Oil Spill
Discussions continue about how to restore the gulf
WLOX
A crowd of about 100 gathered at the Westside Community Center in Gulfport Wednesday night, to hear how BP plans to spend $1 billion dollars. That is how much the oil giant has set aside to restore the Gulf after the massive oil spill in 2010.
http://www.wlox.com/story/16550504/coast-residents-and-government-officials-talk-about-restoring-the-gulf
Audubon center moving to downtown Moss Point
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON
MOSS POINT -- The Pascagoula River Audubon center is going to move across Interstate 10 to a 10-acre site on a bayou off the Escatawpa River in downtown Moss Point. The new location is a peaceful sanctuary nestled not far from bustling Mississippi 613.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/18/3696641/audubon-center-moving-to-downtown.html
State News
Officials want to air grievance
DeSoto Times
By ROBERT LEE LONG
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:07 AM CST
DeSoto County officials will travel to Washington next month to "clear the air," about the need to remove DeSoto County from being placed under the federal air quality standards governing the Memphis MSA or Metropolitan Statistical Area which includes Crittenden County, Ark. Shelby County, and Fayette County, Tenn.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2012/01/19/news/doc4f175e57beaa6771589702.txt
City cleans trashed dump sites
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — The City of Natchez has been awarded a $25,000 grant to clean four sites where trash has been illegally dumped.
Natchez City Engineer David Gardner said the grant will cover the trash removal and disposal and any excavation and restoration to the sites. The grant is funded by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and requires no match from the city.
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2012/01/19/city-cleans-trashed-dump-sites/
City offers recycling services at area apartments
Madison County Journal
RIDGELAND - Recycling services are now being offered on site for apartment residents by the city.
http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=24623&TM=39041.58
TIRE REMOVAL
The Picayune Item Picayune Item
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:12 AM CST
PICAYUNE — TIRE REMOVAL — Efforts to remove a large collection of used tires at this abandoned business on Neal Road on continues. Workers are removing piles of tires from the inside of the run down structure. Funding to have the tires removed is coming from a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality grant. (Photo by Jeremy Pittari)
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x538061372/TIRE-REMOVAL
Millions earmarked to upgrade water system
by ANTHONY WARREN
Northside Sun Northsidesun
01.19.12 - 12:00 am
THE CITY OF JACKSON IS PREPARING to pump millions of dollars into its aged water system, and is able to do so after refinancing millions in outstanding water and sewer debt.
http://northsidesun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Millions+earmarked+to+upgrade+water+system%20&id=17216124&instance=top_stories
Sewage problems addressed
Pontotoc360.Com
Pontotoc Progress
01.11.12 - 07:32 am
The Pontotoc Board of Aldermen last week told four East Valley Drive residents they will seek emergency funds from the Department of Environmental Quality to begin repairing sewer pipe and manhole problems in their neighborhood which have caused homes to be flooded in recent years with raw sewage which backed up into their homes.
Aldermen directed city engineer Mike Falkner to contact Department of Environmental (DEQ) officials regarding the emergency funds.
http://pontotoc360.com/view/full_story/17056419/article-Sewage--problems-addressed?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Nunnelee visits Red Hills Mine
The Choctaw Plaindealer
01.18.12 - 11:39 am
By Daniel Brunty
The Choctaw Plaindealer
First District of Mississippi Congressman Alan Nunnelee visited the Red Hill Mine located in Ackerman this past Friday. Nunnelee, who is known for his stance on the issue of Energy Independence by reducing the country’s independence on foreign oil, knows that the use of coal can help in that reduction.
http://choctawplaindealer.com/view/full_story/17213505/article-Nunnelee-visits-Red-Hills-Mine-?instance=news_special_coverage_right_column
DMR takes controversial Greenwood Island project off the table
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 6:00 AM
By Kaija Wilkinson , Mississippi Press The Mississippi Press
JACKSON, Mississippi -- Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has scrapped a controversial plan to deposit dredge materials from a Halter Marine expansion on Greewood Island, and south Mississippi legislators are calling it a victory for Pascagoula.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/01/dmr_takes_controversial_greenw.html
State to offer sustainable community grants
WTVA
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) _ A new mini-grant program hopes to make local governments and communities more sustainable.The grants cannot be used for projects already underway.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/State-to-offer-sustainable-community-grants/d-qdAWC3lE6KsMFJu9vZrg.cspx
Take steps to conserve energy
Op-Ed Clinton News
James L. Cummins
Energy conservation is the practice of decreasing the quantity of energy used.
http://www.clintonnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120119/OPINION/201190309/-1/NEWS01/Take-steps-to-conserve-energy
Wetlands biologically rich habitat
Op-Ed
By Murray Fulton
Special to Rankin Ledger
Wetlands rival the tropical rain forests as the most biologically productive habitats in temperate regions of the world.
http://www.rankinledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120117/LIFE/201170313/-1/NEWS01/Wetlands+biologically+rich+habitat
National News
Report: Power plant mercury rule won’t cause power outages
The Hill
By Andrew Restuccia - 01/18/12 10:52 AM ET
New Environmental Protection Agency regulations that limit mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants will not cause widespread power outages, according to the Congressional Research Service.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/204789-crs-power-plant-mercury-rules-wont-cause-power-outages
EPA won’t promise final power plant carbon rules before 2012 elections
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 01/19/12 10:21 AM ET
The Environmental Protection Agency will soon float delayed draft rules to curb greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, but the agency’s top air quality official isn’t making any promises that the standards will be finalized before the 2012 elections.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/205081-epa-wont-promise-final-power-plant-carbon-rules-before-2012-elections
