EPA Awards $75,000 Grant to University of Central Florida to Solve Environmental and Public Health Challenges

ORLANDO (May 30, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida with a $75,000 Phase II People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grant.

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EPA to Resume Cleanup at Tremont Field in Cleveland, Ohio

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA021

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EPA Proposes Adding Schroud Property in Chicago to National Priorities List

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA020

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University of Southern Mississippi Receives EPA Grant to Raise Awareness of Natural and Living Shorelines on the Gulf

Hattiesburg, Miss. (May 29, 2019) – The U.S.

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Mississippi State University Receives EPA Grant to Increase Environmental Stewardship

Columbus, Miss. (May 29, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Mississippi State University as a grant recipient of $199,908 to develop an Amateur Naturalist Program that mirrors the established Mississippi Master Naturalist Program.

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EPA Proposes Adding Two Sites to the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities

WASHINGTON (May 29, 2019) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is proposing to add two sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks.

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EPA Updates the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities; Proposes to Add Arsenic Mine in Kent, New York

NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is proposing to add two sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks.

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EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at the Graveyard Auto site in Clarksville, Ind.

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA019

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Alabama to Receive $256,000 from EPA for Beach Water Quality Monitoring

Atlanta (May 23, 2019) — As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.

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South Carolina to Receive $274,000 from EPA for Beach Water Quality Monitoring

Atlanta (May 23, 2019) — As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.

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Mississippi to Receive $254,000 from EPA for Beach Water Quality Monitoring

Atlanta (May 23, 2019) — As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.

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North Carolina to Receive $277,000 from EPA for Beach Water Quality Monitoring

Atlanta (May 23, 2019) — As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.

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Georgia to Receive $269,000 from EPA for Beach Water Quality Monitoring

ATLANTA (May 23, 2019) — As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.

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Florida to Receive $419,000 from EPA for Beach Water Quality Monitoring

ATLANTA (May 23, 2019) — As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.

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EPA releases plan for interim cleanup actions at the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site

DENVER -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an Interim Record of Decision (IROD) to begin cleanup actions at several mining-related sources at the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site in San Juan County, Colorado.

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EPA Reminds Rhode Islanders about Summer Safety Tips on Woonasquatucket River

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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EPA, HUD and SBA Officials Tour the Creative Village Project in Orlando, Florida with the Executive Director for the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council

ORLANDO – (May 21, 2019) Yesterday, in coordination with a visit from the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S.

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EPA, HUD and SBA Officials Tour the Creative Village Project in Orlando, Florida with the Executive Director for the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council

ORLANDO – (May 21, 2019) Yesterday, in coordination with a visit from the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S.

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Mississippi flood overwhelms miles-long sandbag wall

Floodwaters overwhelmed a miles-long sandbag barrier over the weekend, drenching another community in the southern end of the Mississippi Delta. Volunteers, prisoners and others had stacked 100,000 sandbags and more than 600 wire flood-control baskets, trying to keep water out of hundreds of homes at Eagle Lake, north of Vicksburg. But water trapped inside a ...

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EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prevent and Minimize Chemical Releases during Hazardous Weather Events

ATLANTA (May 16, 2019) – As hurricane season approaches, the U.S.

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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cabo Rojo Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Puerto Rico

SAN JAUN, Puerto Rico (May 16, 2019) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a cleanup plan for the Cabo Rojo Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in the Bajura Sector of the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.

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La EPA finaliza el plan de limpieza para el Lugar de Superfondo Pozos de Cabo Rojo en Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (16 de mayo de 2019) Hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE. UU.

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Mississippi city may sue Siemens over water issues

The city of Jackson, Mississippi, may sue Siemens over water issues. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba tells WJTV-TV that the City Council has hired a Birmingham, Alabama-based law firm to review a $91 million contract the city entered with Siemens in 2012. The city says Siemens didn’t fulfill the contract in which the company promised to ...

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EPA Deletes a Portion of Robintech Inc./National Pipe Co. Site in Vestal, New York from Federal Superfund List

EPA Deletes a Portion of Robintech Inc./National Pipe Co. Site in Vestal, New York from Federal Superfund List Contact: Elias Rodriguez, (212) 637-3664, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov   

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La EPA actualiza la Lista Nacional de Prioridades para limpiar la contaminación y proteger a las comunidades; agrega vertedero abandonado en Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (13 de mayo de 2019) Hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE. UU.

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EPA Adds Former McLouth Steel Corp. Site in Trenton, Michigan to National Priorities List

TRENTON (May 13, 2019) — Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp announced that the former McLouth Steel Corp.

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EPA Updates National Priorities List; Adds Sporlan Valve Plant #1 Superfund Site in Washington, Missouri

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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EPA Updates the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities

PHILADELPHIA (May 13, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding seven sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks.

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EPA Updates the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2019

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Administrator Wheeler Visits Minden, WV To Announce National Priorities List Additions

Minden, WV - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited the Mountain State on Monday to announce new additions to the National Priorities List (NPL), including the Shaffer Equipment/Arbuckle Creek Area in Minden, West Virginia. 

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EPA Updates the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities; Adds Former Metals Plant in Cortlandt, N.Y.

NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding seven sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks.

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EPA Updates the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding seven sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks.

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EPA Updates the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities; Adds Abandoned Landfill in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding seven sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks.

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EPA Adds Cliff Drive Groundwater Contamination Site in Logansport, Indiana to National Priorities List

LOGANSPORT (May 13, 2019) — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Cliff Drive Groundwater Contamination site in Logansport, Ind.

