State
Waste day the biggest ever
Daily Corinthian
Thousands of pounds of chemicals, electronics and other potential hazards are getting recycled rather than heading to the landfill.
http://www.dailycorinthian.com/view/full_story/27278142/article-Waste-day-the-biggest-ever?
Oyster fishermen not optimistic about 2016 season
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -Oyster season in Mississippi opens one week from Monday, but coast fishermen are not very optimistic about the harvest this year.
http://www.wlox.com/story/33239134/oyster-fishermen-not-optimistic-about-2016-season
7th Avenue drainage project is approved
WTVA
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- The Columbus Mayor and City Council held a special board meeting on Monday to approve a multimillionaire dollar project that would fix the 7th Avenue.
http://www.wtva.com/news/7th_Avenue_Drainage_Project_is_approved_.html
With numbers in decline, honeybees are big buzz-iness
Matt Williamson | Enterprise-Journal | Posted: Monday, September 26, 2016 2:51 pm
The declining honeybee population is having an impact throughout the nation’s farmland, but fears that the demise of bees could wipe out the food supply are hyperbole, according to a Mississippi State University official.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_a9d37114-8422-11e6-818e-0bb468e8ebe9.html
County approves $700K in Emergency Watershed Protection projects
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Adams County supervisors agreed last week to approve a $703,296 six-location Emergency Watershed Protection project, the bulk of which will be paid for with federal funds.
Extension service to offer help managing private wells
Picayune Item
Most people in Mississippi get their water from public service, but for the 10 percent of residents who don’t have or don’t want access to a professionally managed supply, the Mississippi State University Extension service is offering testing and a workshop in managing private wells.
http://www.picayuneitem.com/2016/09/extension-service-to-offer-help-managing-private-wells/
Oil Spill
BP OIL COMPENSATES MISSISSIPPI WITH $2.2 BILLION FOR OIL SPILL DAMAGES
WCBI
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI)- The state of Mississippi is expected to receive $150 million from BP Oil.
http://www.wcbi.com/video-bp-oil-compensates-mississippi-2-2-billion-oil-spill-damages/
Gulf oil spill residue found in Minnesota loons
KARE
CROW WING COUNTY, Minn. – On a moonlit July night when most have heeded the loon’s call and headed for shore, three guys board a boat on Rush-Hen Lake in the Whitefish Chain in search of a Minnesota treasure.
http://www.kare11.com/news/oil-spill-residue-found-in-minnesota-loons/326244623
National
Obama Climate Plan, Now in Court, May Hinge on Error in 1990 Law
NY Times
WASHINGTON — The pitched battle over President Obama’s signatureclimate change policy, which is moving to the courts this week, carries considerable political, economic and historical stakes. Yet its legal fate, widely expected to be ultimately decided by the Supreme Court, could rest on a clerical error in an obscure provision of a 26-year-old law.
The U.S. is on course to miss its emissions goals, and one reason is methane
Washington Post
In recent months, the key story of international climate policy has been about how quickly countries will join the Paris agreement, and cross the legal threshold to bring it into force. And as of now, that seems very close to happening.
US not on track to meet climate goal
The Hill
The United States is not currently on track to meet the emissions cut President Obama has set for 2025, a new study concludes.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/297884-us-not-on-track-to-meet-climate-goal
Endangered species rule changed, angering environmental group
The Hill
The Obama administration is changing the process for petitioning the government to protect an endangered or threatened animal.
New Car Mileage Estimates Drop as EPA Changes Test Formula
AP
Highway gas mileage estimates for about one-third of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. will fall by one mile per gallon because the government has changed the way it calculates the numbers on the window sticker.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/car-mileage-estimates-drop-epa-test-formula-42371549
Two Years Into Oil Slump, U.S. Shale Firms Are Ready to Pump More
Shale industry has proved resilient despite low prices thanks to cost cuts, efficiency improvements
WSJ
When oil prices began to plunge two years ago due to a global glut of crude, experts predicted U.S. shale producers would be the losers of the resulting shakeout.
