7.8.14
State
Neighborhood rep calls MDEQ workshop a triumph
Sun Herald
BY KAREN NELSON
PASCAGOULA -- People in the neighborhood closest to heavily industrialized
Bayou Casotte will get a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
air permitting workshop at the end of the month.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/07/07/5687410/neighborhood-rep-calls-mdeq-workshop.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
MDEQ, EPA plan permitting workshop in Pascagoula to discuss residents'
industrial pollution complaints
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
July 07, 2014 at 2:42 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- A free community air permitting workshop is
planned for this month to help address Pascagoula residents' concerns about
industrial pollution coming from companies along Bayou Casotte.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/07/mdeq_epa_plan_permitting_works.html#incart_river
Council to vote to end Groundworx agreement
Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg City Council will vote today on whether to authorize
Mayor Johnny DuPree to officially end the agreement between the city
and Groundworx.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/hattiesburg/2014/07/07/hattiesburg-end-groundworx-contract/12323111/
Rubbish pit gets extension
DeSoto Times
By ROBERT LEE LONG
Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 1:05 AM CDT
A controversial rubbish pit located along Starlanding Road on the bluff
near Walls received a five-year extension with several stipulations at
Monday's marathon DeSoto County Board of Supervisors meeting.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2014/07/08/news/doc53bb2a9879418317756206.txt
Officials: Hwy. 53 asphalt spill will cause traffic delays
WLOX
LYMAN, MS (WLOX) -A tanker truck carrying asphalt has overturned on Highway
53 near Lumpkin Road, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol Lt. Johnny
Poulos. Authorities say there are no reported injuries, but a large amount
of asphalt has spilled out onto the road.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25959955/officials-hwy-53-asphalt-spill-will-cause-traffic-delays
Holiday crowds leave the sand beach a major mess
WLOX
HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -Beach cleaning equipment is busy removing tons
of spent fireworks and other litter from the sand following the holiday
weekend. Harrison County Sand Beach Director Chuck Loftis calls it the
worst mess he has seen in years.
http://www.wlox.com/story/25959110/holiday-crowds-leave-the-sand-beach-a-major-mess
Toyota Mississippi Unveils Plans for Park
WCBI
BLUE SPRINGS, MISS. (WCBI) – Blue Springs and its 200 residents haven't
seen this much excitement since Toyota was announced seven years ago.
The Toyota Blue Springs Water Garden and Education Park will provide a
pavilion, a play structure, and a garden where people can enjoy wildlife,
including the monarch butterfly, an endangered species that migrates
through the area.
http://www.wcbi.com/wordpress/video-toyota-mississippi-unveils-plans-for-community-park-in-blue-springs
It's showtime for MAGIC as state launches single accounting system
MBJ
by Ted Carter
Published: July 7,2014
Mississippi state government is counting on big returns from a $100-million
accounting system that integrates what previously were a handful of
different systems used by state agencies, commissions and boards.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/07/07/showtime-magic-state-launches-single-accounting-system/
National
Taking Oil Industry Cue, Environmentalists Drew Emissions Blueprint
NY Times
WASHINGTON — In November 2010, three combatants gathered
in a sleek office here to build a carbon emissions policy
that they hoped to sell to the Obama administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/us/how-environmentalists-drew-blueprint-for-obama-emissions-rule.html?ref=energy-environment&_r=0
Interior officials push for conservation funding
The Hill
Leaders in the Interior Department are touring the country this week to
build support for fixes to a fund that pays for conservation efforts.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/211463-interior-officials-push-for-conservation-funding
North Dakota Fracking: Behind the Oil-Train Explosions
Volatile Gases Aren't Removed From Bakken Shale Crude; 'The Regulations Are
Silent'
Wall Street Journal
When energy companies started extracting oil from shale formations in South
Texas a few years ago, they invested hundreds of millions of dollars to
make the volatile crude safer to handle.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/north-dakota-fracking-behind-the-oil-train-explosions-1404761720
Boeing fears regulatory wave amid battle over fish, water pollution
Fox News
Aerospace giant Boeing finds itself in a fishy fight against Native
Americans and environmentalists over pollution in the waterways -- a
disagreement that could affect where Washington state's largest employer
builds the next generation of planes.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/07/boeing-environmentalists-battle-over-seafood-pollution/
EPA waters redefinition causes uncertainty at Wyoming agencies
Star-Tribune
The Environmental Protection Agency rule that would redefine waters
protected under the Clean Water Act appears relatively simple on the
surface, but a shift in the rule's definitions could greatly affect the
implementation of the rule at the state and local levels.
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/epa-waters-redefinition-causes-uncertainty-at-wyoming-agencies/article_282c204e-79b9-5566-b6cd-0b0083b74a34.html
