by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2012
Tags: colleges, education, environment, higher education, hurricanes, hydrology, rivers, severe weather, tropical weather, universities, water quality, Weather
HATTIESBURG — An article in a recent issue of the “Journal of Hydrology” details how a team of scientists headed by researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi found that Hurricane Katrina had minimal long-term impact on the water quality of the East Pearl River in southwest Mississippi.
Led by Alan Shiller, professor of marine science [...] [...]
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has asked Pearl River County for a comprehensive waste disposal plan.
The Picayune Item reports county officials are unhappy about spending the money but can do nothing about it. Such plans are required by state law every 10 years.
County Administrator Adrain Lumpkin Jr. told supervisors other [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 7,2012
Tags: disaster, energy, environment, gas, habitat, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, seafood
GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality reports the post-hurricane season shoreline oil spill inspections for Mississippi have been completed. These
inspections were conducted to ensure that no additional oil impacts occurred as a result of storms passing through the Gulf of Mexico during the 2011 hurricane season.
In Mississippi, 111 shoreline segments, consisting of approximately [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 2,2012
Tags: disaster, energy, environment, gas, habitat, leases, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Mississippi officials say they have received 185 comments on proposed regulations to lease state waters in the Gulf for the drilling.
Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Dan Turner told The Mississippi Press just a handful of the comments addressed the draft rules and regulations on offshore seismic surveying and leasing.
“There were some emails [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 2,2012
Tags: courts, damages, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal magistrate has ruled that Transocean, Ltd. doesn’t have to make its CEO, Steve Newman, available to testify at a trial for tens of thousands of court claims spawned by the Gulf oil spill in 2010.
BP PLC, which leased the Transocean-owned rig that caught fire and sank after the deadly blowout [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2012
Tags: attorneys, contracts, courts, damages, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, gas, gasoline, habitat, judges, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyers, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled yesterday that Halliburton could avoid paying most of the pollution claims that resulted from the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill because it was shielded in a contract with well-owner BP.
Still, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said that Halliburton is not exempt from paying punitive damages and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 31,2012
Tags: environment, ground water, pollution, regulations, rural, state government, utilities, water, water associations, wildlife
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has decided against enforcing proposed amendments to state ground water regulations.
“We held a public hearing about the proposed regulations and listened carefully to the concerns of those in attendance. We are not moving forward with the proposed regulations,” MDEQ spokesman Robbie Wilbur in a statement.
The new regulations [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 30,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, email, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judges, law, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day, an amount a million [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2012
Tags: claims, courts, damasges, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, law, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico and spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil will not have to pay many of the pollution claims because it was shielded in a contract with well-owner BP, a federal judge ruled. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 26,2012
Tags: disaster, energy, environment, explosion, federal government, gas, leases, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, sale, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors
GULF OF MEXICO — The Department of Interior says it has set a June date for the next Gulf offshore oil and natural gas lease sale.
The sale will include all available unleased areas in the Central Planning Area offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
The sale will take place in New Orleans on June 20.
The proposed lease [...] [...]
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