2.11.2014
Oil Spill
Workshop focusing on minorities, BP restoration is set for today
Pensacola News Journal
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Interior and the state of Florida
will visit Pensacola today to discuss how minorities can influence the use
of millions of dollars in fines arising from the BP oil spill.
http://www.pnj.com/article/20140211/NEWS01/302110017/Workshop-focusing-on-minorities-BP-restoration-is-set-for-today?nclick_check=1
State
Michael Janus pleads guilty to fraud, will testify for the government in
Scott Walker trial
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
February 10, 2014 at 9:16 PM
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi -- Former D'Iberville City Manager Michael Janus
entered a plea of guilty Monday to one felony count of federal program
fraud and will testify at the trial of his now former co-defendant, Scott
Walker.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/02/janus_pleads_guilty_to_embezzl.html#incart_river
Former D'Iberville city manager pleads guilty to fraud
Clarion Ledger
The city of D'Iberville's former city manager could go to prison for up to
10 years after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140210/NEWS/302100030/Former-D-Iberville-city-manager-pleads-guilty-fraud
Janus pleads guilty to fraud, will testify against Scott Walker
Former D'Iberville city manager will testify against Scott Walker
Sun Herald
BY ANITA LEE
HATTIESBURG -- Former D'Iberville City Manager Michael Janus admitted in
federal court Monday afternoon that he committed fraud against the
government when he secured an unearned "finder's fee" for business partner
Scott Walker, then shared the proceeds.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/10/5326176/janus-change-of-plea-set-this.html
Janus changes plea to guilty on fraud charges
AP
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Former D'Iberville manager Michael Janus pleaded
guilty Monday to one charge of defrauding the city of $180,000 in grant
money, setting him up to testify against business partner Scott Walker.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=c3qqmfqb
Mississippi DEQ awards $90K tire grant
Recycling Today
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Jackson, Miss.,
has awarded the Golden Triangle (Miss.) Regional Solid Waste Management
Authority a $90,000 waste tire grant. The authority will use the funds to
continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity
generators of waste tires for Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha
and Webster counties.
http://www.recyclingtoday.com/Mississippi-tire-grant-boost-recycling.aspx
Jackson County household hazardous waste collection set for April 26
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
February 10, 2014 at 12:16 PM
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- Jackson County will celebrate Earth Day by hosting
its 11th annual "Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day" on April 26 from
8 a.m. to noon in the Singing River Mall parking lot.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/02/jackson_county_household_hazar_1.html
MDEQ lifts water contact advisory on Coast beach
by MBJ Staff
Published: February 10,2014
WAVELAND — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ),
through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a water contact advisory
that was issued Feb. 6.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/02/10/mdeq-lifts-water-contact-advisory-coast-beach-2/
Mineral rights owners push for open access to pipelines
WLBT
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -Some land owners think they're being
cheated out of their share by a Texas energy company.
Carbon dioxide is used for enhanced oil recovery. Those pipelines run
throughout Mississippi. They were built using eminent domain. So land
owners say there should be more "public use" involved.
http://www.wlox.com/story/24686261/mineral-rights-owners-push-for-open-access-to-pipelines
Energy companies spar over state Senate bill, control of Mississippi
pipeline
Sun Herald
BY PAUL HAMPTON
GULFPORT -- The head of a family with significant mineral rights holdings
in the state said a bill before the state Senate could make his family, and
the state, a lot of money.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/10/5326479/oil-family-lobbies-for-senate.html
Clay Co. may try again for water well funds
BY NATHAN GREGORY
The Commercial Dispatch
WEST POINT, MISS. — On Christmas Eve in 2012, one of Siloam Water
District's wells on Mississippi Highway 46 failed. About 300 residences in
northwest Clay County were without water until crews could manually open
valves from other wells and restore supply.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/11/5328077/clay-co-may-try-again-for-water.html
Man accused of dumping tires
Sun Herald
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD
WAVELAND -- A Lakeshore man is accused of dumping about 20 tires on a
vacant lot before he burglarized a home on Donlard Street, Police Chief
David Allen said.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/10/5326999/man-accused-of-dumping-tires.html
National
EPA chief Gina McCarthy, White House officials visiting Fort Collins, new
regional climate hub
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 11, 2014 - 7:06 am EST
FORT COLLINS, Colorado — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency
and White House officials are visiting Fort Collins, one of seven regional
climate hubs designated by the Obama administration last week.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/a61a85f5d4704472a9290bc18f145d07/CO--Climate-Hubs-Fort-Collins
