Lawsuit: DEQ looked other way at hazardous waste site
Clarion Ledger
An Ohio company has filed a federal lawsuit, accusing the
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and two of its
employees of concealing the magnitude of problems at a hazardous
waste recycling site in Yazoo City, costing the company millions in
extra cleanup costs.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/08/14/lawsuit-deq-looked-way-hazardous-waste-site/31754571/
Kemper Coal Plant on Track for Full Production in First Half of 2016
WTOK
Kemper County, MS You get what you pay for, is an idiom we hear all too
often. Providing service and high quality products is the aim for many
businesses(Embedded image moved to file: pic18716.jpg), so customers can
get the biggest bang for their buck. Like all businesses you must adapt to
the changing times and that's what Mississippi Power is doing when it comes
to building a new power plant.
http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Kemper-Coal-Plant-on-Track-for-Full-Production-in-First-Half-of-2016-321960902.html
New recycling cans on way in Hub City
Hattiesburg American
Admittedly, the year's rollout of the City ofHattiesburg's in-house
recycling program has not been the smoothest of rides.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/hattiesburg/2015/08/15/hattiesburg-recycling-cans-way/31802421/
Some federal funds mishandled after Hurricane Katrina
Hattiesburg American
WASHINGTON – The 37-foot storm surge and pounding winds that
obliterated all but about 40 homes in Waveland were soon followed by
another flood — hundreds of millions of federal disaster-recovery
dollars flowing from the nation's capital.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2015/08/16/hurricane-katrina-fraud-funds/31817551/
Oil Spill
Louisiana's settlement with BP has not resolved claims filed by two public
university systems
New Orleans Advocate
Call it a $274 million loose end.
That's how much hangs in the balance for the University of Louisiana and
Southern University systems, which filed lawsuits against BP to recover
that much in what they said was lost revenue tied to the 2010 Deepwater
Horizon disaster.
http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/13178935-123/louisianas-settlement-with-bp-has
Regional
Louisiana joins other states in asking courts to postpone power plant
emissions deadlines
Diana Samuels
The Times-Picayune
August 14, 2015 at 12:54 PM
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell and 14 other state attorneys
general are continuing legal efforts to block President Barack Obama's
clean power plan.
http://impact.nola.com/environment/print.html?entry=/2015/08/louisiana_joins_other_states_i.html
National
Obama seeks new air pollution limits for landfills
The Hill
The Obama administration on Friday said it wants to restrict allowable
methane emissions from landfills by about a third.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/251171-obama-seeks-new-air-pollution-limits-for-landfills
Rivers in Utah, New Mexico Reopened After Mine Spill
Animas and San Juan rivers safe for drinking water, recreation as
contaminants from Colorado gold mine have dissipated, officials say
WSJ
The Animas and San Juan rivers, polluted by a leak from a Colorado gold
mine Aug. 5, have been reopened for public use.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/utah-new-mexico-say-san-juan-river-water-is-safe-to-drink-1439764676
Critics use Colorado mine spill to fault EPA
AP
WASHINGTON — Authorities say rivers in the West tainted by the massive
spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine are starting to recover, but for
the Environmental Protection Agency the political fallout from the disaster
could linger.
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Critics-use-Colorado-mine-spill-to-fault-EPA-6446516.php
Opinion
Point-Counterpoint: EPA policy's impact
Clarion Ledger
The Clarion-Ledger invited Ron Aldridge, Mississippi state director
of the National Federation of Independent Business, and Louie
Miller, state director of the Mississippi chapter of the Sierra
Club, to provide their thoughts on this week's Point/Counterpoint
question.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/2015/08/15/point-counterpoint-epa-policys-impact/31770521/
Mabus: Gulf Coast, RESTORE and more
Clarion Ledger
The talent is there, and the tools are coming to enable America's
Gulf Coast to remake itself better than it was before the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/08/15/mabus-gulf-coast-restore/31789063/
Editorial: State should help Jackson
Clarion Ledger
Measures proposed by the city of Jackson to offset expected budget
shortfalls are drastic and dangerous, but they are also among the
few options left. Mississippi's capital city is facing millions upon
millions in infrastructure projects and a declining tax base while
at the same time playing host to state agencies that have made their
home here tax free.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/08/15/editorial-state-help-jackson/31767799/
DAVID DALLAS — The dirt on Kemper Coal
MBJ
The State Supreme Court has told Mississippi Power and its parent Southern
Company to refund money to almost 200,000 customers. The state's Public
Service Commission had given Southern Company permission to start
increasing rates on customers in an effort to pay off what is easily the
most expensive boondoggle in Mississippi history.
http://msbusiness.com/2015/02/david-dallas-dirt-kemper-coal/
