State
MDEQ: Chevron Pascagoula spills chemicals again
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA -- A chemical spill has occurred again at the Chevron Pascagoula
refinery, officials confirmed Friday afternoon.
http://www.sunherald.com/latest-news/article41217555.html
Chevron spill: 10,000 gallon overflow being cleaned up
WLOX
PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) -There has been another mishap at the Chevron
Refinery in Pascagoula. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
confirms 10,000 gallons of an oil product spilled sometime before midnight
Thursday.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30336733/chevron-spill-10000-gallon-overflow-being-cleaned-up
Chemical Spill at the Chevron Refinery
WXXV
There has been another chemical spill at the Chevron refinery in
Pascagoula.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Chemical-Spill-at-the-Chevron-Refinery/3ZlC5rmupUiYTzsDMlVg_w.cspx
Forrest County hosts Clean Up Day for non-hazardous waste
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -Forrest County residents got rid of old tires,
scrap metal and other non-hazardous waste during a county and
state-sponsored Clean Up Day Saturday.
http://www.wdam.com/story/30342180/forrest-county-hosts-clean-up-day-for-non-hazardous-waste
Recycling Efforts Continue to Increase
Daily Leader
http://www.dailyleader.com/2015/10/24/recycling-efforts-continue-to-increase-cases-of-contamination-decline/
MDEQ Lifts Beach Closure in Biloxi
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its
Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a beach closure Friday that was issued for
a segment of beach in Biloxi on October 15.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/MDEQ-Lifts-Beach-Closure-in-Biloxi/bd_n4ovmbESTYQePq4-evw.cspx
E-Waste Day at Farmer's Market in Jackson
Clarion Ledger
Donate your unwanted computers, copiers, fax machines, radios, TVs,
and all other electronics today.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2015/10/23/e-waste-day-farmers-market-jackson/74464898/
Mississippi Power's Kemper plant casts a shadow over PSC races
Sun Herald
Mississippi Power can expect tough questions about its Kemper power plant
rate requests, regardless of which candidate wins the Southern District
seat on the Public Service Commission.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article41358846.html
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center moves forward with expansion
WLOX
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) -Four years after acquiring prime property near Highway
90, the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center is moving forward with a major
expansion project.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30337424/lynn-meadows-discovery-center-moves-forward-with-expansion
Gluckstadt attempting to incorporate
Clarion Ledger
Residents in the Madison County town of Gluckstadt are again making
an effort to incorporate.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/10/23/gluckstadt-hopes-incorporate/74470440/
National
Obama Carbon Rules to Face Lawsuits, Congressional Tests
Challengers are expected to focus on whether the EPA exceeded its powers by
pushing utilities to shift to cleaner forms of energy
WSJ
WASHINGTON—What could be a yearslong legal and political battle over the
Obama administration's main climate-change initiative formally kicked off
Friday, with two dozen states filing a lawsuit against regulations aimed at
cutting U.S. carbon emissions.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-carbon-rules-to-face-lawsuits-congressional-tests-1445611059
States sue to block EPA's pollution rule — even as some try to comply
Washington Post
More than two dozen states filed lawsuits Friday seeking to block the Obama
administration's signature climate-change regulation in a wave of
opposition that coincided with new calls from scientists and even former
Republican administration officials for deeper cuts in carbon pollution for
the sake of the planet.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/states-sue-to-block-epas-pollution-rules--even-as-some-try-to-comply/2015/10/23/1002a1de-79c6-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html
Lawsuits pile up against Obama's climate rule
The Hill
A wide range of litigants filed lawsuits Friday against President Obama's
signature climate change rule for power plants, representing a broad group
of business interests.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/257958-lawsuits-pile-up-against-obamas-climate-rule
