News Clippings 11/9/16

State

Cedar Lake Road closing for 5 weeks

Sun Herald

Drivers will have to find a new route to work and shopping for the next 5 weeks as Cedar Lake Road is closed for utility work north of Interstate 10 and south of the Cedar Lake Bridge.

…The $2.55 million project is funded by Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's State Revolving Loan Fund. The project, including four new sewer pumping stations, should be completed late summer or early fall of 2017, weather permitting.

http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article113347268.html

 

Kuhn is now the city’s

Vicksburg Post

The City of Vicksburg now officially owns the Kuhn Memorial Hospital property, City Attorney Nancy Thomas told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday.

… “The property is ours, signed, sealed and delivered. Now we’ve got to find out what it will take to take the buildings down. I hope it goes as smooth as our acquiring the buildings, but you never know what stones will be thrown in your path. We still have to deal with DEQ (Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality), and there may be some other hurdles. Right now, it’s going great.”

http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2016/11/08/kuhn-is-now-the-citys/

 

Regional

Haslam seeks broad water quality measures

The Tennessean

Gov. Bill Haslam questioned state environmental regulators Tuesday about how they measure water quality, as his administration is under scrutiny for its approach to controlling pollution.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/environment/2016/11/08/haslam-seeks-broad-water-quality-measures/93490686/

 

National

Congressional Republicans Pile on in Water Rule Challenge

Bloomberg

Opponents of a federal regulation to clarify which waters are subject to Clean Water Act requirements got the backing of 88 Republican members of Congress who filed a friend of the court brief supporting a challenge to the rule (Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA (In re EPA and Dep’t of Def. Final Rule) , 6th Cir., No. 15-03751, briefs filed 11/8/16 ).

http://www.bna.com/congressional-republicans-pile-n57982082471/

 

Committee chair seeks answers on EPA review of glyphosate

Delta Farm Press

What did Gina McCarthy know, and when did she know it? And if the EPA administrator didn’t know, why didn’t she?

http://deltafarmpress.com/regulatory/committee-chair-seeks-answers-epa-review-glyphosate

 

Washington voters reject carbon tax proposal

The Hill

Voters in Washington state on Tuesday rejected a proposed tax on carbon emissions that had divided environmentalists in the state. 

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/305160-washington-voters-reject-carbon-tax-proposal

 

Florida defeats solar power measure critics called misleading

The Hill

Florida voters are projected to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment that opponents say would have hurt the rooftop solar power industry.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/305073-florida-defeats-solar-power-amendment-called-misleading

 

When Bats Look for Meals Near Wind Power, Bats Die

NY Times

Wind power can help the world fight climate change, but it’s not so great for bats.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/science/bats-wind-power-turbines.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

 

Opinion

Good, bad news for the Pearl River

Sun Herald

Andrew Whitehurst

The Water Resources Development Act funds water projects nationwide for the Army Corps of Engineers. Two sections of the 2016 act, now moving through Congress, concern the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi. One is good; the other is not.

http://www.sunherald.com/opinion/editorials/article113367083.html