6/19/14
State
Mississippi Delta Watershed project showing savings with water
Delta Farm Press
Doreen Muzzi
Wed, 2014-06-18 21:48
On a day when an SUV was required to navigate the flooded roads to Bern
Prewitt's Mississippi Delta farm, officials with the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Natural
Resources Conservation Service traveled to Shaw, Miss., to get a first-hand
look at how producers are recapturing that rainfall.
http://deltafarmpress.com/government/mississippi-delta-watershed-project-showing-savings-water
EPA officials attempts to ease farmers' fears on Waters of the United
States rules
Delta Farm Press
Doreen Muzzi
Wed, 2014-06-18 20:30
Environmental Protection Agency officials traveled to Sunflower County,
Miss., to see first-hand how conservation practices are improving water
quality, but the conversation quickly shifted to a proposed rule change in
the Clean Water Act.
http://deltafarmpress.com/government/epa-officials-attempts-ease-farmers-fears-waters-united-states-rules
Mississippi Phosphates ranks high in toxic releases, gets special CEO
Mississippi Phosphates ranks high in toxic releases, gets special CEO
Sun Herald
BY KAREN NELSON
PASCAGOULA -- Mississippi Phosphates has had multiple violations of state
and federal environmental laws and permits in recent years.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/18/5657577/mississippi-phosphates-ranks-high.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
County school board adopts new bus idling reduction policy
Monroe Journal
AMORY – At the regular scheduled meeting of the Monroe County School Board,
a school bus idling reduction policy was approved. This policy was
necessary to acquire a $15,000 grant from Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality for the purchase of a new school bus.
http://monroecountyjournal.com/2014/06/17/county-school-board-adopts-new-bus-idling-reduction-policy/
Oxford to address runoff, erosion
By Errol Castens
Daily Journal
OXFORD – In this city whose soils are counted among the most erosive on
earth, municipal officials appear to be getting serious about erosion and
stormwater runoff.http://djournal.com/news/oxford-address-runoff-erosion/
MDEQ requires soil removal
Stone County Enterprise
By Jody O'Hara
Jun 12, 2014, 10:56
A back stock of expired milk products has proven to be a continuing
headache for Joe Herrin.
http://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/article_2182.shtml
Odors lead to closing of recycling operation
Stone County Enterprise
By Jody O'Hara
Jun 12, 2014, 10:57
Preston Carpenter and his neighbors are familiar with the cliche, "Don't
cry over spilt milk," but enough is enough.
http://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/article_2183.shtml
Mississippi Power CEO proud of Kemper plant, frustrated by cost overruns
Sun Herald
BY MARY MARGARET HALFORD
PASCAGOULA -- The president and CEO of Mississippi Power said he's very
proud of the Kemper County plant because of what it will mean for the
future of energy, but he's not proud of the fact that it has turned out to
be more expensive and is taking longer to build than originally thought.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/18/5656733/mississippi-power-ceo-proud-of.html?sp=/99/184/201/
Biofuel maker KiOR begins layoffs in Mississippi
By JEFF AMY
Published: Yesterday
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Biofuel maker KiOR is laying off employees as it
idles its Mississippi refinery, intensifying questions about the future of
the cash-strapped company.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=YvlwJyRP
Chevron's new $1.4B base oil plant up and running
WLOX
PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) -Chevron will now become the world's largest producer
of premium base oil with the help of the new $1.4 billion Pascagoula Base
Oil project up and running.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25812925/chevrons-pascagoula
Pascagoula park transformed into environmental living laboratory
WLOX
PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) -You can learn about native plants and how nature can
help you protect your property by walking through a newly restored park in
Pascagoula. On Wednesday, city employees and scientists invited the public
to see the recent improvements at B.B. Jennings Park. The park is being
called a "living laboratory."
http://www.wlox.com/story/25813398/pascagoula-park-transforms-into-environmental-living-laboratory
Lumberton Mayor clears confusion about Rolloff Recycling, LLC
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -Lumberton Mayor Ben Winston announced Tuesday night
at Lumberton's City Council meeting that a new solid waste processing
facility will not be located inside of city limits.
http://www.wdam.com/story/25812559/dkjadklkfads
Brookhaven water well begins spewing sand
WLBT
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) -Something unusual has taken place at the home of a
Brookhaven family.
Their water well went foul, then began spewing sand.
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/25812972/water-well-spews-sand
Regional
Attorney General Luther Strange, Sen. Jeff Sessions speak against proposed
EPA power plant rules
Al.com
Mike Cason
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and Sen. Jeff Sessions were two of
the naysayers at a hearing today on climate change and new restrictions on
power plant carbon emissions proposed by the Obama administration.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/attorney_general_luther_strang_1.html
Senate sends Obama bill to take the bloom off algae in Gulf
Sun Herald
BY PAUL HAMPTON
The Senate on Tuesday passed and sent to President Barack Obama a bill
aimed at reducing algae blooms in the Gulf of Mexico and other U.S. waters.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker was one of the co-sponsors of the Harmful Algal
Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013 to
reauthorize a bill first passed in 1998.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/18/5657552/senate-sends-obama-bill-to-take.html?sp=/99/184/
Scientists deploy torpedo-like gliders to measure Gulf's health
Houston Chronicle
By Eric Berger
A team of Texas scientists this week will release four torpedo-like,
remote- controlled gliders into the northern Gulf of Mexico to measure
oxygen levels, bringing researchers closer to a long-cherished goal of
broadly monitoring the health of the world's oceans.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Scientists-deploy-torpedo-like-gliders-to-measure-5562543.php
State must understand sediment diversion effects before building, advisory
panel says
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
June 18, 2014 at 5:59 PM
Louisiana planners need understand the impact of sediment diversions on the
environment and coastal residents before turning the projects on, a panel
of expert scientists reviewing the state's planning process said.
The caution comes as Louisiana moves forward on the design and construction
of the first diversion of sediment and water from the Mississippi River to
help rebuild coastal wetlands.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/06/sediment_diversion_planners_mu.html#incart_river
National
Audit faults EPA in delays probing lead factory dangers
USA Today
A government audit confirms many of the findings of USA TODAY's 2012
"Ghost Factories" investigationand faults the Environmental
Protection Agency for lacking criteria and time limits to screen
more than 460 potential lead smelter sites that were first brought
to the agency's attention by a scientific researcher in 2001.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/18/epa-oig-lead-smelter-audit/10679089/
EPA: Climate rule won't kill coal
The Hill
By Benjamin Goad
A top Obama administration official will insist Thursday that Environmental
Protection Agency's proposed limits on power plant emissions are not set in
stone, and should not be regarded as a death knell for the coal industry.
http://thehill.com/regulation/209805-epa-climate-rule-wont-kill-coal
Clock starts on EPA climate rule comments
The Hill
By Laura Barron-Lopez
Two weeks after unveiling President Obama's signature climate rule, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the new standards in the
Federal Register Wednesday
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/209748-epa-publishes-climate-rule
The new oil crisis: Exploding trains
Politico
By: Kathryn A. Wolfe and Bob King
June 18, 2014 05:01 AM EDT
Communities throughout the U.S. and Canada are waking up to the dark side
of North America's energy boom: Trains hauling crude oil are crashing,
exploding and spilling in record numbers as a fast-growing industry
outpaces the federal government's oversight.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/exploding-oil-trains-energy-environment-107966.html?hp=r1
