State
Mississippi Phosphates pleads guilty to Clean Water Act violation, agrees
to give 320 acres to NERR
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
August 19, 2015 at 3:12 PM
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Mississippi Phosphates Corp., which owns the
diammonium phosphate fertilizer plant on Bayou Casotte in Pascagoula, today
pleaded guilty to a criminal violation of the Clean Water Act.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/08/mississippi_phosphates_pleads.html#incart_river
Mississippi Phosphates will donate 320 acres, pay $120 million in cleanup
costs in pollution case
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- Mississippi Phosphates Corp. will donate 320 acres to the Grand
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve for violating the Clean Water Act
by discharging polluted wastewater. The toxic water killed fish in Bayou
Casotte and harmed other marine life.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/08/19/6372528_mississippi-phosphates-set-for.html?rh=1
'Don't panic' - thick white vapor plume part of Mississippi Power's Plant
Daniel in Jackson County
BY KAREN NELSON
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA -- Mississippi Power Co. is alerting drivers and residents in
Jackson County the huge new smoke stack at Plant Daniel has begun emitting
a thick, white vapor cloud.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/08/19/6372687/dont-panic-new-thick-white-plume.html
Leflore County land donation to protect wildlife and encourage hunting
WLBT
Land in the Mississippi Delta, about 293 acres of it, will now be managed
as a wildlife preserve through a generous donation to the State of
Mississippi. The land surrounds Six Mile Lake in Leflore County, north of
Greenwood.
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/29825950/leflore-county-land-donation-to-protect-wildlife-and-encourage-hunting
SCUA to pursue management of Big Level Water
Stone County Enterprise
By Jody O'Hara
Aug 13, 2015, 15:46
The Stone County Utility Authority is set to seek a management agreement
with the Big Level Utility Association.
http://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/article_2739.shtml
Officials: Big River Steel CEO John Correnti dies in Chicago
The Associated Press
OSCEOLA, ARK. — Steel industry leader John Correnti, who was the driving
force behind three mills in eastern Arkansas and others out of state, has
died while on a business trip in Chicago. He was 68.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/08/19/6372589_officials-big-river-steel-ceo.html?rh=1
Oil Spill
Louisiana identifies tentative restoration projects for BP spill money
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
August 19, 2015 at 6:20 PM
A tentative list of projects that would be funded by $7.2 billion in BP oil
spill fine and settlement money, including wetland-building sediment
diversions from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers, marsh creation
projects using sediment moved by pipeline from rivers and the Gulf of
Mexico, and the rebuilding of nine barrier islands and four coastal ridges,
was announced by Louisiana officials on Wednesday (Aug. 19).
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/08/identifies_tentative_restorati.html#incart_river
Regional
University of Alabama researcher Julia Cherry, scientists develop low-cost
study of rising sea levels in marshlands
Tuscaloosa News
By Ed Enoch
Published: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 11:00 p.m.
Getting reliable data on the effects of sea level rise in marshlands can be
tricky.
Field research on marshes has been predominantly done in bathtub-type
models, according to University of Alabama associate professor Julia
Cherry. Mesocosms and other traditional containers offer lots of control
for experiments with transplanted materials but are typically small and,
because they are contained, can exclude potentially important biological
factors present in the natural settings.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150819/news/150819644
National
Methane Leaks in Natural-Gas Supply Chain Far Exceed Estimates, Study Says
NY Times
A little-noted portion of the chain of pipelines and
equipment that bringsnatural gas from the field into power
plants and homes is responsible for a surprising amount of
methane emissions, according to a study published on
Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/science/methane-leaks-in-natural-gas-supply-chain-far-exceed-estimates-study-says.html?ref=earth&_r=0
LA 'black ball' reservoir rollout potential 'disaster' in the making, say
experts
Fox News
LA's scheme to cover a reservoir under 96 million "shade balls" may not be
all it is touted to be, experts told FoxNews.com, with some critics going
so far as to refer to the plan as a "potential disaster."
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/08/20/la-black-ball-scheme-disaster-in-making-say-experts/?intcmp=hpbt4
