by Associated Press Published: March 11,2013
Tags: alternative fuel, biofuel, energy, environment, Ethanol, fuel, green, manufacture, plany, REFINERY, sustainablility
PONTOTOC — Four years after announcing plans for an ethanol plant in Pontotoc, a Canadian company has yet to begin construction. Enerkem Inc., of Montreal, remains committed to building the for Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels plant, spokeswoman Annie Pare tells The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. It’s planned as a $100 million project with 70 employees, with [...] [...]
WEST POINT — The board of supervisors has started the process toward issuing up to $10 million in bonds for development of the Prairie Belt Powersite in northern Clay County. The Daily Times Leader reports officials with the Golden Triangle Development LINK had requested that the board be ready to issue bonds when a major [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 6,2013
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LUCEDALE — Gulf Coast Renewable Energy will locate a $25-million wood pellet plant in the industrial park in George County. Company officials met with the board of supervisors to request help with construction of an access road to the site on 40 acres just outside the Lucedale city limits. The project will create about 30 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: accident, appeal, bench, court, death, disaster, energy, explosion, fatality, fencing, fuel, gasoline, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, natural gas, Oil, oil tank, ordinance, petroleum, sign
FORREST COUNTY — A Louisiana-based oil company has appealed a judge’s ruling that upheld a new sign and fencing ordinance put in place by Forrest County after fatal 2009 oil tank explosion. The appeal by Delphi Oil Inc. of Baton Rouge, La., is among dozens the Mississippi Supreme Court will consider during its March-April term. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 1,2013
Tags: defense, electricity, energy, energy conservation, environment, federal agency, green, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, military, naturall gas, utility, water
BILOXI — Keesler Medical Center has been awarded the Energy Star award by the Environmental Protection Agency. In a message to 81st Medical Group commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, Col. Rex Langston, chief of the health facilities division in the office of the surgeon general, said, “The receipt of an Energy Star serves as [...] [...]
FULTON — Although far behind schedule, Mississippi officials say plans for BlueFire Renewables Inc.’s biofuels plant aren’t dead, just dormant. Greg Deakle, Itawamba County Development Council executive director, told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal work on the Fulton plant has gone on indefinite hiatus while BlueFire focuses on other projects, most notably the construction of [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Solar America Corp. has executed a memorandum of understanding with Solar Energy Labs Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., a developer of solar hot water solutions. Solar America and Solar Energy Labs will collaborate on incorporation of Solar America’s Solar Power Station technologies into Solar Energy Labs Intellement photovoltaic hot water system. “The opportunity to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: Alternative energy, Closing, closure, energy, facility, green, land, plant, property, REFINERY, research and development, sale, sell, sustainable
NATCHEZ — Rentech Inc. says it plans to mothball its alternative-energy product demonstration facility in Commerce City, Colo., and end all related research and development activities, which will mean cutting 65 employee and contractor positions by mid-year. CEO D. Hunt Ramsbottom says the company intends to focus instead on opportunities for more immediate profitability. Rentech [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: accident, bench, case, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, executive, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, investigation, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, probe, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn’t explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn’t have access to its partners’ employees and records, a BP executive testified yesterday at a trial designed to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: bench, biodiesel, biofuel, court, energy, fraud, iinvestment, investor, judge, justice, law, legal, sustainable energy
PONTOTOC — Two former investors in a biodiesel operation in north Mississippi have sued a Tennessee partner alleging they were duped into getting involved in a scam that defrauded a federal subsidy program. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports W. Tommy Tacker II and Janey Tyner, both of Martin, Tenn., are seeking compensatory and punitive [...] [...]
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