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Town signs lease deal with biofuels company

Associated Press — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:38:37 +0000

GLOSTER — The town of Gloster has signed a lease with Drax Biomass International for its Amite BioEnergy wood pellet plant. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the 15-year lease calls for the company to pay the town $8,000 per year for the first 10 years and $9,000 for the next five. There are options to continue [...]

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University ahead of schedule on sustainability initiative

MBJ Staff — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:56:32 +0000

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 [...]

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Report: Investment of $227M has netted less than 500 jobs

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:15:51 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi has disbursed nearly $227 million in aid to six alternative energy companies since 2010, but so far has fewer than 500 jobs to show for it. Research by The Associated Press finds the state has put in most of its total commitment, mainly in loans, to help some companies get off [...]

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Town installing solar panels at water well

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:39:59 +0000

VAEDAMAN — The town of Vardaman is installing solar panels at one of its three water wells. WCBI-TV reports Norman Griffin of Blue Spectra Solar is providing a 50,000-watt system that will produce about 90,000 kilowatts of electricity a year. Mayor James Casey says Vardaman uses 84,000 kilowatts each year. Casey says the solar panels [...]

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Simon Property Group honored for ‘green’ efforts

MBJ Staff — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:05:31 +0000

RIDGELAND — Simon Property Group Inc., a retail real estate company, has won two recent awards for its commitment to sustainability issues. Simon properties in Ridgeland include Northpark Mall. For the second consecutive year, SPG has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) with inclusion in its select Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). Once [...]

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River mayors’ meeting to launch new initiative

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:12:45 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Several mayors of cities along the Mississippi River will gather in St. Louis this week to discuss ways to make the mighty waterway more sustainable. Thursday’s gathering comes amid one of the worst droughts in recent memory. Low water on the Mississippi continues to affect river traffic and recreation. The meeting is [...]

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Rallying behind sustainability

Jeff Seabold — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:00:52 +0000

I have never been to a ghost town. I don’t view this as an unfortunate shortcoming of my youth; I have seen enough Westerns in my years that I get the idea. I don’t imagine that they are really ghosts towns anymore as much as they are the idea of a ghost town with souvenir [...]

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