State
Gautier invites public input on Brownfields grant project
Mississippi Press
Joanne Anderson
February 20, 2015 at 9:13 AM
GAUTIER, Mississippi --- The Gautier City Council will have a workshop
meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. to kickoff plans for its Brownfield grant
program with the Environmental Protection Agency.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/02/gautier_invites_public_input_o.html
Aluminum mill officials announce Louisiana site
Commercial Dispatch
February 21, 2015 10:18:19 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. -- An aluminum company that based its offices in Columbus
last year will locate a proposed $2.4 billion aluminum manufacturing
complex in Louisiana.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=40221
Water and wastewater employees seek higher pay through training
Picayune Item
http://www.picayuneitem.com/2015/02/water-and-wastewater-employees-seek-higher-pay-through-training/
EPA helping Richton Schools purchase new clean diesel bus
WDAM
RICHTON, MS (WDAM) -The Richton School District is one of 76 across the
country that are getting rebates from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to replace older school buses with clean diesel models. The district
will receive $20,000 and will use it to purchase a new bus which costs
about $80,000.
http://www.wdam.com/story/28168463/epa-helping-richton-schools-purchase-new-clean-diesel-bus
Supers seek answers in DWSD controversy
Sea Coast Echo
By Dwayne Bremer
Feb 20, 2015, 19:46
Members of the Hancock County Board of Supervisors said this week that they
are concerned about the recent rash of resignations at the DWSD and what it
may mean for the community.
http://www.seacoastecho.com/article_8604.shtml#.VOsjX_mjOm5
Oil Spill
MDEQ will host gulf restoration meetings in South Mississippi
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is hosting
meetings next week as part of an ongoing project to develop a comprehensive
plan for revitalizing the Gulf Coast after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/02/21/6084080/mdeq-to-host-gulf-restoration.html
Study sheds more light on dolphin deaths
Pensacola News Journal
A new study is shedding more light on how the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill disaster played a role in the ongoing wave of dolphin deaths
in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/environment/2015/02/20/study-sheds-light-dolphin-deaths/23751335/
National
Obama's climate change wonk
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is in the forefront of President Obama's
climate change agenda, but don't call her a politician.
Politico
President Barack Obama's plan to combat greenhouse gases is entering its
final lap, and now, with White House climate change hawk John Podesta gone,
the baton has been handed to Gina McCarthy.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/barack-obamas-gina-mccarthy-climate-change-wonk-115372.html
Critics say EPA played dual role in recycled tire controversy
San Francisco Chronicle
SACRAMENTO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has terminated its
longtime campaign to promote the use of recycled tires on artificial turf
fields and playgrounds, amid growing concern from critics in California and
elsewhere who fear the material poses a health risk to people.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Critics-say-EPA-played-dual-role-in-recycled-tire-6094382.php#/0
Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year
BY MATTHEW BROWN AND JOSH FUNK
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. -- The federal government predicts that trains hauling
crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the
next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly
killing hundreds of people if an accident happens in a densely populated
part of the U.S.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/02/22/6085580_fuel-hauling-trains-could-derail.html?rh=1
New regs for Monday: College, nuclear energy, climate change
The Hill
Monday's edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for college
students from low-income families, nuclear energy and greenhouse gas
guidelines.
Nuclear: The Department of Energy is moving forward with new rules for
nuclear energy.
The department's National Nuclear Security Administration announced Friday
it is updating foreign atomic energy regulations for the first time since
1986.
Nuclear power comes from atomic energy.
The new rules go into effect in 30 days.
Pollution: The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is delaying new
guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions.
The CEQ issued a draft guidance in December advising federal agencies on
how they should consider greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of
climate change in their reviews. But it said Friday it is extending the
comment period.
The public now has until March 25 to comment.
http://thehill.com/regulation/233316-new-regs-for-monday-college-nuclear-energy-climate-change
Storage-Tank Safety Revisited
West Virginia considers scaling back tank-safety legislation passed during
2014 spill crisis
Wall Street Journal
After a chemical spill contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people in
West Virginia's capital last year, state lawmakers promptly passed
legislation aimed at preventing a similar disaster. Now, business groups
and environmentalists are fighting over a measure that would scale back
those changes.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/storage-tank-safety-revisited-1424650660
EPA: We'll toughen rules unless Vermont gets on lake cleanup
AP
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Reducing the amount of phosphorus in Lake Champlain could
be the responsibility of the federal government if a plan being reviewed by
the state falls through, a development that could mean big bills to upgrade
sewage treatment plants.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/AP570ecfdff4e24ea596b63fc89dba091c
