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State News
Siemens, city reach $90M deal on massive infrastructure project
Clarion Ledger
Ending months of negotiations, the city of Jackson and Siemens have agreed
to a $90 million deal that Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has called the largest
infrastructure project in the city's history.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130103/NEWS/301030053/Siemens-city-reach-90M-deal-massive-infrastructure-project
Fireworks debris not bad after New Year's holiday
Sun Herald
By MELISSA M. SCALLAN — mmscallan@sunherald.com
GULFPORT -- The beach is relatively clean after the New Year's holiday,
county officials said Wednesday morning.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/01/02/4383431/fireworks-debris-not-bad-after.html
Ship Island still popular, vulnerable
MBJ
by Lisa Monti
Published: December 28,2012
Ship Island has long been a popular attraction for visitors who come from
as far away as Europe and Canada to enjoy the sun, surf, marine life and
wildlife 11 miles off the Mississippi Coast.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/28/ship-island-still-popular-vulnerable/
MDEQ awards grant to county
December 28, 2012
Webster Progress Times
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has awarded Webster
County a solid waste assistance grant of $11,524 that will be used by the
county for cleanup of illegal dump sites.
http://webster.winstonnewsonline.com/2012/12/28/mdeq-awards-grant-to-county/
DEQ offers 'green' holiday tips
Special to The Clinton News
The state Department of Environmental Quality encourages Mississippians to
remember the environment this holiday season through waste reduction,
reuse, and recycling practices to "green up" the holiday season.
http://www.clintonnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130103/NEWS/301020011/-1/NEWS01/DEQ-offers--green--holiday-tips
Trail project planned in Ridgeland
Madison County Journal
The City of Ridgeland will be constructing an extension to the multiuse
trail system in Ridgeland. Trace Ridge subdivision will be connected to an
existing trail located on the east side of Highway 51 at Jackson Street. An
asphalt path will be built along the south side of Jackson Street adjacent
to Trace Station Shopping Center and extend 1/3 mile to Trace Ridge Drive.
http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=25987
National News
Gulf shrimpers file petitions with feds over shrimp imports
By The Associated Press
updated January 02, 2013 at 9:17 AM
NEW ORLEANS -- Gulf of Mexico shrimpers have filed petitions with the
federal government seeking relief from subsidized shrimp imports. The move
came several weeks after Gulf of Mexico shrimpers hailed a House bill that
included a provision to increase U.S. Customs and Border Protection's
powers to combat illegal imports.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/01/gulf_shrimpers_file_petitions.html#incart_river
Chesapeake Bay's health improving slightly, report says
Washington Post
By Darryl Fears,
Chesapeake Bay oysters are being resurrected from the dead. Blue crabs are
roaring back. And after taking a huge blow from the monster storm called
Sandy, the weakened bay proved in the fall that it could right itself and
come back looking fresh.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/chesapeake-bays-health-improving-slightly-report-says/2013/01/02/b306f15e-5517-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html
Region Chops Sandy Debris Down to Size
Wall Street Journal
The immense task of leveling the mountains of debris left behind by Sandy
is coming into focus two months after the historic superstorm ravaged the
East Coast.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323374504578217660273728622.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6
States develop plans to address gulf hypoxia
AgriNews
By Janet Kubat Willette
Date Modified: 01/03/2013 7:40 AM
WASECA, Minn. – The dozen states that contribute the most nutrients to the
Mississippi River are finalizing plans on how to stem the loss of nutrients
to the river.
http://www.agrinews.com/states/develop/plans/to/address/gulf/hypoxia/story-5094.html
Fiscal cliff deal includes farm bill extension
Politico
By: David Rogers
January 1, 2013 07:03 AM EST
The giant New Year's tax package rushed through Congress Tuesday includes a
nine-month farm bill extension that forestalls any immediate spike in milk
prices but also represents a bitter blow for farmers who had hoped for
long-sought changes in the dairy support program.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/fiscal-cliff-deal-include-farm-bill-extension-85641.html?hp=r21
Opinion
Lisa Jackson stood up for all of us
Politico
By: Frances Beinecke
January 2, 2013 09:32 PM EST
When she took the helm at the Environmental Protection Agency four years
ago, Administrator Lisa Jackson set out to take on the great environmental
scourge of our time: global climate change.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/jackson-stood-upfor-all-of-us-85685.html?hp=r15
An Investigation Of The Global Anti-Fracking Movement
Forbes
What does it want? How does it operate? And what's next?
This is a guest column by Jonathan Wood, senior global issues analyst at
ControlRisks. What follows is a summary of his lengthy investigation of the
anti-fracking movement, available here.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2013/01/02/an-investigation-of-the-global-anti-fracking-movement/
