State
Summit water rates to rise 22%
Matt Williamson
Enterprise-Journal
Summit councilmen approved a 22 percent increase in water and sewer rates
Tuesday following a couple of weeks of staring down a difficult decision.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_918a0e4e-572b-11e5-8216-474a2eea6088.html
2015 gator harvest crushes previous total
Clarion Ledger
The preliminary total number of alligators harvested in the 2015
season indicates the previous record has been crushed. As of
Wednesday morning, 947 alligators were reported harvested on public
waters.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2015/09/09/gator-harvest-crushes-previous-total/71977544/
Oil Spill
South Mississippians 'do not swim in our waters' is comment at RESTORE
meeting on BP settlement
Residents at RESTORE meeting hear, comment on plans for $21 million from BP
settlement
BY JEFF CLARK
Sun Herald
BILOXI -- About 100 people on Thursday weighed in on several proposed
projects for the Mississippi Coast to be funded from the 2010 BP Deepwater
Horizon oil disaster's settlement money. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem
Restoration Council hosted a meeting at the Coast Convention Center to
discuss the first draft of funding priorities.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/10/6408287/south-mississippians-do-not-swim.html
Residents offer suggestions on how to utilize BP settlement money
WLOX
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -People gathered in Biloxi on Thursday to give their
opinions on how more than $23 million of BP settlement money should be
spent in South Mississippi.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30006093/suggestions-taken-on-how-to-use-bp-settlement-money-in-south-mississippi
Initial Funded Priorities for Gulf Coast Restoration
WXXV
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released a 'draft initial
funded priorities' list during a public meeting at the Mississippi Coast
Coliseum.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Initial-Funded-Priorities-for-Gulf-Coast/Mln8U8e7yEastWRMRnIfiw.cspx
Gulf Study Looking At Long Term Spill Health Problems
WKRG
We're in year four of what's going to be a decade long study. This is a $60
million study. That's just what they've spent so far. They've got
33-thousand volunteers who they're studying with different levels of
exposure to the disaster. I'm one of the volunteers. I've got video from a
home visit in 2011.
http://wkrg.com/2015/09/11/gulf-study-looking-at-long-term-spill-health-problems/
Regional
Alabama challenges EPA water rule again, but some say rule doesn't go far
enough
Al.com
Dennis Pillion
September 10, 2015 at 12:58 PM
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced Thursday that the state
was joining 17 others to ask a federal appeals court judge to block the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's so-called "Waters of the U.S." rule,
which took affect in most of the nation on Aug. 28.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/alabama_challenge_epa_wotus.html
Hundreds of invasive lionfish removed from Gulf of Mexico
The Associated Press
GALVESTON, TEXAS — Marine experts and trained volunteers have removed
hundreds of lionfish from a section of the Gulf of Mexico near Texas in a
continuing effort to control the invasive population.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/10/6407352/hundreds-of-invasive-lionfish.html
National
Appeals court blocks pesticide use over concerns about bees
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court Thursday blocked the use of a
pesticide over concerns about its effect on honey bees, which have
mysteriously disappeared across the country in recent years.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/11/6408369/appeals-court-blocks-pesticide.html
EPA settles air pollution case with utility for $5.4M
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled a 15-year-old case
against Duke Energy Corp. that alleged that the utility illegally modified
13 coal-fired power plant units at five sites.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/253266-epa-settles-air-pollution-case-with-utility-for-54m
Opinion
SUMESH ARORA — Re-energizing after Hurricane Katrina
MBJ
As we mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and reflect on the
past decade we hear many stories of courage, strength and of the unity we
showed as a state. One of the numbers which stood out in my mind was the
number of people who lost electricity to their homes, offices or
businesses: nearly four million, by some estimates, in the states of
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. All of Mississippi
Power's customers and about 75 percent of Entergy Mississippi's customers,
totaling nearly half a million, lost power in one day!
http://msbusiness.com/2015/09/sumesh-arora-re-energizing-after-hurricane-katrina/
