State
FUEL SPILL SLOWS TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 82
WCBI
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) –A routine delivery turns out to be anything but for an area trucker.
http://www.wcbi.com/video-fuel-spill-slows-traffic-highway-82/
Leaders plan to follow rainy day fund law in upcoming session
Daily Journal
JACKSON – Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt.Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn all are in agreement that only 98 percent of the state’s projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year should be budgeted during the 2017 session.
http://djournal.com/news/leaders-plan-follow-rainy-day-fund-law-upcoming-session/
Oil Spill
USM gets $7.7M for oyster research, aquaculture
Hattiesburg American
The state is already planning to invest BP settlement funds in restoring coastal revenue, and the University of Southern Mississippi is playing a big role in making that happen.
BP Agrees to Buy Woolworths Fuels Business for $1.29 Billion
Deal expands BP’s retail footprint in Australia
WSJ
SYDNEY— BP PLC has agreed to buy the Australian fuels business of Woolworths Ltd. for 1.79 billion Australian dollars ($1.29 billion), in the latest move by the British oil company to rebuild following the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/bp-agrees-to-buy-woolworths-fuels-business-for-1-29-billion-1482874934
Regional
Floating factory would process invasive Asian carp
Commercial Appeal
MEMPHIS — Leaping from rivers and lakes like aquatic projectiles and ravaging the food base of native fish, Asian carp are loathed by outdoors enthusiasts and state wildlife officials alike for being not just a nuisance, but a threat to boating and fishing industries worth $2.9 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively, in Tennessee.
Georgia’s top lawyer takes aim at water rules
AJC
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr urged President-elect Donald Trump to repeal new water regulations once he’s in the White House, joining counterparts in two dozen states who want one of Barack Obama’s top environmental initiatives to go out the door with him.
National
Kasich vetoes bill to weaken clean energy mandate
The Hill
Gov. John Kasich (R) bucked Ohio's GOP state legislature Tuesday by vetoing a bill that would have weakened the state’s clean energy requirements for power companies.
