sent a letter pointing out
that if minimizing the risks of climate change can be prosecuted as
"fraud," then so can statements overstating the dangers of climate change.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/two-can-play-at-climate-fraud-1466373891
Water quality remains our biggest obstacle
Sun Herald
Letter to the Editor
After reading Sharon Hayes' "Spend BP money to restore Sound" letter (June
5), I decided to do a little research concerning the condition of our Gulf
waters.
http://www.sunherald.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article84802192.html
