State News
DeSoto County weighing ozone options as it backs business expansions
Also OKs tax breaks for 5 companies
Commercial Appeal
By Henry Bailey
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The DeSoto Board of Supervisors vowed action to meet Environmental
Protection Agency deadlines on an ozone "nonattainment" rating Monday,
while also approving tax breaks to five companies for job growth and
expansions of the sort they say the EPA action could threaten.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/jul/17/desoto-county-weighing-ozone-options-as-it-backs/
Air quality issue crucial for jobs
DeSoto Times
By ROBERT LEE LONG
Published: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:03 AM CDT
A favorable air quality ranking for northern DeSoto County could ultimately
affect job growth, since industries (otherwise) might have to outfit their
factories and manufacturing plants with expense anti-pollution devices.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2012/07/17/news/doc5004a5112c8b7459450601.txt
Recyclables make long journey from curbside to final destination
WLOX
In Harrison County, about 3,000 tons of recyclable materials are expected
to be collected this year alone. That's 3,000 tons of waste that will not
end up in our landfills. Have you ever wondered where all that stuff goes?
http://www.wlox.com/story/19038708/recyclables-make-long-journey-from-curbside-to-final-destination
Dead sea turtle found in Hancock County
WLOX
A dead sea turtle washed up on the beach in Hancock County Monday morning.
Someone on the beach reported the turtle not far the Silver Slipper
campground.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19034706/dead-sea-turtle-found-in-hancock-county
Ethanol fuels controversy for those who fill up frequently
Some say it takes toll on vehicles, machinery
Clarion Ledger
Tommy's Trading Post, by the reservoir, has a lot of people who come in and
fill up their cars, their boats, their ATVs and sometimes just lots of gas
cans.
That's because the gas Tommy's sells is still ethanol-free.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120717/NEWS/207170319/Ethanol-fuels-controversy-those-who-fill-up-frequently
National News
Republican-led House panel keeps 'activist' EPA in its crosshairs
The Hill
By Zack Colman - 07/16/12 04:07 PM ET
Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce Committee say they have more
work to do to "rein in the activist" Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
before the congressional session ends.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/238183-rep-upton-lays-out-house-gop-energy-priorities
GOP leaders slam the door on carbon taxes
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 07/16/12 01:23 PM ET
Capitol Hill's most powerful Republicans say advocates who have been
discussing a carbon tax behind closed doors are wasting their breath.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/238111-boehner-mcconnell-slam-door-on-carbon-taxes
How states are regulating fracking (in maps)
Washington Post
By Brad Plumer , Updated: July 16, 2012
Armed with new drilling techniques, companies are spreading out across the
United States, cracking open shale rock in search of vast new stores of
natural gas. It's not an exaggeration to say that hydraulic fracturing, or
"fracking," has revolutionized the U.S. energy industry. Cheap natural gas
has become America's top source for electricity, displacing coal and
bringing back jobs toonce-decaying states like Ohio.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/16/how-states-are-regulating-fracking-in-maps/
