State
Local counties granted $86K for waste tire collection
WTVA
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) -- A few North Mississippi counties are the latest
recipients of a grant to continue a waste tire collection program.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Local-counties-granted-86K-for-waste-tire/6tsqDH_HjkyG03jutDFxkw.cspx?rss=3033
MDEQ awards two counties with illegal dumping grants
WTVA
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality provided funds to
Monroe and Lafayette counties in support of combating illegal dumping.
http://www.wtva.com/news/national/story/MDEQ-awards-two-counties-with-illegal-dumping/GWajP_is1kqtNRli80aInQ.cspx
Mississippi officials issue water advisory for area of Gulfport Beach
WDSU
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has issued a swimming
advisory this week for a portion of Gulfport Beach.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/mississippi-officials-issue-water-advisory-for-area-of-gulfport-beach/33380424
Magnolia working to supply North St. sewer
By Justin Vicory, Enterprise-Journal | Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 2:00
pm
Five years after annexation, Magnolia officials are still grappling with
ways to hook up about 100 houses in the North Street area with city sewer
service.
…The city will meet with the Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality on June 30 to discuss those options.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_e025b566-0a1f-11e5-98af-fb3a5f24c97d.html
Adams County Officials Grapple with Trash Problem
Natchez Democrat
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2015/06/04/adams-county-officials-grapple-with-trash-problem/
County sets date, time for hazmat event
Vicksburg Post
What's a person to do with that old refrigerator? Or maybe that box of dead
batteries or stack of worn-bald tires?
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2015/06/03/county-sets-date-time-for-hazmat-event/
A river runs through it: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway commemorates 30th
anniversary of dedication
Monroe Journal
An idea tracing back to the 1780s, a residual product spawned from
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, a shape-shifter for a 234-mile
stretch of Mississippi and Alabama, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a
30-year chapter still being written in not only Monroe County's history but
a chunk of the southeast's as well.
http://monroecountyjournal.com/2015/06/04/a-river-runs-through-it-tennessee-tombigbee-waterway-commemorates-30th-anniversary-of-dedication/
Oil Spill
AG Luther Strange deputizes private firms for BP case, still plans to keep
case in-house
Al.com
Dennis Pillion
June 03, 2015 at 1:02 PM
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has deputized two private law firms
to allow them to assist the state in its lawsuit against BP stemming from
lost tax revenue and other expenses incurred during the 2010 Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, he confirmed in a phone interview with AL.com.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/ag_luther_strange_deputizes.html
BP oil spill settlement money used in project to restore D'Olive Creek
WALA
SPANISH FORT, AL (WALA) - Construction continues in Spanish Fort to restore
Joe's Branch and prevent the harmful erosion of soil into D'Olive Creek and
ultimately the Mobile Bay.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/29229155/bp-oil-spill-settlement-money-used-in-project-to-restore-dolive-creek
National
EPA Sends Final Clean Power Plan Rule to White House for Interagency Review
Bloomberg
The Environmental Protection Agency sent a final rule to regulate carbon
dioxide emissions from existing power plants to the White House Office of
Management and Budget for interagency review.
http://www.bna.com/epa-sends-final-n17179927292/
Coal miners union to sue over Obama power plant rules
The Hill
The head of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) said his union will
sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over two rules designed to
cut greenhouse gas emissions at power plants once the Obama administration
finalizes them.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/243947-coal-miners-union-to-sue-over-obama-power-plant-rules
