State
Kemper to cost Mississippi Power another $61 million
AP
GULFPORT - Mississippi Power Co. will spend another $61 million on
its overrun-plagued Kemper County power plant, pushing its total
cost above $6.7 billion, the company said Tuesday.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/business/2016/04/26/kemper-project-cost-mississippi-power-another-million/83574450/
This year's Trash Bash targets Harrison County
Sun Herald
Crews will be attacking litter next week during the 26th annual Trash Bash.
About 300 Mississippi Department of Transportation District 6 employees
will swarm along the highways in Harrison County May 5 for the annual
spring cleaning.
http://www.sunherald.com/latest-news/article74093747.html
Drug take-back event set for Saturday
Oxford Eagle
Instead of flushing or throwing out, residents will have the opportunity
this weekend to safely get rid of unused and unwanted medications.
http://www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/04/26/drug-take-back-event-set-for-saturday/
Report: Public health emergency prep lags
By Michaela Gibson Morris
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Despite making gains, Mississippi continues to lag in its capacity
to respond to public health emergencies, according to a new national
report.
http://djournal.com/news/report-public-health-emergency-prep-lags/
LAKE RELIEF: Corps opens Muddy Bayou gates to lower level at Eagle Lake
Vicksburg Post
The gate at the Muddy Bayou Control Structure has been opened by less than
a foot to begin reducing the level of Eagle Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Vicksburg District spokesman said.
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2016/04/26/lake-relief-corps-opens-muddy-bayou-gates-to-lower-level-at-eagle-lake/
Transition beginning to get North Lee Water customers on Tupelo water
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Tupelo has a plan to get residents in newly annexed
areas receiving city water instead of water from the North Lee Water
Association.
http://www.wtva.com/news/Transition_beginning_to_get_North_Lee_Water_customers_on_Tupelo_water.html
Oil Spill
Six years later, we're still learning how badly the BP spill damaged the
environment
Washington Post
Six years on, scientists are continuing to tally the ecological harms
caused by the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/26/six-years-later-were-still-learning-how-badly-the-bp-spill-damaged-the-environment/
Regional
Regulators relax monitoring of decade-old Gulf oil leak
AP
Federal regulators have relaxed a pollution monitoring requirement for a
company responsible for a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, a
slow-motion spill that could last another century.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/04/regulators_relax_monitoring_of.html#incart_river_index
National
Murray Energy Continues Fight Against EPA's Emissions Rules
AP
Coal producer Murray Energy Corp. is challenging the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's final rule that targets mercury pollution from power
plants.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/murray-energy-continues-fight-epas-emissions-rules-38686293
National parks facing stronger air pollution regs
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing stronger air
pollution rules at national parks, but climate activists and
conservationists say it may be too little, too late for the great outdoors.
http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/277680-national-parks-facing-stronger-air-pollution-regs
EPA launching new water infrastructure effort after Flint
The Hill
Federal regulators plan to begin working with state and local officials on
an assessment of drinking water infrastructure in the wake of the Flint,
Mich. crisis.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/277743-epa-launching-new-water-infrastructure-effort-after-flint
Senate unveils $9B waterways bill with aid for Flint
The Hill
The Senate unveiled a $9.4 billion waterways bill to boost U.S. ports,
waterways and clean water infrastructure on Tuesday that also provides
emergency assistance to address the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich.,
where water from the Flint River corroded the city's pipes, contaminating
the water supply with lead.
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/277667-senate-unveils-9b-waterways-bill-with-aid-for-flint
EPA orders Mitsubishi to conduct new vehicle testing
Reuters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it ordered
Mitsubishi Motors Corp to provide additional information and conduct new
tests of U.S. vehicles after the Japanese automaker's admission that it did
not properly follow fuel economy test procedures in Japan since 1991.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mitsubishimotors-usa-epa-idUSKCN0XN2OX
Opinion
The Auto Emissions Crackup
One more example of what an analyst calls 'sophisticated state failure.'
WSJ
By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
April 26, 2016 6:55 p.m. ET
As expected, Volkswagen's scandal over emissions cheating is spreading to
other car makers. Porsche, Audi, Mercedes and GM's Opel division in Germany
are recalling cars for failing emissions tests. In France, Renault and
Peugeot have been raided by police. Japan's Mitsubishi admitted on Tuesday
that it had been fudging mileage data for 25 years, putting the company's
survival in doubt.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-auto-emissions-crackup-1461711346
