MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER

The Kemper story broke big in the New York Times yesterday morning. Here is the story and other info, with links to all of the sources.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATES THE IMPACT OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL ON THE GULF OF MEXICO
NARRATED BY MATT DAMON
The environmental devastation of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 sparked the largest coordinated oceanic research effort in history as contamination spread across the Gulf of Mexico, an international community of scientists joined forces to understand and mitigate the impacts of petroleum pollution.

Dispatches from the Gulf, the newest installment of the “Journey of Planet Earth” series, narrated by Matt Damon,takes viewers on an underwater journey deep below the Gulf of Mexico aboard manned submersibles, on research vessels navigating rough seas, and inside CSI-type laboratoriesdemonstrating how research helps us remedy even our most disastrous failures.
WATCH TRAILER

Join us this Saturday at the Museum of Natural Science for a Colors In Nature Trail Hike. We will meet in the museum parking lot at 2:30, and expect to finish up by 5 PM.

Tonight, at 5 PM, there will be a Restore Mississippi Sound Meeting and Oyster Presentation.

BIRD HABITAT HIKE
Sat, May 14, 2016 2:30 pm - 5:00 PM (Central)
MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE
Join us this Saturday, May 14th at 2:30 pm for a bird habitat hike. We'll be meeting at the Museum of Natural Science parking lot. Christopher King, the president of the Jackson chapter of the Audubon Society, will be leading the walk and teaching us about bird migration. We hope to catch glimpses of the parent birds gathering food for their young ones. SIGN UP HERE!

WASHINGTON
BY MICHAEL BIESECKER
Associated Press
If there's a War on Coal, it's increasingly clear which side is winning. Wind turbines and solar panels accounted for more than two-thirds of all new electric generation capacity added to the nation's grid in 2015, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy. The remaining third was largely new power plants fueled by natural gas, which has become cheap and plentiful as a result of hydraulic fracturing.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation of Southern Company and its subsidiary Mississippi Power over costs and delays at the Kemper Project clean coal power plant. The company revealed the investigation Thursday in a 10-K filing. The Southern Company said in the filing that the investigation is focused on the pre-2010 timeframe and centers on “accounting matters, disclosure controls and procedures, and internal controls over financial reporting associated with the Kemper IGCC (integrated gasification combined cycle).” READ MORE

If you are interested in going to the Stop Offshore Drilling march in Washington DC, there will be a bus from the Gulf Coast to the march. The bus will leave New Orleans at noon on Saturday, May 14th for the march, which is scheduled for Sunday, May15th in DC. Cost is $15 and organizers are willing to add pick up locations in Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile or Pensacola. For more information, please contact James Hartwell at jgavinhartwell@gmail.com.

The Mobile Bay Sierra Club is pleased to host this must-see film! An eye-opening look at workers and entrepreneurs on the forefront of the clean energy movement that will transform and enliven the way you see the future, and the wonderful economic opportunities the transition to clean energy represents!

4/29/2016 Photo credit: WDAM
By Mon Mussiett, Reporter MISSISSIPPI (WDAM) -
The newly elected Public Service Commissioner is unsealing confidential documents related to the Kemper Power Plant. Mississippi PSC for the Southern district Sam Britton made the announcement during the Friends of the Jones County Public Libraries annual meeting. Britton says the Public Service commission staff will be evaluating and lawfully unsealing confidential documents filed in the prior certificate case.
FROM WDAM.