News Clippings May 25, 2017

State Brookhaven to Waste Pro trash pickup service: "Clean up or your contract is canned" WLBT BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) -After receiving over 100 complaints from its residents in the last two months, Brookhaven's City Attorney has told Waste Pro to clean up its act by June 14 or it can find its contract in the cans they haven't been picking up. http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/35511389/brookhaven-to-waste-pro-trash-pickup-service-clean-up-or-your-contract-is-canned Drivers deal with traffic delay on I-10 after deadly accident WLOX An accident on I-10 in Jackson County that killed four people backed up traffic for hours while officials removed the wreckage and cleaned up a fuel spill. For drivers caught in the aftermath, the wait was long and tough. http://www.wlox.com/story/35509532/drivers-deal-with-traffic-delay-on-i-10-after-deadly-accident ROLLOVER CRASH KILLS 4 AND SHUTS DOWN INTERSTATE IN JACKSON COUNTY WXXV Four people are dead after a wreck on Interstate 10 in Jackson County this morning. The accident completely shut down I-10 West for several hours. Authorities have not yet identified the victims killed in the roll-over crash. http://wxxv25.com/2017/05/24/rollover-crash-kills-4-shuts-interstate-jackson-county/ Wildlife Rehab Nature Center development progresses DeSoto Times-Tribune Progress is continuing to further develop a location that meets the needs of injured wild birds and mammals in North Mississippi. http://www.desototimes.com/news/wildlife-rehab-nature-center-development-progresses/article_da5398a4-40d4-11e7-b44d-7b95c63898a5.html Dog park opens on Reservoir in R’land MCJ RIDGELAND — A new dog park has opened at Old Trace Park on the Ross Barnett Reservoir here and five months out of the year visitors who drive to the park will be required to pay a $5 entrance fee. http://onlinemadison.com/Content/Default/News/Article/Dog-park-opens-on-Reservoir-in-R-land/-3/592/39638 Northeast Mississippi Nature Trail officially opens Monroe Journal AMORY – Fours years of dedication, hard work, cooperation and imagination culminated in the grand opening of the Northeast Mississippi Nature Trail May 19. The trail, situated between Concord Avenue and Hatley Road, has been a joint effort between the Dalrymple Family Foundation, Wildlife Mississippi, the City of Amory, the Mississippi Department of Transportation and Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. http://www.djournal.com/monroe/northeast-mississippi-nature-trail-officially-opens/article_b5c63544-2958-500e-aeec-649ca6d9415d.html Red snapper season begins May 26 WLOX BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -The season begins soon for one of the most popular game fish in the gulf.  http://www.wlox.com/story/35508948/red-snapper-season-begins-friday Deer regulations finalized for coming season Clarion Ledger The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks finalized new regulations in its May meeting for deer hunting. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2017/05/24/deer-regulations-finalized-coming-season/339463001/ One year later: Gravel Pit tragedy WJTV June 3rd, 2016 was the day two men were buried in Copiah County when part of the gravel pit they were working in collapsed. As we near the anniversary, WJTV takes a look back at what went wrong, what a federal investigation uncovered, and how the families of the men who died are coping. http://wjtv.com/2017/05/24/one-year-later-what-we-know-about-the-green-bros-gravel-pit-collapse/ Oil Spill Gov. Ivey appoints Jo Bonner as new Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Chairman Al.com Jo Bonner, a former U.S. House Representative, was appointed by Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday as the new chairman of the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council, according to a state press release. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/gov_ivey_appoints_jo_bonner_as.html#incart_river_index Regional Bug invader's rapid destruction of coastal wetlands won't get a rapid response Times-Picayune The emergency plan to halt the plague of insects laying waste to Louisiana's coastal wetlands won't be moving at an emergency pace. It could take a full two years. http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/05/bug_invaders_rapid_destruction.html#incart_river_index National Scientists just published an entire study refuting Scott Pruitt on climate change Washington Post In a sign of growing tensions between scientists and the Trump administration, researchers published a scientific paper Wednesday that was conceived and written as an explicit refutation to an assertion by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/24/scientists-just-published-an-entire-study-refuting-scott-pruitt-on-climate-change/?utm_term=.cb141e124658 In Trump’s EPA, industry has more voice in shaping science PBS JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: big changes at the EPA in the Trump administration. As a candidate, the president vowed to get rid of it in — quote — “almost any form.” The budget he unveiled yesterday would reduce its budget by a third, more than any other federal agency. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/trumps-epa-industry-voice-shaping-scienc/ House approves bill seeking to upend EPA pesticide rule AP WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a Republican-backed measure reversing an Environmental Protection Agency requirement that those spraying pesticides on or near rivers and lakes file for a permit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/house-approves-bill-seeking-to-upend-epa-pesticide-rule/2017/05/24/750e6e70-40ce-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb_story.html?utm_term=.0d613a1ab350 He plowed his field; now he faces a $2.8 million fine USA Today RED BLUFF, Calif. —  A farmer faces trial in federal court this summer and a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his field and plant wheat in Tehama County. A lawyer for Duarte Nursery said the case is important because it could set a precedent requiring other farmers to obtain costly, time-consuming permits just to plow. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/24/farmer-plowing-fine/339756001/ Coal Mines Are Reimagined as a New Power Source Companies look to retrofit deserted mines into storage systems using an old technology WSJ BERLIN—Deserted coal mines, once left to gather dust, are glimpsing a new life in the age of solar panels and wind turbines. https://www.wsj.com/articles/coal-mines-are-reimagined-as-a-new-power-source-1495713601 Connect with us

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