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MDOT’s Tagert enjoys promoting all modes of transportation

Lynn Lofton — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:34:53 +0000

Before he ran in a special election to fill an unexpired term as Northern District Highway Commissioner, Mike Tagert got a taste of working with transportation issues as president of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Economic Development Council. This group that focuses solely on logistics and the transportation component of bringing in new industry made him feel he [...]

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World’s first trash-to-fuel plant

Amy McCullough — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:00:52 +0000

Pontotoc could become home to the world’s first fully operational, commercial-scale plant to create ethanol from garbage. Montreal-based Enerkem plans to break ground “later this year” on Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels, which should begin producing 10 million gallons of biofuel annually by 2013. The company is building a similar project in Alberta, Canada, that is scheduled [...]

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Enerkem raises $60 million for Pontotoc plant

MBJ Staff — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:38:17 +0000

From staff reports CHICAGO — Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company based in Canada, announced today an additional $60 million in financing for its Pontotoc, Mississippi plant, on which the company expects to break ground later this year. The plant will be located within the Three Rivers Landfill and convert trash to methanol [...]

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Hood appointed ACHE regent

MBJ Staff — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:00:02 +0000

Fred B. Hood, administrator of North Mississippi Medical Center-Pontotoc, has been appointed to the Council of Regents, the legislative body of the American College of Healthcare Executives, which serves as the vital link between ACHE and affiliates. The Council of Regents approves governance and membership regulations as well as promotes ACHE programs, services and activities [...]

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Program to use landfill gas for electricity underway

Ross Reily — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:07:35 +0000

Source: Three Rivers Planning and Development District PONTOTOC — Methane gas from a local landfill will be generating electricity for the Tennessee Valley a year from now, according to a plan launched by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Pontotoc Electric Power Association and the Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority. Under the pilot program, landfill [...]

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