State
City gives St. Catherine Street Trails project to new contractor
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — The second phase of the St. Catherine Street Trails project
passed hands Tuesday from Live Oak Construction to Simmons Erosion Control.
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2015/07/15/city-gives-st-catherine-street-trails-project-to-new-contractor/
MDOT donates litter trailer to Sherriff's department
Picayune Item
http://www.picayuneitem.com/2015/07/mdot/
Oil Spill
Ultra-speed Internet could fast-track South Mississippi economy
Sun Herald
BILOXI -- The idea of ultra-fast broadband Internet service as an economic
driver started with Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich and is rapidly spreading
across South Mississippi.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/07/14/6321796/ultra-speed-internet-could-fast.html
BP settlement tally with local governments reaches $224.2 million
Ben Myers
The Times-Picayune
July 14, 2015 at 4:24 PM
Harahan, Westwego and the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection
Authority-West voted Monday (July 14) to accept settlements with BP. There
are now 16 New Orleans area government agencies that have accepted
settlements arising from claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig
explosion and resulting oil disaster.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/07/bp_settlement_tally_with_area.html
National
GOP subpoenas Obama regulatory officials on water rule
The Hill
House Republicans moved Tuesday to force the Obama administration to
disclose certain documents related to the development of the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) major water jurisdiction rule.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/247835-gop-subpoenas-obama-regulatory-officials-on-water-rule
Power plant emissions decline ahead of new climate rules
The Hill
Carbon dioxide emissions from America's power plants are declining even as
the economy is improving, a new report out Tuesday said.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/247814-power-plant-emissions-decline-ahead-of-new-climate-rules
Mapping Everywhere Fossils Have Been Found in the U.S.
Some people dig for gold. For others, strange creatures that died millions
of years ago but live on as funky rock-things are the buried treasure.
http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/07/mapping-everywhere-fossils-have-been-found-in-the-us/398456/
