State
Speak out about protecting the Pascagoula, environmentalists urge
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA
An “Action Alert” has gone out among Coast environmentalists urging people to attend a federal public meeting Tuesday night in Lucedale to discuss the proposed Lake George project.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/george-county/article128234824.html
Biomass plant at capacity
Gloster facility reducing British carbon emissions
Enterprise-Journal
The Drax Biomass plant in Gloster is operating at capacity, producing 450,000 metric tons of wood pellets per year that are shipped to a power plant in northern England, where they are the fuel that generates nearly 8 percent of the nation’s electricity.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_96f9c6a4-e18f-11e6-9c08-8ff460154380.html
OLLI STUDENTS ATTEND CLIMATE CHANGE SEMINAR
WXXV
USM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is geared towards people 50 and older who want to continue their education in various subjects.
http://www.wxxv25.com/2017/01/23/olli-students-attend-climate-change-seminar/
Energy efficiency workshop coming for local businesses
WTVA
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- There is a meeting coming up later this week that could help local businesses save money.
http://www.wtva.com/story/34325656/energy-efficiency-workshop-coming-for-local-businesses
DeSoto County Supes act on roads, quake prep
DeSoto Times-Tribune
DeSoto EMA's Storey joins the new Earthquake Advisory Council launched in December by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. As a member, says the state, Storey will help guide and shape the response by the entire first-response community in "preparing for tomorrow's disasters today."
Barnett bass fishing meeting scheduled
Clarion Ledger
Ross Barnett Reservoir bass fishermen are invited to a meeting to hear about the latest data on the bass population from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.
Regional
Famed snake trackers from India are latest weapon in Florida war on pythons
Miami Herald
What Judas snakes, snake-sniffing dogs and even hunters from around the globe have struggled to accomplish may finally be pulled off by a pair of singing snake catchers from India: solving the riddle for finding Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article128333434.html
National
Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts
Washington Post
The Trump administration has instructed officials at the Environmental Protection Agency to freeze its grants and contracts, a move that could affect everything from state-led climate research to localized efforts to improve air and water quality to environmental justice projects aimed at helping poor communities.
Trump team plans big cuts at EPA
The Hill
The Trump administration’s transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning major budget cuts, as well as regulatory and scientific overhauls at the agency, according to a new report.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/315607-trump-team-plans-big-cuts-at-epa
Trump’s new EPA transition team draws from oil industry groups
Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has drawn heavily from the energy industry lobby and pro-drilling think tanks to build its landing team for the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a list of the newly introduced 10-member team seen by Reuters on Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-epa-transition-idUSKBN15803O?il=0
CDC cancels major climate change conference
The Hill
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called off a major conference on climate change planned for February, E&E News reported Monday.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/315773-cdc-cancels-major-climate-change-conference
MDEQ denies EPA claim that it discriminates against minorities
Detroit Free Press
Michigan officials are denying claims made by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week that they are not doing enough to include minorities in the public participation process over permits.
