State
MDEQ grants Cooper Tire enHance Partnership Award
WTVA
A Tupelo manufacturing plant has been recognized for its work to reduce
waste and energy usage.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says Cooper Tire as
earned the enHance Parnership Award for 2015.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/MDEQ-grants-Cooper-Tire-enHance-Partnership-Award/PnrUND_TiUyOxtnojpg1dw.cspx
Leaders stress 'moving forward together' at 2015 State of Our Coast address
in Biloxi
State of Our Coast focuses on region's 'glorious future'
BY JAMES SKRMETTA
Sun Herald
Scientists, state leaders and state Department of Marine Resources
officials gathered at the Golden Nugget Casino in Biloxi Wednesday morning
for this year's State of Our Coast address.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/13/6224963_leaders-stress-moving-forward.html?rh=1
No love for litterbugs
Itawamba County Times
Not long ago, 10-year-old Peyton Parker saw his neighbor, Jackie Thomas,
picking up trash on the side of their road. Something about it inspired
him.
http://itawambatimes.com/2015/05/08/no-love-for-litterbugs/
Oil Spill
BP oil spill: Judge rejects fight to delay environmental fines
Jennifer Larino
The Times-Picayune
May 13, 2015 at 9:58 AM
A federal judge has denied a request to delay a decision on how much BP
owes in environmental fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill until
after the company pays all damage claims related to the disaster.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/05/bp_oil_spill_judge_rejects_pen.html#incart_river
Santa Rosa RESTORE projects ranked
Pensacola News Journal
With $54.5 million in projects competing for $4.3 million in
available RESTORE Act money in Santa Rosa County, the Santa Rosa
Local RESTORE council is working to ensure the funds are distributed
to the most worthy projects.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/santa-rosa/2015/05/13/santa-rosa-restore-projects-ranked/27239123/
Drilling to resume at Macondo reservoir, near site of BP disaster
The Associated Press
May 13, 2015 at 10:41 AM
Deep-water drilling is set to resume near the site of the catastrophic BP
PLC well blowout that killed 11 workers and caused the nation's largest
offshore oil spill five years ago off the coast of Louisiana.
http://www.gulflive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/drilling_to_resume_at_macondo.html#incart_river
Regional
Duke Energy will be in federal court for coal ash crimes
BY MICHAEL BIESECKER & MITCH WEISS
Associated Press
GREENVILLE, N.C. — As the nation's largest electricity company prepares to
plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, Duke Energy has
started delivering bottled water to people with tainted wells close to its
North Carolina coal ash pits.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/14/6226418/duke-energy-will-be-in-federal.html
National
Senate GOP launches attack on EPA climate rules
The Hill
Senate Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday that would overturn the
Obama administration's landmark climate regulations for power plants and
make it nearly impossible to rewrite them.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/241952-senate-gop-aims-to-overturn-epa-climate-rules
Honeybees' mysterious die-off appears to worsen
BY MICHAEL WINES
New York Times
A prolonged and mysterious die-off of the nation's honeybees, a trend
worrisome both to beekeepers and farmers who depend on the insects to
pollinate their crops, apparently worsened last year.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/13/6225397/honeybees-mysterious-die-off-appears.html
