by MBJ Staff Published: February 15,2013
Tags: education, efficiency, electricity, energy, green, higher education, natural gas, postsecondary education, public university, recycle, sustainability, waste, water
STARKVILLE — Upgrading infrastructure and making operations more efficient are two key changes that have allowed Mississippi State University to reduce its energy consumption by 37 percent. Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning created the Energy Task Force in 2006 and set a goal, by 2016, for Mississippi universities to reduce their energy consumption by 30 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: air force base, award, environment, garbage, green, military, pollution, recycle, recycling, trash
BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base has been named an environmental hero in Mississippi for its comprehensive recycling efforts. The Sun Herald reports the Mississippi Recycling Coalition chose Keesler as the recipient of its 2012 Environmental Hero Award as the state or federal government recycler of the year. The base recycled nearly 2,700 tons of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: close, closure, employee, facility, job, joblessness, layoff, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill, operations, paper, plant, recycle, recycler, recycling, shut down, shutter, unemployment, work, worker
NATCHEZ — A Natchez plant will shut down operations at its plant near the Natchez-Adams County Port. The Natchez Democrat reports Mississippi River Pulp (formerly Mississippi River Corporation) will close down its recycled fiber mill effective Oct. 31. The closure, which company officials said is due to lack of demand, will affect 79 hourly and [...] [...]