Oil Spill
3 public hearings scheduled in Miss
AP
JACKSON, MS (AP) - The Deepwater Horizon
Natural Resource Trustees have scheduled three public hearings in Mississippi
on its oil spill restoration efforts.
Coast ministers to ask Obama to push for
more BP claims payments
WLOX
Some Gulf Coast ministers feel their
congregations haven't been fairly compensated by BP, so they're taking their
disapproval of the claims process all the way to President Obama's door step.
State News
Summit won’t
connect sewer to McComb
By Matt Williamson, Enterprise-Journal |
Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:00 pm
Summit officials decided Tuesday not to
connect sewer lines to McComb’s wastewater treatment plant in a gutsy move that
could either save the town and water customers thousands of dollars or leave it
facing scorn from state officials and no backup plan.
Red dye in the Bay of St. Louis part of
DMR study
WLOX
Scientists are now taking a close look at
the waterways around the Bay of St. Louis. The goal is to uncover pollution
sources harming coast oyster reefs.
Former MEMA Director Robert Latham to
head agency again
WLOX
The man who served as Executive Director
of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency before, during and after
Hurricane Katrina will once again head the state agency.
Blazes
torch 150 acres in Harrison County
Sun Herald
By MARY PEREZ
HARRISON COUNTY -- Firefighters in
Harrison County spent Monday putting out grass and forest fires along with old
campers and cars that were ablaze.
Brush fire smolders in wooded area near
Gulfport
WLOX
A massive woods fire in Harrison County
on Monday is believed to have started by a resident burning trash. That fire had several fire departments
fighting the blaze well into Monday night.
“Recycling
Only” containers placed around Laurel
Laurel Leader Call
By Wanda Benson City of Laurel’s Public
Relations
LAUREL — Advanced Disposal Services,
Inc., a regional integrated environmental services company and the City of
Laurel Public Works Department, began placing “RECYCLING ONLY” containers
around the city on Monday, January 9th. These containers are for all residents
to dispose of their recyclable items including cardboard, paper, plastic and
aluminum, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at no cost.
http://leadercall.com/local/x1561260567/-Recycling-Only-containers-placed-around-Laurel
http://leadercall.com/local/x1561260567/-Recycling-Only-containers-placed-around-Laurel
BAD AIM
The Picayune Item
PICAYUNE — Trashy people trying to throw
bags of trash into Mill Creek on Richardson-Ozona Road not only are littering
but they have an awful aim. They overthrow the creek, making for one of the
worst litter problems on any road in the county.
National News
Obama:
Moving NOAA corrects a Nixon mistake
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 01/13/12 01:59 PM ET
President Obama said Friday that his plan
to move the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
into the Interior Department would correct a mistake that dates back four
decades.
A novel
strategy to reduce farm runoff will be tested starting in Minnesota
By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Minnesota will be the nation's first test
site for a novel federal program designed to stem the flow of agricultural
pollution that is strangling some of the country's great waterways, including
the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River.
Senators
warn new EPA rules would raise gas prices
By Judson Berger
Published January 13, 2012
FoxNews.com
Senators from both sides of the aisle are
warning that looming EPA regulations on gasoline could impose billions of
dollars in additional costs on the industry and end up adding up to 25 cents to
every gallon of gas. 