State
Pascagoula's Cherokee Concerned Citizens say smells, dust, noises continue
despite company fines
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
January 12, 2015 at 4:46 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- East Pascagoula residents say their neighborhood
continues to be plagued by industrial dust, noise, paint spray and smells
despite fighting the issue for months.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/01/pascagoulas_cherokee_concerned_1.html#incart_river
VT Halter Marine fined $144,545 by MDEQ for violations of airborne dust and
paint
The Associated Press
January 12, 2015 at 2:59 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A Pascagoula shipyard that has been a focus of
complaints by nearby residents is paying a $144,545 civil fine for
environmental violations including allowing sandblasting particles and
paint to become airborne.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/01/vt_halter_marine_fined_144545.html#incart_river
Gas Spill Shuts Down Collinsville Gas Station
WTOK
Collinsville, Mississippi A gas station in Collinsville had to be closed
down Monday night after gas spilled out of a pump.
http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Gas-Spill-Shuts-Down-Collinsville-Gas-Station-288361381.html
Bell partakes in recycling contest
Bolivar Commercial
by Courtney Warren
01.12.15 - 01:08 pm
Bell Academy is participating in a recycling program set up by the
Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/26353113/article-Bell-partakes-in-recycling-contest?instance=main_article
Mississippi appeals decision on beach parcel ownership
AP
The secretary of state's office and a two coastal governments are
challenging a 2012 decision by a Mississippi judge who denied the
state's claim to two parcels of property on East Beach in Ocean
Springs.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/01/10/mississippi-appeals-decision-beach-parcel-ownership/21576591/
Ocean Springs harbor improvement project may be delayed until fall
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
January 09, 2015 at 4:58 PM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Facing a $150,000 funding shortfall and the
prospect of having sections of Ocean Springs harbor shut down during peak
boating season, city, county and harbor officials met Friday morning and
discussed delaying the $750,000 harbor improvement project until after
Labor Day.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/01/ocean_springs_harbor_improveme.html
Hank Bounds, former Pascagoula school superintendent and principal, named
president of University of Nebraska
The Associated Press
January 12, 2015 at 7:03 PM
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- An administrator who worked to boost enrollment and
state funding for Mississippi's universities was chosen Monday to be the
University of Nebraska's next president.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/01/hank_bounds_former_pascagoula_1.html#incart_river
Oil Spill
BP, Anadarko lose appeals court bid for review of Gulf oil spill fines
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
January 12, 2015 at 11:06 AM
The federal appeals court in New Orleans has narrowly refused to review its
ruling that puts BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on the hook for paying
federal pollution fines related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. In
a 7-6 vote announced Friday, the 5th Circuit Court denied BP's request that
the full court review the decision, which had been made by a three-judge
panel of the court.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/01/bp_anadarko_lose_appeals_court.html
National
Farmers in Dry California Decry Water Decision Favoring Fish
Supreme Court Decision Favoring Smelt Imperils Livelihoods, Farmers Say
Associated Press
Jan. 12, 2015 3:06 p.m. ET
FRESNO, Calif.—California farmers struggling with drought say a U.S.
Supreme Court decision favoring a tiny, threatened fish imperils their
livelihoods.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/farmers-in-dry-california-decry-water-decision-favoring-fish-1421093190?autologin=y
DuPont Workers May Have Been Exposed to Toxic Gas for Years
AP
HOUSTON — Jan 13, 2015, 8:09 AM ET
State records indicate that employees at a Houston-area pesticide plant
where a poisonous gas leak killed four workers in November may have been
periodically exposed to the dangerous fumes for years.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dupont-workers-exposed-toxic-gas-years-28187436
New regs for Tuesday: Recycling, efficiency, threatened species
The Hill
Tuesday's edition of the Federal Register contains new recycling
regulations for hazardous materials, efficiency rules for commercial
clothes washers and protections for threatened species.
http://thehill.com/regulation/229188-new-regs-for-tuesday-recycling-efficiency-threatened-species
