Oil Spill
GoCoast 2020 meets to discuss how to spend BP money
WLOX
The GoCoast 2020 team is inching closer to determining how to use the money
coming to Mississippi from the BP Restore Act.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19649303/committee-meets-to-discuss-how-to-spend-bp-money
GoCoast 2020 looking for South Mississippi's ideas
GoCoast 2020 looking for a few visionaries
Sun Herald
By MARY PEREZ — meperez@sunherald.com
GULFPORT -- Community leaders don't know how much money the RESTORE Act
will bring to South Mississippi or when it will arrive, but they are
getting ready for what they say is a one-time opportunity to make an impact
that will last for generations.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/09/26/4210584/gocoast-2020-looking-for-south.html
Charlotte joins consortium for oil spill funds
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FL - More than two years after the Deepwater Horizon
dumped millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Florida is
moving forward with a plan to restore the hardest hit areas. The
unprecedented program will help out the state environmentally and
economically.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/19638040/2012/09/25/charlotte-joins-consortium-for-oil-spill-funds
Apalach advances BP money plan
By VALERIE GARMAN
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 20:11 PM.
APALACHICOLA — The city of Apalachicola has spearheaded a resolution
demanding municipalities have some say-so in how Florida's county-bound
funds from the RESTORE Act are spent.
http://newsherald.com/news/apalach-advances-bp-money-plan-1.17653
Woman accused of phony oil spill cleanup classes
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker
to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who
hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/09/27/4210968/woman-accused-of-phony-oil-spill.html
State News
DuPont's DeLisle plant pays $117K pollution fine
By JEFF AMY — Associated Press
JACKSON -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has fined
DuPont Co.'s DeLisle plant $117,000 after pollution control equipment broke
down, allowing a smokestack to emit too much during a March 2011 test.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/09/26/4210560/duponts-delisle-plant-pays-117k.html
Sediment causing Reservoir problems
Solution could cost leaseholders $1.8M
Clarion Ledger
Some Ross Barnett Reservoir residents are kicking up dust over increased
sediments clogging the waters, in some cases making levels too shallow for
boating.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120927/NEWS/309260063/Sediment-causing-Reservoir-problems?odyssey=tab|
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Recycling to get boost at M.M. Roberts
Hattiesburg American
Attendees of Saturday's Southern Miss-Louisville football game not only are
being asked to consider recycling their throwaways, but folks will be on
hand to led a hand in the effort.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120926/NEWS01/120926014/Recycling-get-boost-M-M-Roberts
New garbage company ready to clean up Harrison County
Waste Pro will begin garbage pickup Monday in Harrison County
Sun Herald
By DONNA HARRIS — dharris@sunherald.com
HARRISON COUNTY -- Garbage collection switches hands in Harrison County on
Monday when Waste Pro officially takes over.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/09/26/4210548/new-garbage-company-ready-to-clean.html
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|On Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Madison Police |
|Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the |
|public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding |
|their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted |
|prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the parking lot|
|of Tulane University located at 2115 Main Street. The service is free and |
|anonymous, no questions asked. |
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Sheriff's Office to collect unused prescription drugs
Monroe 360
09.27.12 - 04:00 am
ABERDEEN - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office will take part in the DEA
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Sept. 29.
http://monroe360.com/view/full_story/20189353/article-Sheriff%E2%80%99s-Office-to-collect-unused-prescription-drugs?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Drug dropoff returns Saturday
Itawamba County Times
by Adam Armour/Staff Writer
09.27.12 - 06:00 am
Head into the bathroom. Now, open up the cabinet where the medicine is kept
— prescription and over-the-counter alike — and start checking some dates.
See what's in there that isn't being used, is half empty or expired.
Chances are, there are several.
http://itawamba360.com/view/full_story/20267313/article-Drug-dropoff-returns-Saturday?instance=lead_story_left_column
Pascagoula LNG terminal quiet with down market
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON — klnelson@sunherald.com
PASCAGOULA -- The $1.1 billion Gulf LNG terminal, which changed the horizon
south of Pascagoula with its two huge storage tanks, was a major hope for
bringing more traffic through the public Port of Pascagoula.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/09/26/4210603/pascagoula-lng-terminal-quiet.html
Unique solar power 'plants' brighten up children's museum
WLOX
Visitors to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport will notice a
colorful new exhibit that just came out of the ground. It looks like a
popular type of flower, but operates like a miniature power plant. The
exhibit is considered the only one of its kind in Mississippi.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19645676/solar-panel-sunflowers-helping-childrens-museum-cut-costs
National News
EPA Says Wyoming Fracking Results Are Consistent
Wall Street Journal
By TENNILLE TRACY
The Environmental Protection Agency said new government tests of
groundwater near Pavillion, Wyo., have yielded results similar to data it
released last year, when it suggested chemicals in the water were linked
to hydraulic fracturing.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443328404578020923049282436.html
Lots of new data, no analysis from Wyo. gas field where EPA linked fracking
to water pollution
By Associated Press,
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The meaning of reams of new data from groundwater testing
in a remote Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency sparked concern last year will be a matter of interpretation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/new-tests-show-less-benzene-in-wyo-gas-field-where-epa-linked-fracking-groundwater-pollution/2012/09/26/001e2b1e-0839-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_story.html
