by MBJ Staff Published: March 15,2012
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MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are hoping the House of Representatives will look favorably on “overwhelming” Senate support for legislation that will direct fines from the BP oil spill to Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states. The Senate yesterday approved (74-22) the Moving Ahead for Progress in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
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MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Senate has approved using the bulk of water pollution fines stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill to pay for restoration in five Gulf states. The BP oil company could be fined $5.4 billion to $21.1 billion under the Clean Water Act, depending on whether it’s found grossly negligent. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 6,2012
Tags: disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
JACKSON COUNTY — An environmental group opposed to offshore drilling in Mississippi has asked Jackson County to join them. County supervisors said they are not ready to take a stand on the issue. The group, called 12 Miles South Coalition, met with supervisors yesterday. State officials want to lease state waters in the Gulf of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2012
Tags: disaster, energy, explosion, federal government, gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, tests
WALNUT GROVE — Federal prosecutors say a Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico directed rig workers to falsify testing on a key safety device. A court filing in New Orleans charges 49-year-old Donald Hudson of Walnut Grove with making a false statement in March 2011 to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 28,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, federal government, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Attorney General Eric Holder has told Congress that the Justice Department is prepared to go to trial against companies involved in the Gulf oil spill if ongoing negotiations do not result in a settlement. At a hearing before a House appropriations subcommittee, the attorney general vowed that the federal government would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 28,2012
Tags: casinos, Conventions, disaster, energy, environment, explosion, gambling, gaming, gas, habitat, hospitaslity, hotels, lodging, meetings, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, state agency, state government, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Regulations governing offshore seismic surveying and offshore mineral leasing are expected to go into effect in mid-March. The Mississippi Press reports the final draft of the rules has been sent to Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office, where it must sit for 30 days before becoming active. Coastal leaders continue to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A judge has delayed the federal trial over the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster by a week, saying yesterday BP PLC was making some progress in settlement talks with a committee overseeing scores of lawsuits, according to people close to the case. Two people close to the case told The Associated Press [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: civil penalties, courts, disaster, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, judge, judicial, judiciary, liability, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — A federal judge has ruled that BP PLC and one of its minority partners in the blown-out Macondo well are liable for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act for their roles in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier also ruled that Deepwater Horizon rig owner [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, lawsuit, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurants, seafood, settlement, state government, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Mississippi’s share of a settlement from a minority partner in BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico will go into the state’s Pollution Emergency Fund. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality supervises the fund. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release yesterday that MOEX Offshore will spend another [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 16,2012
Tags: birds, center, construction, disaster, ecosystems, ecotourism, ecotourists, education, energy, environment, explosion, food, gas, habitat, hiking, Nature, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, outdoors, petroleum, seasfood, tourism, tourists, vacations, visitors, wildlife
MOSS POINT — A new $2 million Pascagoula River Audubon Center celebrating the environment of the Mississippi Gulf Coast is scheduled to open in early 2013. The center, one of just 43 such Audubon centers across the country, will be located within walking distance of downtown Moss Point. Audubon president David Yarnold says the center [...] [...]
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