by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: contaminant, contamination, ecosystem, environment, laboratory, pollution, soil, testing, wastewater, water, wildlife
WATER VALLEY — A defense lawyer for a laboratory owner says she had no plans to suggest that her client was targeted for prosecution because of her environmental activism. Abby Brumley made the statement yesterday in a filing for Tennie White in U.S. District Court in Jackson. White owns Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc. She [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 2,2013
Tags: ecosystem, environment, falsifying records, federal agency, federal government, fraud, laboratory, pollution, sewer, state agency, testing, wastewater, water, wildlife
WATER VALLEY — Federal prosecutors want a judge to prohibit defense lawyers from saying a laboratory owner’s past environmental activism is the reason behind her prosecution on charges of faking wastewater samples. Tennie White, owner of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted Nov. 7 on charges of making false statements and obstruction related to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 21,2013
Tags: charitable giving, crude oil, donate, donation, donor, ecosystem, ecotourism, energy, environment, fuel, gasoline, petroleum, REFINERY, wildlife
PASCAGOULA — The Chevron Pascagoula Refinery is donating $1 million to the Pascagoula River Audubon Center and another National Audubon Society program, the Mississippi Flyway. The Sun Herald reports the majority of the money will go to support operations and educational programs for a new $2 million center, soon to be built on 10 acres [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 19,2013
Tags: avbiation, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, flying, habitat, helicopter, invasive species, marine, resources, state agency, wildlife
BILOXI — A toy helicopter the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources planned to use to fly over marshland to monitor invasive species has been grounded. The Federal Aviation Administration said its regulations for a toy helicopter under such circumstances are the same as those for a military predator drone. MDMR’s project manager Mike Pursley told [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — During the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Shrimp and Crab Bureau’s 2013 Derelict Crab Trap Cleanup, a total of 281 derelict crab traps were removed from Mississippi waters to be recycled at Coast scrap-metal facility. The cleanup was held Feb. 21-23, 2013, in all marine waters. All Mississippi crab trap [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: accident, bench, case, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, executive, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, investigation, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, probe, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn’t explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn’t have access to its partners’ employees and records, a BP executive testified yesterday at a trial designed to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: case, court, disaster, ecosystem, energy, explosion, justice, law, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, pollution, seafood, tourism, trial, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The first BP executive to testify at a federal trial over the nation’s worst oil spill was to take the stand for a second day today before a judge tasked with deciding whether the London-based oil giant and other companies acted with gross negligence for the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 26,2013
Tags: accident, bench, court, crude oil, death, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoliner, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, naural gas, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — An expert witness for people and businesses who sued BP over the Gulf oil spill says he found ample evidence that the company’s cost-cutting culture led to the disaster. University of California-Berkeley engineering professor Robert Bea testified today at a civil trial. He says BP PLC didn’t implement a safety management program [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 25,2013
Tags: accident, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, erxplosion, fatality, law, legal, offshore drilling, oil spill, oilrig, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — A high-stakes trial started today to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. Attorney Jim Roy, who represents individuals and businesses hurt by the spill, said BP executives applied “huge financial pressure” on its drilling [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 21,2013
Tags: audit, city government, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, federal government, federal law, municipal, municipality, pollution, public health, sewage, state agency, wadstewater, wildlife
STARKVILLE — The city of Starkville faces retroactive fines due to past overflow incidents involving its sanitary sewage system. The Commercial Dispatch reports public works director Doug Devlin did not have a fine estimate for aldermen, but did say a scheduled March conference call with Environmental Protection Agency regulators could shed light on the penalties [...] [...]
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