by Associated Press Published: May 8,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county, county government, environment, garbage dump, penalty, pollution, rubbish, state agency, supervisor, trash, waste
CORINTH — Alcorn County will pay a civil penalty to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for violations at local rubbish site. The Daily Corinthian reports the board of supervisors agreed to pay $15,000 in two installments. The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality cited the county for failing to prevent disposal of unauthorized waste in [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: May 3,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, cleanup, county government, garbage, rubbish, supervisor, trash, waste, waste disposal, waste management
HERNANDO — DeSoto County has pulled some good numbers from the trash. Officials have reported 86.1 tons of rubbish collected from last week’s annual cleanup — a six-ton increase over the previous year — and a $190,000 refund to the county from disposal vendor Allied Waste Industries to correct a six-year billing error. “It shows [...] [...]
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: September 30,2012
Tags: complex, construction, facility, improvement, infrastructure, public transportation, sewage, sewer, shop, shopper, shopping, technology, tourism, tourist, transit, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor, waste, wastewater
NATCHEZ — Work is underway at the site of the future Natchez transit facility. The Natchez Democrat reports crews with Paul Jackson Construction of Brookhaven are removing a fence, concrete slab and shed from the site, formerly the location of A-B Motor Company. The crews also have 7,000 yards of dirt that has to be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: contaminate, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fabricate, fabrication, fabricator, fine, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, pollution, portable toilet, sewage, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, state agency, waste, wildlife
PASCAGOULA — Ingalls Shipbuilding has paid a $33,775 fine after a portable toilet dumped untreated waste into the East Pascagoula River for more than six years. Spokesman Bill Glenn says that the toilet station was connected to a storm drain at the Pascagoula shipyard after 2005′s Hurricane Katrina, instead of to the sewer system. The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 19,2012
Tags: angling, beach, contamination, environment, fisherman, fishing, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, recreation, sewage, state agency, swim, swimmer, tourism, tourist, vacation, vacationer, vacationing, visitor, waste
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued a precautionary beach closure for one sampling station in Harrison County. The area of the closure is at Station 12A, Biloxi West Central Beach near Rodenburg Avenue. The extent is from Travia Street east to Iberville Drive. The city [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 22,2012
Tags: construction, infrastructure, municipal government, municipality, rate, rate hike, rate increase, ratepayer, utility, waste, waste treatment, water
HERNANDO — The DeSoto County Regional Utility Authority is asking officials in Southaven, Olive Branch, Hernando, Horn Lake and Walls to comment on a proposed rate increase. The Commercial Appeal reports the proposal calls for a 20-cent rate hike to help cover an increase of about $511,000, tied to operating costs and construction, over this [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 21,2012
Tags: award, electricity, energy, environment, gas, landfills, methane, natural gas, pollution, power, renewable energy, renewablew gneration, waste
STARKVILLE — A Mississippi regional landfill participating in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Generation Partners renewable power program has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as one of the nation’s top renewable generation projects. The Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority is the recipient of a 2011 Project of the Year Award [...] [...]
MADISON COUNTY — Homeowner Sylvia Thomas calls a proposed landfill in Madison County an “environmental injustice.” George French, a consultant for local businesses, calls it an economic development necessity. The Clarion-Ledger reported the two were among about 80 residents from Madison and Hinds counties attending a public hearing at Tougaloo College sponsored by the Mississippi [...] [...]
MADISON COUNTY — Homeowner Sylvia Thomas calls a proposed landfill in Madison County an “environmental injustice.” George French, a consultant for local businesses, calls it an economic development necessity. The Clarion-Ledger reported the two were among about 80 residents from Madison and Hinds counties attending a public hearing at Tougaloo College sponsored by the Mississippi [...] [...]
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