State
Diamondhead City Council wants to take over water & sewer district
Sea Coast Echo
By Dwayne Bremer
May 8, 2015, 19:12
The city of Diamondhead wants to take control of the Diamondhead Water and
Sewer District (DWSD), thus putting an end to one of the most controversial
issues surrounding the city in its brief three-year history.
http://www.seacoastecho.com/article_8796.shtml#.VVCiJvm6eUl
People still fishing despite water quality
WLOX
With recent beach closures and water contact advisories several aspects of
tourism have seen drastic hits.
http://www.wlox.com/story/29025841/people-still-fishing-despite-water-quality
Great American Clean-up note done yet in Pike
Enterprise-Journal
Posted: Sunday, May 10, 2015 8:00 am
By Lauren Thornton Tobin
Residents who took part in the Great American Clean-up in March might think
it's all over, but that's just not the case.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_46ffe358-f6d2-11e4-aac7-5bb1c7147c5b.html
Mississippi Power plans 450 acre solar power plant
WHLT
Mississippi Power Company is taking it's customers into the renewable
energy realm.
http://www.whlt.com/story/29009285/solar-power-plant
State of Our Coast is new conference
Sun Herald
BILOXI -- The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will hold its
inaugural conference, State of Our Coast: Moving Forward Together, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/08/6217818/business-briefs-may-9.html
Oil Spill
Feds eye giving endangered status to Gulf whale species
BY CAIN BURDEAU
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — With as few as about a dozen of the mammals left, federal
regulators say a unique species of baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico
about 70 miles off the Florida Panhandle may be threatened with extinction
and could get special protection from federal regulators.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/10/6219886_feds-eye-giving-endangered-status.html?rh=1
BP wins right to appeal Gulf spill damages claims
Reuters
BP Plc deserves the right to have a federal appeals court review some
damage claims awarded under the settlement to compensate people and
businesses harmed by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. appeals
court ruled on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/bp-spill-decision-idUSL1N0XZ2B820150508
BP oil spill: Medical claims count exceeds 37,500
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
May 08, 2015 at 9:58 AM
The claims administrator overseeing medical payments under the BP oil spill
settlement has warned of longer wait times after a surge in claims filed
earlier this year. More than 37,500 people have now filed medical claims
under the settlement.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/05/bp_oil_spill_medical_claims_su.html#incart_river
Regional
Appeals Court Sends 'Dead Zone' Lawsuit Back to Judge
NEW ORLEANS — May 9, 2015, 11:48 AM ET
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press
A federal judge who ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to take
action to regulate farm runoff and other pollution blamed for the Gulf of
Mexico's annual oxygen-depleted "dead zone" must take a second crack at his
ruling.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/appeals-court-sends-dead-zone-lawsuit-back-judge-30925431?singlePage=true
EPA clears way for burning 16 million pounds of explosives at Camp Minden
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
May 08, 2015 at 12:34 PM
The federal Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday (May 8)
for the Louisiana Military Department to hire a contractor to dispose of 16
million pounds of dangerous artillery propellants and explosives at the
National Guard's Camp Minden through a "contained burn" method that will
collect potentially toxic air pollution.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/05/epa_clears_way_for_contained_b.html#incart_river
Sediment diversion opponents say fishers, coastal communities will be
sacrificed
Benjamin Alexander-Bloch
The Times-Picayune
May 07, 2015 at 9:40 PM
Opponents of four proposed sediment diversion projects Thursday evening
(May 7) said the freshwater would wipe out fisheries populations and
devastate coastal communities.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/05/sediment_diversion_opponents_s.html#incart_river
Long-delayed nuclear plant in Tennessee nears completion
BY RAY HENRY
Associated Press
SPRING CITY, TENN. — Tom Wallace started working at the Watts Bar nuclear
plant as a young man in 1979, hoping he could eventually become a reactor
operator.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/10/6220082/long-delayed-nuclear-plant-in.html
National
EPA power plant rule enters final review
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the final version
of its carbon emissions rule for new power plants to the White House Office
of Management and Budget for review.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/241438-epa-power-plant-rule-enters-final-review
States Aim to Pre-emptively Block Power Plant Regulations
· Roll Call
· By Geof Koss
· May 8, 2015, 1:34 p.m.
·
· The breadth and complexity of President Barack Obama's plans to
regulate greenhouse gases from power plants are probably a nightmare to
some of the many Hill staffers, reporters and interest groups following the
issue, but it may be a dream come true for civics teachers.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/states_aim_to_pre_emptively_block_power_plant_regulations-241710-1.html
New rules on oil trains draw flak from firefighters, too
BY CURTIS TATE
McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and environmental and industry groups criticized the
federal government's new safety measures for oil trains when they were
announced earlier this month. Now another group has expressed
disappointment in the new rules:
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/11/6221099/new-rules-on-oil-trains-draw-flak.html
Opinion
Cummins: Invest in federal trust lands
Clarion Ledger
The recent efforts in Washington, D.C., to transfer federal trust
lands to states, or otherwise buy or sell these lands, has certainly
made the news lately. In Mississippi, we have problems when access
to federal lands is eliminated, such as the lands in Yazoo County,
which Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker were able to resolve last
year.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/2015/05/08/cummins-invest-federal-trust-lands/26983951/
