News Clippings 3/28/17

State Meeting to discuss Kerr-McGee cleanup set for tonight Commercial Dispatch   This evening, the Greenfield Environmental Multistate Trust will hold an informal town hall to update residents about ongoing cleanup efforts in and around the former Kerr-McGee site in Columbus.  http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=57181 Anatomy of a landfill Former garbage company official opposes plan Enterprise-Journal Larry Burris is in a unique position. He’s a landowner in the Mars Hill community of Amite County where a proposed landfill would be located — and he worked 11 years for Waste Management Inc., where as region president for Tennessee, north Alabama and Georgia, he was involved in establishing landfills. http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_ce2fb778-1321-11e7-ac23-1fd569c6c3ff.html Litter control position opens DeSoto Times-Tribune With a desire to maintain the beauty of DeSoto County and an increase in citizen requests for roadside litter collection, the Board of Supervisors voted on March 20 to hire a Litter Control Operator in the Department of Environmental Services. http://www.desototimes.com/news/litter-control-position-opens/article_523cdc10-1347-11e7-84ab-073b815bb03f.html Lawmakers at impasse over road money, internet sales tax Clarion Ledger An 11th-hour stalemate between the House and Senate over road and bridge funding and internet sales taxes on Monday killed the budget bill for the Mississippi Department of Transportation, which could force Gov. Phil Bryant to call lawmakers back into special session before July 1 to finish their business. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/27/budget-crunch-lawmakers/99685542/ Oil Spill Is ‘Keep Out’ sign near Round Island enough to warn boaters? Sun Herald The weather is getting warmer, and the state Department of Marine Resources knows good weather makes Mississippi’s island beaches more tempting to boaters. http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article141090443.html This island in Pascagoula has an interior like quicksand Video http://www.sunherald.com/latest-news/article141091423.html TOUR OF OYSTER HATCHERY WXXV Members of the Stone County Economic Development Foundation toured the aquaculture center this morning to learn more about what’s happening in their own backyard. The oyster hatchery facility is operated by Aqua Green. http://wxxv25.com/2017/03/27/tour-oyster-hatchery/ Regional Air pollution down sharply in Shelby County, but so are revenues Commercial Appeal Air pollution from major factories in Shelby County has declined by more than half during the past decade, but even as local health officials applaud the reduction they're finding that cleaner air has a budgetary downside. http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/environment/2017/03/24/air-pollution-down-sharply-shelby-county-but-so-revenues/99547264/ Bird flu found in Georgia chicken flock AJC A flock of chickens in a Chattooga County commercial farm has tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the avian flu, the state Department of Agriculture said Monday.  It is the first confirmation of bird flu in commercial poultry in Georgia.  http://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/bird-flu-found-georgia-chicken-flock/DGgBp1sUhctO6JLDLLyIFJ/ National Trump to Sign Executive Order to Roll Back Obama Climate-Change Policies Administration to formally review requirement that utilities cut carbon-dioxide emissions 32% below 2005 levels by 2030 WSJ President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday taking steps to unravel the most contentious climate-change policies of his predecessor, the White House said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-sign-executive-order-to-roll-back-obama-climate-change-policies-1490670000 Trump to back away from Obama's Clean Power Plan LA Times President Trump on Tuesday will order the Environmental Protection Agency to dismantle his predecessor’s landmark climate effort, backing away from an aggressive plan to cut emissions at power plants that had been the foundation of America’s leadership on confronting global warming. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-clean-power-rules-20170328-story.html Trump takes aim at Obama's efforts to curb global warming AP WASHINGTON -- Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to curb global warming, President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/03/trump_climate_plan.html#incart_river_index Planned Rollback of Climate Rules Unlikely to Achieve All Trump’s Goals NY Times President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday to roll back most of President Barack Obama’s climate change legacy, celebrating the move as a way to increase the nation’s “energy independence” and to restore thousands of lost coal mining jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/climate/planned-rollback-of-climate-rules-unlikely-to-achieve-all-trumps-goals.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/earth&action=click&contentCollection=earth®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0 Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record Washington Post President Trump will take the most significant step yet in obliterating his predecessor’s environmental record Tuesday, instructing federal regulators to rewrite key rules curbing U.S. carbon emissions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-moves-decisively-to-wipe-out-obamas-climate-change-record/2017/03/27/411043d4-132c-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html?utm_term=.9328012d28ef EPA's Pruitt facing challenge from conservatives CNN Scott Pruitt's first weeks leading the Environmental Protection Agency have been marked by infighting among competing factions, three sources tell CNN, including a group that believes Pruitt may not go far enough to reshape the agency and pare back regulations. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/epa-pruitt-conservatives-challenge/index.html Trump administration to revive Yucca Mountain nuclear waste plan Fox News Critics of the Trump administration’s plan to store nuclear waste in Nevada dismissed the initiative as "naïve" and "a token of affection" to the nuclear industry. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/27/trump-administration-to-revive-yucca-mountain-nuclear-waste-plan.html Connect with us

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