Tuesday, November 12, 2019

News Clippings November 12, 2019

Oil Spill

GOV. PHIL BRYANT TO ANNOUNCE NEW RESTORATION PROJECTS FROM MISSISSIPPI COAST COLISEUM
WXXV

Later this morning, Governor Phil Bryant is scheduled to announce a list of new restoration projects, prior to the Mississippi Restoration Summit, set to take place today at 10:30 a.m.

Spending the BP Oil Spill Settlement
The BP Oil Spill Settlement money is coming in and Mississippi leaders are deciding how it will be spent. Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Glenn McCullough joins us to talk about it.
WLOX
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Oil spill money for bird rookery off Louisiana coast
AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly $10 million in 2010 oil spill money is rebuilding a barrier island bird rookery off Louisiana.


Regional

Gulf Oysters Are Dying, Putting a Southern Tradition at Risk
NYT

NEW ORLEANS — For decades, customers who visited the P & J Oyster Company’s headquarters in the French Quarter on the day before Thanksgiving were greeted by a sampling of what the holiday would bring: baked oysters, oyster dressing, oyster soup, oysters Rockefeller.


National

EPA rule proposes to expand limitations on scientific studies
The Hill

The latest iteration of a controversial Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal mandates that scientists provide broadened raw data related to their studies, a move some fear could further limit the use of science in agency rulemaking.

No more fire in the kitchen: Cities are banning natural gas in homes to save the planet
USA Today

SAN FRANCISCO – Fix global warming or cook dinner on a gas stove?
That’s the choice for people in 13 cities and one county in California that have enacted new zoning codes encouraging or requiring all-electric new construction.  

Frackers Prepare to Pull Back, Exacerbating a Slowdown in U.S. Oil Growth
WSJ

After pushing U.S. oil and natural-gas production to record levels, some shale companies plan to pump less.