State
'Fake lakes' don't flow: Opposition building to damming Pascagoula River
'You can't be a wild, free-flowing river and be controlled by these fake
lakes'
BY KAREN NELSON
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA -- No one seemed to be opposed to building two lakes by damming
a major tributary to the Pascagoula River … until they found out about it.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/26/6436028_opposition-building-to-damming.html?rh=1
South Mississippi's expensive water system could soon tap out
BY PAUL HAMPTON
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- If you live on the Coast, the water that flows out of your
faucet comes from an aquifer that is millions of years old.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/26/6436031/tapped-out-south-mississippis.html
Aging water systems get federal cash, but spending lags
AP
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire relies heavily on a federal loan program to
make improvements to an aging drinking water system but hundreds of
millions more is needed.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/25/6426773/aging-water-systems-get-federal.html
DEQ chides Gateway
Ernest Herndon | Enterprise-Journal | Posted: Friday, September 25, 2015
2:58 pm
Pike County officials said Thursday they plan to buy ryegrass seed and
fertilizer for the Gateway Industrial Park property after receiving a
notice of violation from the Mississippi Department of Environmental
Quality. However, county officials said they were planning to seed the
property before they heard from DEQ.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_c9413182-63bf-11e5-99f7-a7f1d35ccb4d.html
Meeting unveils visions for property rehabs
By Rhonda Dunaway | Enterprise-Journal | Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2015
8:00 am
Architects, engineers and city officials are creating a vision to revive
parts of McComb, some of which have been out of commercial use for decades.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_9a546528-64ce-11e5-a2e6-abbcbd7f2e3d.html?_dc=620821539545.4318
Officials Look for Solutions to Continue Recycling Efforts
Natchez Democrat
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2015/09/27/sunday-focus-officials-look-for-solutions-to-continue-recycling-effort/
State attorneys general launching probe of Volkswagen
AP
LANSING, Mich. — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is among at least 27
state attorneys general who are opening a multi-state investigation into
Volkswagen after it came clean about rigging diesel emissions technology to
pass U.S. smog tests.
http://www.gulflive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/state_attorneys_general_launch.html#incart_river
2 mayors to attend Paris conference on climate
AP
NATCHEZ, MISS. — The mayors of Natchez and Vidalia, Louisiana, will travel
to France in December for a global climate change conference.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/28/6438089/2-mayors-to-attend-paris-conference.html
Toyota putting $250,000 into Tombigbee State Park
By Dennis Seid
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Royce Taylor was one of 700 volunteers at Tombigbee State Park
early Saturday morning, taking part in what is the beginning of a five-year
partnership between Toyota Mississippi and the state park.
http://djournal.com/news/toyota-putting-250000-into-tombigbee-state-park/
State launches emergency preparedness mobile app MS Ready
AP
JACKSON, Miss. — MS Ready is the Mississippi State Department of Health's
emergency preparedness mobile app.
http://www.gulflive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/state_launches_emergency_prepa.html#incart_river
Oil Spill
BP restoration projects too little too late for one former fisherman
WLOX
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -Mike Layman was an avid fisherman. The only thing left
from his fishing days is his boat at Point Cadet Marina. Since the BP oil
spill, all it does is serve as a getaway apartment from his home in the
country.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30112687/bp-restoration-projects-too-little-too-late-for-one-former-fisherman
Gov. Bentley: Gulf State Park to receive $50 million in BP settlement funds
WALA
GULF SHORES, AL (WALA) -Every year, millions of people flock to Gulf State
Park either to return to their favorite spot or to explore it for the first
time.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/30120458/gov-bentley-gulf-state-park-to-receive-50-million-in-bp-settlement-funds
Santa Rosa seeks public input on RESTORE projects
Pensacola News Journal
After narrowing down more than $54 million in project applications
vying for about $4.4 million in available RESTORE Act money, Santa
Rosa County is seeking public input on the 15 projects chosen to
potentially receive funding.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2015/09/25/santa-rosa-seeks-public-input-restore-projects/72809700/
Pensacola Seeks RESTORE Funding For Marina
WUWF
Pensacola wants just over two million dollars in RESTORE Act funding, to
build a marina at Community Maritime Park.
http://wuwf.org/post/pensacola-seeks-restore-funding-marina
National
Week ahead: EPA set to release ozone rule
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to release a contentious new
rule limiting surface-level ozone pollution.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/254994-week-ahead-epa-set-to-release-ozone-rule
Groups urge court to keep EPA air rule in place
The Hill
Groups are urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to leave the Obama
administration's landmark air quality rule in place.
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/254930-groups-urge-court-to-leave-epa-air-quality-rule-in-place
Limited Progress Seen Even as More Nations Step Up on Climate
NY Times
The pledges that countries are making to battle climate
change would still allow the world to heat up by more than
6 degrees Fahrenheit, a new analysis shows, a level that
scientists say is likely to produce catastrophes ranging
from food shortages to widespread extinctions of plant and
animal life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/world/limited-progress-seen-even-as-more-nations-step-up-on-climate.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
U.S., China Announce Steps on Climate Change, $3.1 Billion Contribution
Moves include pledge by China to launch cap-and-trade program to reduce and
put price on emissions
WSJ
WASHINGTON—The U.S. and China on Friday announced significant steps in
their efforts to combat climate change, including a pledge by China to
launch a program by 2017 to cap some emissions and put a price on carbon
and to contribute $3.1 billion to help poorer countries finance their own
transition programs.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-china-announce-steps-on-climate-change-3-1-billion-contribution-1443197680
EPA, Foreign Regulators Crack Down on Emissions Over Cheating Revelation
New U.S. test regimen aims to detect types of software Volkswagen used
WSJ
U.S. regulators on Friday joined with governments in Europe and South
America in pledging more emissions testing of diesel cars in real-world
driving conditions, in the wake of revelations Volkswagen AG manipulated
pollution checks.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-to-overhaul-air-emissions-testing-in-wake-of-volkswagen-cheating-revelation-1443187913
EPA proposes new rules for hazardous waste imports, exports
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with new rules
to ensure that shipments of hazardous waste are safely imported and
exported.
http://thehill.com/regulation/254915-epa-proposes-new-rules-for-hazardous-waste-imports-exports
Opinion
Kat Bergeron: Deer Island is a Coast treasure
Sun Herald
Deer Island is one of the Mississippi Coast's greatest but unsung natural
treasures.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/26/6435880/kat-bergeron-deer-island-is-a.html
Congress must hold EPA responsible for its own environmental disaster
By Steve Forbes
Published September 28, 2015
FoxNews
If President Obama could play golf as well as his administration practices
hypocrisy, he would easily win every major tournament. Take the way Obama's
pet regulatory agency, the EPA treats its own environmental accidents with
those that occur in the private sector. Examine the EPA's latest debacle –
its disastrous spill into a Colorado river. An EPA contractor breached a
wall at a long-shuttered mine and roughly three million gallons of fluid
laden with arsenic, lead, mercury, and other heavy metals flowed freely
into the Animas River.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/09/28/congress-must-hold-epa-responsible-for-its-own-environmental-disaster.html
