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Finger-pointing begins in Va. over GreenTech project

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:18:05 +0000

HORN LAKE and TUNICA — An electric car firm headed by Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe never provided Virginia officials enough details to obtain economic development incentives, according to an Associated Press review of state records. McAuliffe claimed in a Dec. 5 news conference that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership didn’t want to bid [...]

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Lawsuit brought against former Hercules plant over pollution

Associated Press — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:19:20 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Eleven plaintiffs, including a Hattiesburg church, have filed a lawsuit in an ongoing dispute over pollution from the old Hercules facility. Ashland Inc. of Covington, Ky., purchased Hercules in 2008. It has not yet responded to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Hattiesburg. Local residents have complained for years about pollution from [...]

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County files challenge to EPA’s air-quality ruling

Associated Press — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:36:20 +0000

HERNANDO — A Mississippi county is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to group the county with Memphis on ozone levels. The Commercial Appeal reports the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors met in closed session to discuss litigation filed against the EPA. Gary Rikard, an attorney who represents the county on the issue, says [...]

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Supervisors working on solutions to meet EPA air standards

Associated Press — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:53:30 +0000

HERNANDO — DeSoto County supervisors say they are working on solutions to meet federal ozone levels. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency included parts of DeSoto with Memphis, which has ozone emissions above allowable limits set by federal regulation. It includes urban areas of DeSoto County and Crittenden County, Ark., in the Memphis ozone “non-attainment” [...]

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Activist: Coast city’s water, air, soil polluted by industrial plants

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:35:00 +0000

MOSS POINT — Past and present industrial plants have contaminated the Moss Point area’s water, soil and air with toxic chemicals, damaging people’s health, says chemist and environmental activist Wilma Subra. Three plants spewed more than 200 tons of chemicals into the air before they closed, including 193 tons from the International Paper-Moss Point Mill [...]

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County exploring legal avenues to overturn EPA air-quality decision

Associated Press — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:01:40 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — DeSoto County has asked a law firm to explore the county’s chances of overturning a federal decision that groups it with Memphis and Crittenden County, Ark., on ozone levels. The board approved a retainer — up to $3,000 — for the law firm to do some “exploratory” study of the county’s case [...]

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Cochran again expresses ‘serious misgivings’ about EPA decision

MBJ Staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:09:18 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) yesterday again expressed his serious misgivings with an Environmental Protection Agency decision to place parts of DeSoto County under new air quality rules, cautioning that the designation could cast a pall on job creation. At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to review the EPA’s FY2013 budget requests, Cochran [...]

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County files objection with EPA over ozone list

Associated Press — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:47:41 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — DeSoto County has formally objected to the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to list it as “nonattainment” on ozone levels. The Commercial Appeal DeSoto County officials also want the EPA to abandon a “misguided” proposal to list the county with Memphis as falling short on ozone standards. DeSoto County officials and members of [...]

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Delegation going to D.C. to fight ozone ranking

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:05:00 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — A delegation from DeSoto County is going to Washington, D.C., to battle a feared ozone ranking. The Commercial Appeal reports the delegation includes local county government and economic development officials. The county is faced with a Feb. 29 deadline to object to the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to list the county as [...]

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MDEQ protesting EPA’s decision about DeSoto County

MBJ Staff — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:01:26 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is objecting to a recent announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to include part of DeSoto County in the Memphis ozone non-attainment area. The EPA announced a proposal to include the urban areas of DeSoto County and Crittenden County, Ark., in the Memphis ozone [...]

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