State News
Utility Authority’s first president resigning post
By David A. Farrell
The Picayune Item
POPLARVILLE
— Pearl River County Utility Authority President Steve Lawler submitted
his resignation to the board of supervisors on Wednesday morning.
Lawler, who is BankPlus’ banking center president in Picayune, has led
the utility authority since its inception in 2006 after Hurricane
Katrina, and has, with his board, overseen and managed the expenditure
of $54 million in utility upgrades in Pearl River County.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x1774443924/Utility-Authority-s-first-president-resigning-post
MVSU to open recycling center
AP
Mississippi
Valley State University will open a recycling center on Friday at the
Industrial Technology building on its Itta Bena campus.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/04/20/v-print/3894674/mvsu-to-open-recycling-center.html
Casino partners clean up Deer Island
WLOX
Deer
Island is cleaner, thanks to the efforts of volunteers from two coast
casinos. For the third straight year, Beau Rivage and Hard Rock put
aside their competitive nature and worked together on a clean-up
project.
http://www.wlox.com/story/17588225/casino-partners-clean-up-deer-island
World's largest marine research center being created at Stennis
WLOX
Marine
research and technology are about to come together in a big way at
Stennis Space Center. Work is underway there to create the world's
largest National Oceans and Applications Research Center, also known as
NOARC.
Governor Phil Bryant unveiled the plan during the grand opening of the Infinity Science Center last week.
http://www.wlox.com/story/17589763/worlds-largest-marine-research-center-being-created-at-stennis
Earth Day activities range from trash pickups to a "bioquest"
Published: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 4:29 PM Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 4:51 PM
By Special to The Mississippi Press
Several activities, most focusing on trash cleanups, are marking Earth Day events this weekend.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/04/earth_day_activities_range_fro.html
Agencies holding drug 'take-back' event
By JACOB RESTER
DAILY LEADER
Drug abuse has long been a problem in the United States.
But recently abusers have turned to a different type of drug: prescription painkillers.
This has spawned prescription drug "take-back" days across the
country in recent years. Until now, though, Brookhaven has not had onehttp://www.dailyleader.com/news/article_bb8cd150-8974-11e1-897a-001a4bcf887a.html
Flowood Golf Course Going Greener
Fox 40
The
rising gas costs forced the Refuge Golf Course of Flowood to look for
alternatives. Now they've switched all their mainenance equipment from
gas to propane. It's saving them money and is a greener option.
http://www.fox40tv.com/news/local/story/Flowood-Golf-Course-Going-Greener/ZVBwF-29VEOgznn4XWOkCw.cspx
National News
How A 'Western Problem' Led To New Drilling Rules
NPR
by Elizabeth Shogren
April 19, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency's new air pollution rules for
the oil and gas industry may seem like odd timing, as President Obama
has been trying to deflect Republican criticism that he overregulates
energy industries. But the rules weren't the Obama administration's
idea.
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/19/150923707/how-a-western-problem-led-to-new-drilling-rules
Fracking wastewater tied by scientists to earthquakes
Bloomberg
Government
scientists are focusing on the disposal of wastewater from oil and gas
drilling as the possible cause of scores of earthquakes that have shaken
the central part of the U.S. since 2000, according to a study.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/04/19/fracking-wastewater-tied-by-scientists-to-earthquakes/
Fracking-Linked Earthquakes Spurring State Regulations
Bloomberg
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. on April 20, 2012
With
scientific evidence emerging that wastewater from oil and gas drilling
is the possible cause of earthquakes, states are adding new requirements
for disposal wells.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-20/fracking-linked-earthquakes-spurring-state-regulations
House Republican Vows To Halt Fracking Rules Amid Tribal Concerns
By Tennille Tracy
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON
(Dow Jones)--A prominent House Republican is vowing to try to suspend
rules aimed at regulating hydraulic fracturing on public lands after
American Indian tribes said they were excluded from early efforts to
develop the regulations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120419-719065.html
The EPA's Fracking Miracle
Behold, the agency shows restraint on shale gas regulation.
Editorial - Wall Street Journal
The
Environmental Protection Agency once again invited itself to do
tangible economic harm—this time to the hydraulic fracturing that is
transforming American energy—and somehow . . . it didn't. In the annals
of the unlikely, the EPA's new fracking rules fall somewhere between a
Nobel Peace Prize for George W. Bush and a supply-side tax plan from
Warren Buffett.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303513404577353892948803190.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
