News Clippings May 31, 2017

State Cooper Tire Tupelo, Clarksdale plants recognized by Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality AP The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has recognized Cooper Tire’s Tupelo and Clarksdale, Mississippi plants as members of its environmental stewardship enHance initiative. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/business/2017/05/30/cooper-tire-clarksdale-plants-recognized/354818001/ Message to Spillway fishermen and visitors: "Clean up or We're Closing!" WLBT RIDGELAND, MS (Mississippi News Now) -After threatening a $1,000 fine and educating on the importance of not littering, those maintaining the grounds at the Spillway say they've had enough with people leaving their garbage behind. http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/35551598/message-to-spillway-fishermen-and-visitors-clean-up-or-were-closing Hattiesburg business flooded with raw sewage WDAM HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -The owners at Audio Video Specialists were overwhelmed over the weekend to find their store flooded with raw sewage water. http://www.wdam.com/story/35547895/hattiesburg-business-flooded-with-raw-sewage Yazoo clay forcing slide repair projects in 3 counties Clarion Ledger Construction crews are beginning a $1.8 million project today to repair multiple slides in Hinds, Madison and Scott counties. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/05/30/yazoo-clay-forcing-slide-repair-projects-3-counties/354878001/ Governor coming to Coast to create ocean task force Sun Herald Gov. Phil Bryant will be on the Coast on Thursday to formally create an ocean task force, but his office isn’t saying exactly what it is or what its purpose will be. http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/article153453884.html Bill Walker, former DMR director, moved to halfway house WLOX Former Mississippi Department of Marine Resources director Bill Walker is back in Mississippi at a halfway house in Hattiesburg, according to his son, Scott Walker. http://www.wlox.com/story/35549326/bill-walker-former-dmr-director-moved-to-halfway-house National Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate agreement CNN President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, two senior US officials familiar with his plans told CNN Wednesday. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/trump-paris-accord/index.html EPA Regulatory Review Floodgates Open, Leaving Pruitt to Mop Up Bloomberg When asked which EPA regulations stifle economic growth and should be reconsidered or rescinded, industry groups responded, “All of them.” https://www.bna.com/epa-regulatory-review-n73014451676/ EPA to Clear Backlog of New Chemical Approvals by July Bloomberg The backlog of new chemicals being reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to be cleared by July due to staffing, policy and procedural changes the agency has made. https://www.bna.com/epa-clear-backlog-n73014451641/ Exxon Refinery Neighbor Group Scoffs at Texas-EPA Agreement Bloomberg Environmental groups say a settlement between the Texas state environmental regulator and the EPA over a potential civil rights violation in permitting of an Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery is too little, too late. https://www.bna.com/exxon-refinery-neighbor-n73014451639/ Opinion Agriculture Beware: Groundwater Future Belongs to SCOTUS Farm Journal “Drainage. Drainage … My straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!” The menacing words of maniacal oilman Daniel Plainview were spoken in the final scene of the searing 2007 film, There Will Be Blood, set in 1927 in California. Ninety years later, questions over ownership of another natural resource hidden in the depths have fueled a new controversy carrying sledgehammer legal implications for agriculture: I drink your groundwater. Mississippi and Tennessee are tangled in a legal fight over groundwater rights and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has bucked prediction by granting leave and taking the case.  https://www.agweb.com/article/agriculture-beware-groundwater-future-belongs-to-scotus-naa-chris-bennett/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWpoak4ySm1aVGM1TURFNSIsInQiOiJZK1h1cGhNYUt5a2dkdFRMNm14cmdwYk02QXpaUG4rQTVIK3pYOVprT05LMkVCSlRWMTl0eVwvek5oQVRQODdGbCs0RytsMmVzNGtiT2dRSGVTY0lsRjQ5Y1Y3aDVFSWJKdjNZVjFxVXBhZU54NlI1T09SNXpNVGR1c2U0N3YwVXAifQ== Press Releases McDonald to coordinate Mississippi Oyster Gardening Program After its 2016 pilot run, the Mississippi Oyster Gardening Program will open its first official season in June with nine sites along the Coast. http://masgc.org/news/article/mcdonald-to-coordinate-mississippi-oyster-gardening-program Connect with us

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