State
Mississippi Silicon lawsuit dismissed
Daily Journal
A lawsuit seeking to stop the Mississippi Silicon plant in Burnsville was
dismissed Thursday by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Mississippi.
http://djournal.com/news/mississippi-silicon-lawsuit-dismissed/
Suit to block silicon plant in northeast Miss. dismissed
MBJ
Jack Weatherly
Mississippi Silicon LLC has some breathing room as a suit seeking to stop
the construction of the plant at Burnsville in Tishomingo County was
dismissed.
http://msbusiness.com/2015/07/suit-to-block-silicon-plant-in-northeast-miss-dismissed/
Lt. Gov. Reeves sees water conservation efforts in the Delta
Aug 1, 2015Delta Farm Press
Water conservation in agriculture is becoming an increasingly important
topic to Mississippians, including those who work in the halls of the State
Capitol building in Jackson.
http://deltafarmpress.com/government/lt-gov-reeves-sees-water-conservation-efforts-delta
Corps of Engineers names civil works division chief
The Associated Press
VICKSBURG, MISS. — A new programs director and chief has been named for the
Civil Works Integration Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi Valley Division and the Mississippi River Commission.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/08/03/6348898/corps-of-engineers-names-civil.html
New $30 million civil and environmental facility at MSU to recognize
alumnus Richard Rula
MBJ
The new $30-million Mississippi State University Civil and Environmental
Engineering Complex Building will be named in honor of alumnus Richard
Rula, a member of the MSU Foundation Board and of the Dean's Advisory
Council in the Bagley College of Engineering who has made a very generous
contribution to the project.
http://msbusiness.com/2015/07/new-30-million-civil-and-environmental-facility-at-msu-to-recognize-alumnus-richard-rula/
Oil Spill
Gulf states awarded $4.2 million in BP tourism grants; 28 Alabama agencies,
cities share $900,000
Al.com
Marc D. Anderson
July 31, 2015 at 1:26 PM
In the middle of BP rolling out large oil spill settlement offers across
the Gulf of Mexico this month, some smaller groups in Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Florida received some of their own monetary relief.
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/07/gulf_states_awarded_42_million.html
National
Obama's New Climate-Change Regulations to Alter, Challenge Industry
The first-ever federal limits on power-plant carbon emissions aim to change
the way Americans make and consume electricity and ease climate change
WSJ
WASHINGTON—A new rule mandating the first-ever federal limits on
power-plant carbon emissions aims to change the way Americans make and
consume electricity, accelerating a shift already under way toward cleaner
fuels, renewable energy and consumer-generated power.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-new-climate-change-regulations-to-alter-challenge-industry-1438560433
Obama to Unveil Tougher Environmental Plan With His Legacy in Mind
NY Times
WASHINGTON — In the strongest action ever taken in the
United States to combat climate change, President Obama
will unveil on Monday a set of environmental regulations
devised to sharply cut planet-warming greenhouse gas
emissions from the nation's power plants and ultimately
transform America's electricity industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/us/obama-to-unveil-tougher-climate-plan-with-his-legacy-in-mind.html?ref=earth
New EPA rule on greenhouse gases the latest blow to King Coal
Washington Post
When coal was king, it fueled more than half of the nation's electricity.
It fired up American industry and powered an ever-growing variety of
household appliances and electronics. And American presidential hopefuls
paid homage to coal, courting mine owners and miners whose unionized ranks
once numbered more than 400,000.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/new-epa-rule-on-greenhouse-gases-the-latest-blow-to-king-coal/2015/08/01/c8bd3936-3791-11e5-9739-170df8af8eb9_story.html
What you need to know about Obama's biggest global warming move yet — the
Clean Power Plan
Washington Post
On Monday, the Post has learned, the Obama administration plans to release
the finalized "Clean Power Plan," the president's flagship policy to combat
global warming. The plan is aimed at the electricity sector, which
generates the largest single slice of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — 31
percent of them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/01/what-you-need-to-know-about-obamas-biggest-global-warming-move-yet-the-clean-power-plan/
Bikers, Boaters and Big Oil Unite in Fight Against U.S. Biofuels
Bloomberg
Count bikers, boaters and, to hear some say, even God, among those who
oppose the U.S. law that forces refiners to use corn to make gasoline.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-31/bikers-boaters-and-big-oil-unite-in-fight-against-u-s-biofuel
Environmental Racism Persists, And the EPA is One Reason Why
NBC
The invasion of sewer flies moved residents of University Place subdivision
to turn to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for help. Darting from
a neighboring sewage plant, the flies descended upon the mostly
African-American neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with such
regularity that one resident posted this warning sign: Beware of attack
fly.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/environmental-racism-persists-epa-one-reason-why-n402716
