BP faces billions in fines as spill trial nears

By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press – 1 day ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On the cusp of trial over the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, phalanxes of lawyers, executives and public officials have spent the waning days in settlement talks. Holed up in small groups inside law offices, war rooms and hotel suites in New Orleans [...]

Drilling Opponents Say Miss. Should Slow Down

By: | Associated Press Published: February 15, 2012 Updated: February 15, 2012 - 10:26 AM » 0 Comments | Post a Comment GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) The Sierra Club and other members of the 12 Miles South Coalition say Mississippi is rushing toward drilling in state waters without addressing concerns about tourism, the environment or economics. The group tells The Sun [...]

Justices: Kemper County coal plant case is not about coal

by Amy McCullough Published: December 15,2011 KEMPER COUNTY CLEAN COAL PLANT HEARD BEFORE STATE SUPREME COURT JACKSON — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices say that so far, they can’t find the evidence that state regulators used to justify their decision to allow Mississippi Power Company to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. If the [...]

Justices question PSC in coal plant case

JACKSON (AP) -- Three state Supreme Court justices asked repeatedly Wednesday where the state Public Service Commission laid out its reasoning when it modified its decision to allow construction of a Kemper County power plant in 2010. The Sierra Club is trying to get the Supreme Court to derail the $2.7 billion power plant, now under construction. The environmental group [...]

Mississippi High Court Justices Seek Reasons why PSC Reversed Itself to allow Kemper Co. Coal Plant

JACKSON, Miss. — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices asked repeatedly Wednesday where the state Public Service Commission laid out its reasoning when it modified its decision to allow the construction of a Kemper County power plant last year. The Sierra Club is trying to get the Supreme Court to derail the $2.7 billion power plant, now under construction in Kemper [...]
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