Posted: Aug 04, 2014 10:57 AM CDT Updated: Aug 04, 2014 12:19 PM CDT By WLOX Staff WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) – By next spring, Mississippi Power will stop using coal at Plant Watson in Gulfport. The move is part of a settlement with the Sierra Club. In exchange, […]
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What the Mississippi Power/Sierra Club settlement means for customers
Posted: Aug 04, 2014 8:18 PM CDT Updated: Aug 05, 2014 9:28 AM CDT By Caray Grace WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) – You could say, Mississippi Power and the Sierra Club have called a truce. The power company and the environmental group announced a settlement Monday, in their six […]
Why 28 years have passed since the EPA’s last chemical risk review
Tens of thousands of chemicals have not been reviewed by the EPA, and people are starting to ask questions June 27, 2014 6:36PM ET by Peter Moskowitz @ptrmsk This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hit a major milestone that some people, including leaders at the agency itself, think shouldn’t be celebrated. On Wednesday, the […]
Canada’s high court sides with First Nations in land rights case
June 26, 2014 12:30PM ET by Benjamin Shingler @benshingler Canada’s top court has sided with a British Columbia indigenous tribe in a case that could have wide-reaching implications for land disputes over traditional aboriginal territories. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday in favor of the Tsilhqot’in Nation, a tribe of 3,000 in the remote […]
Scientists- Tests prove fracking to blame for flaming Texas wells
by Brett Shipp / WFAA.com Posted on June 6, 2014 at 9:01 AM Updated Friday, Jun 6 at 9:01 AM For the past two years, News 8 has aired a series of stories of flames shooting from water wells in Parker County. Dangerous levels of methane gas somehow found its way into the water supply. […]
Cleanup of Texas oil spill blocks ships
By: Jaon Bacon; USA TODAY 8:32 a.m. EDT March 24, 2014 Three cruise ships were among scores of boats trapped by an “extremely serious” oil spill that closed the shipping channel connecting Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico for a second day Sunday, the Coast Guard said. On Saturday, a barge carrying almost 1 […]
Environmental groups seeking to stop Mississippi offshore drilling rules
By The Associated Press on January 06, 2014 at 6:52 PM, updated January 06, 2014 at 6:59 PM JACKSON, Mississippi — Environmental groups want a judge to stop rules setting a framework for offshore gas and oil exploration in parts of the Mississippi Sound. At a hearing Monday, the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration […]
Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill
By Matt Smith, CNN updated 1:37 PM EDT, Sat April 27, 2013 Yscloskey, Louisiana (CNN) — On his dock along the banks of Bayou Yscloskey, Darren Stander makes the pelicans dance. More than a dozen of the birds have landed or hopped onto the dock, where Stander takes in crabs and oysters from the fishermen […]
Railroad companies sued by man who claims he contracted cancer
March 21, 2013 4:37 PM By Tia Benton NEW ORLEANS – A former employee of Amtrak and CSX Transportation is suing the entities on claims that each is liable unto him for damages after he contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Joseph Tangell filed a lawsuit against CSX Transportation Inc. and National Railroad Passenger Company (AMTRAK) on Jan. […]
Union racetrack must cease operations
Written by Scott Rogers USA Speedway will be forbidden to operate its commercial racetrack in a residential neighborhood near Sterlington following a ruling by a Union Parish district court. The lawsuit was filed by 59 residents in 3rd Judicial District Court in August 2010 seeking damages against USA Speedway’s owners Jerry and Casey Hobson. The […]