State
Canton receives recycling grant
Madison County Journal
CANTON - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has awarded
$25,000 to the city of Canton to promote and expand its recycling program.
http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=29876
Chinese bank renews intent to finance local BlueFire plant
Itawamba County Times
The Export-Import Bank of China have renewed their financial support of
Fulton's long-gestating ethanol plant project.
http://itawambatimes.com/2015/02/25/chinese-bank-renews-intent-finance-local-bluefire-plant/
Utility Authority has Many Plans
Picayune Item
http://www.picayuneitem.com/2015/02/utility-authority-has-many-plans/
Oil Spill
M.D.E.Q. Plans to Use Litigation Money from BP Spill Effectively
WXXV
The Mississippi Gulf Coast still has a long way to go in recovering from
the BP oil spill.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/M-D-E-Q-Plans-to-Use-Litigation-Money-from-BP/MIYlILG6Mk27kbyP-Q83nw.cspx
Point system created to award RESTORE money
Pensacola News Journal
Consultants for Escambia County have devised a point system to
determine how to award up to $150 million to those who apply for
project money.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/escambia-county/2015/02/25/restore-point-system-created-escambia/23999585/
Regional
EPA to probe NC agency's hog farm regulations
AP
RALEIGH – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will investigate
whether North Carolina's environmental agency lightly regulated the
state's industrial hog operations because their neighbors are
minorities.
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2015/02/25/epa-probe-nc-agencys-hog-farm-regulations/24010211/
National
GOP battles with EPA over rules
The Hill
House Republicans used a Wednesday hearing on the Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA) budget to attack various regulations being pursued by the
agency.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/233809-gop-battles-with-epa-over-rules
Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report
Says
NY Times
WASHINGTON — With millions of households across the
country struggling to have enough to eat, and millions of
tons of food being tossed in the garbage, food waste is
increasingly being seen as a serious environmental and
economic issue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/us/food-waste-is-becoming-serious-economic-and-environmental-issue-report-says.html?ref=earth&_r=0
Trying to encourage women to become engineers
BY RENEE SCHOOF
McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Jennifer Boykin broke some stereotypes when she was young.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/02/25/6090278/trying-to-encourage-women-to-become.html
