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State
Puppet show urges kids to save Rotten Bayou from pollution
WLOX
DELISLE, MS (WLOX) -Some Pass Christian students are ready to do their part
to help protect a prominent bayou in Harrison and Hancock Counties. On
Friday, the Rotten Bayou Watershed Partnership kicked-off an educational
program at Delisle Elementary. The team is teaching an environmental lesson
with help from a large mouth bass.
http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=25166199
Miss. biomass expert to testify in D.C.
Clarion Ledger
Sumesh Arora, vice president of Innovate Mississippi, is among the
witnesses scheduled to testify Tuesday at a hearing in Washington, D.C.,
about advanced biofuels.
http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20140404/BIZ/304040018?cid=dlvr.it
Regional
Court rules Gulf red snapper management illegal, lack of accountability in
recreational sector cited as harmful to all
Press-Register
Jeff Dute
April 07, 2014 at 3:45 PM
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on March 27 ruled that
the federal government violated the law by failing to properly manage the
red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/04/court_rules_gulf_red_snapper_m.html#incart_river
3.1 magnitude earthquake reported in Tennessee
Clarion Ledger
DYERSBURG, TENN. — A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was reported in Northwest
Tennessee Monday morning, WMC-TV reported.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140407/NEWS/304070005/3-1-magnitude-earthquake-reported-Tennessee
National
EPA director says draft greenhouse rules will give states new tools
LA Times
WASHINGTON -- New draft rules limiting greenhouse gases from existing power
plants will give states the tools to curtail emissions that drive climate
change without shuttering lots of facilities and threatening electric
reliability, said Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, at a panel discussion in Washington on Monday.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-greenhouse-gas-rules-epa-20140407,0,5921220.story#axzz2yEm5oQlo
Fracking with CO2 to replace water a distant goal, GE says
Reuters
By Ernest Scheyder
NISKAYUNA, New York, April 7 (Reuters) - Carbon dioxide, used for years to
force crude oil out of old wells, likely will not replace water in fracking
anytime soon because of technical challenges and limited infrastructure,
says General Electric Co , which is studying the issue under a $10 billion
research program.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/07/generalelectric-fracking-carbon-idINL1N0MT1HN20140407
