by Associated Press Published: September 28,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, petroleum
GULF OF MEXICO — The Coast Guard says a series of “sheen sightings” have been reported in the area where the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year, but BP’s capped well isn’t the suspected source of the substance. A statement issued yesterday by the Coast Guard says the sheens [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 23,2011
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Mississippi will be throwing good money after bad when it chucks $1.3 million at the Jackson Zoo. The state Bond Commission last week unanimously approved the sale of $354 million in tax-exempt bonds for which the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will get $40 million together in bond funding. However, [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: September 22,2011
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On Monday, Cellular South will get a new name — C Spire Wireless — and the company says it will also beome the nation’s first wireless provider to introduce personalized wireless services. “We have entered a new era in wireless – an era centered on broadband networks, mobile computing devices and now personalized services. Completing [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would provide Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states with a significant share of federal fines paid by BP for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The RESTORE the Gulf Coast Act of 2011 (S.1400) was today approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year’s BP spill is not breaking down as quickly as some scientists thought it would, university researchers said yesterday. Auburn University experts who studied tar samples at the request [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: September 15,2011
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Never in his wildest dreams would Jake Ayers had believed, in 1975, what has become of the Mississippi college desegregation lawsuit, known simply as “Ayers.” When all was said and done in 2004, Mississippi education officials said they could get to work enforcing the $503 million settlement designed to correct racist neglect of Jackson State, [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — A key federal report goes further than other investigations and puts ultimate responsibility on BP for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history and the deaths of 11 rig workers, especially regarding the cement seal that was put in place the day before the explosion that triggered the spill. The [...] [...]
JACKSON COUNTY — Pascagoula School District leaders said the double whammy of drastically reduced state funding and potential loss of revenue from major industry will cause home and business owners’ property taxes to go up. Property tax is not going up this year, but the district said should they not prevail in a case being [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 9,2011
Tags: disaster, education, energy, environment, higher education, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, research
OXFORD and HATTIESBURG — The University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi are among dozens of universities making up eight separate research teams participating in a $112.5-million project to learn how the Gulf of Mexico has fared since the 2010 BP oil spill. Ole Miss is the lead university in a 14-member consortium [...] [...]
VICKSBURG — Joy Global Inc. has agreed to sell the drilling products business of LeTourneau to Cameron International Corp. for $375 million in cash. The deal includes the operation in Vicksburg. LeTourneau’s drilling products business makes oil rig components and equipment. The Vicksburg Post reports Joy Global, a mining services company, will retain a LeTourneau [...] [...]
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