News Clippings October 16, 2018

State Congress steps in to ensure One Lake follows federal law Clarion Ledger Environmental groups say new language in a Senate Bill gives much-needed oversight of the One Lake flood control project, while proponents argue nothing has changed.  https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2018/10/16/flood-control-one-lake-project-muse-follow-federal-law-bill-says/1647530002/ Lincoln County adjusting to trash service Daily Leader One day last week, Lincoln County’s new garbage company went to Freeman Road Southeast instead of Freeman Road Southwest. https://www.dailyleader.com/2018/10/15/lincoln-county-adjusting-to-trash-service/ 'Going green' to save county schools $8M Commercial Dispatch   Lowndes County School District expects to save nearly $8 million in energy savings within the next 20 years.  http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=69172 Oklahoma's Choctaw horses connect to Mississippi AP POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Six foals sired by a cream-colored stallion called DeSoto scamper across a pasture in southwest Mississippi — the first new blood in a century for a line of horses brought to America by Spanish conquistadors and bred by Choctaw Indians who were later forced out of their ancestral homelands. https://www.apnews.com/ef14ddbf3a17417b8291e0a76cf6be3c Oil Spill Mexico gets small settlement from Deepwater Horizon oil disaster: report Times-Picayune Mexico accepted a fraction of the settlement BP paid in the U.S. for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.  https://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/10/mexico_gets_small_settlement_w.html#incart_river_index National Trump: Climate change isn't a hoax, will 'change back again' AP WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax but says he doesn't know if its manmade and suggests that the climate will "change back again." https://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/10/trump_climate_change_hoax.html#incart_river_index 'Hyperalarming' study shows massive insect loss Washington Post Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing number of long-term studies showing dramatic declines in invertebrate populations. https://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/10/insect_loss_climate_change.html#incart_river_index Md. AG sues EPA in an effort to control emissions from other states WTOP The state of Maryland has sought a judicial review in the U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the EPA’s decision to deny Maryland’s Clean Air Act relief petition, state Attorney General Brian Frosh said. https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/10/md-ag-sues-epa-in-an-effort-to-control-emissions-from-other-states/ Volkswagen hit with $926 million fine over Audi diesel emission cheating CNN Volkswagen has been fined another €800 million ($926 million) over its diesel emissions scandal, this time because of failings at its Audi subsidiary. https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/business/volkswagen-audi-diesel-fine/index.html Suds shortage? Warming climate threatens world's beer supply USA Today  Now this is getting serious. Worldwide, over the next few decades, beer could become more scarce and thus more expensive because of human-caused global warming, a study reported Monday.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/10/15/beer-shortage-worlds-beer-supply-threatened-global-warming/1645874002/ Connect with us ‌ ‌ ‌

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