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Portland Harbor Superfund agreement aims to drive new cleanup plans throughout the Lower Willamette River

SEATTLE – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement in principle with the city of Portland and state of Oregon to help fund detailed cleanup plans for the 10-mile Portland Harbor Superfund.

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Portland Harbor Superfund agreement aims to drive new cleanup plans throughout the Lower Willamette River

WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement in principle with the city of Portland and state of Oregon to help fund detailed cleanup plans for the 10-mile Portland Harbor Superfund.

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Officials seek to open major spillway on Mississippi River

Army Corps of Engineers officials in Louisiana aim to open a historic flood control structure above New Orleans on Tuesday for an unprecedented second time in one year. “It’s an unprecedented amount of water that’s coming down,” David Ramirez, chief of water management for the Corps’ New Orleans District, told reporters Thursday. The request for ...

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Potentially Responsible Parties Agree to Conduct Remedial Design for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri

WASHINGTON -- The Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) for the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site have entered into an agreement with EPA to conduct the Remedial Design necessary to implement the remedy set forth in the Record of Decision Amendment announced Sept.

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EPA Contributes more than $38 Million to Kentucky’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $30 Million to South Carolina’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $26 Million to Mississippi’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $97 Million to Florida’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $62 million to North Carolina’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $42 million to Tennessee’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $53 million to Georgia’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Contributes more than $41 million to Alabama’s Revolving Loan Fund to Improve Water Infrastructure

ATLANTA (May 8, 2019) - The U.S.

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EPA Awards $384,733 to the University of Florida for Coastal Habitat Restoration

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (May 7, 2019) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Program announced that the University of Florida received a $384,733 cooperative agreement to focus on coastal habitat restoration.

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Trump Administration to Support Community Revitalization in Frankfort, Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 7, 2019) — The Trump Administration has announced that Frankfort, Ky.

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U.S. EPA to Begin Asbestos Cleanup at the Crescent Forge and Shovel Site in Havana, Ill.

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA018

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Trump Administration to Support Community Revitalization in Fort Pierce, Florida

FORT PIERCE, Florida (May 7, 2019) — The Trump Administration has announced that Fort Pierce, Fla.

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USM joins newly formed $94 million Ocean Exploration Institute

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is joining four other nationally renowned ocean science institutions to form The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI). USM’s School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE), Ocean Exploration Trust, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of New Hampshire, and the University of Rhode Island will ...

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Settlement will provide nearly $21 Million for Cleanup at the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund Site in New Jersey

NEW YORK (May 6, 2019) The U.S.

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EPA Awards $100,000 in School Bus Rebates to Clinton Public School District

Clinton, Miss. – (May 2, 2019) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $100,000 to replace 5 older diesel school buses in the Clinton Public School District.

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EPA Awards School Bus Rebates to school districts in South Carolina

ATLANTA (May 2, 2019) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a total of $140,000 to replace 7 older diesel school buses in South Carolina.

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EPA Awards $600,000 in School Bus Rebates to school districts in Alabama

ATLANTA (May 2, 2019) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a total of $600,000 to replace 30 older diesel school buses in Alabama.

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EPA Awards $200,000 in School Bus Rebates to the Bell County Board of Education in Pineville

Pineville, Ky. (May 2, 2019) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $200,000 to the Bell County Board of Education in Pineville, Ky. to replace 10 older diesel school buses.

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EPA Awards $40,000 in School Bus Rebates to the White County Board of Education in Sparta

Sparta, Tenn. (May 2, 2019) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $40,000 to the White County Board of Education in Sparta, Tenn. to replace 2 older diesel school buses.

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EPA Announces Availability of more than $1 Million in Funding to Improve Drinking Water for Schools and Small and Disadvantaged Communities in Mississippi

ATLANTA (May 1, 2019) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of more than $1 million in grant funding to assist in improving drinking water in schools and small and disadvantaged communities in Mississippi.

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EPA Announces Availability of $1 Million in Funding to Improve Drinking Water for Schools and Small and Disadvantaged Communities in South Carolina

ATLANTA (May 1, 2019) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of more than $1 million in grant funding to assist in improving drinking water in schools and small and disadvantaged communities in South Carolina.

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EPA Announces Availability of $1.4 Million in Funding to Improve Drinking Water for Schools and Small and Disadvantaged Communities in Alabama

ATLANTA (May 1, 2019) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of more than $1.4 million in grant funding to assist in improving drinking water in schools and small and disadvantaged communities in Alabama.

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Solar-panel maker has been shutdown for six months

By JACK WEATHERLY Last October, Houston-based Seraphim Solar Manufacturing USA said it was shutting down its Jackson plant to retool. The solar-panel maker told Pv magazine it expected to reopen in December and ramp up during the first quarter. Apparently, the plant has not resumed operations since the shutdown. Efforts this week to contact the ...

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Showing a ‘hole’ lot of promise

» Pipe Planner key to cutting Delta irrigation levels by 20 percent By TED CARTER Name buzz for no-cost irrigation software Pipe Planner is likely be zero outside of Mississippi and neighboring Delta states, but it figures prominently in plans for sustaining imperiled agricultural water supplies in Delta regions. With the web-based program, growers save ...

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Farm-to-table movement growing in popularity

By BECKY GILLETTE The farm-to-table movement is becoming increasingly popular across the country as consumers lean toward wanting to support local growers who can provide tasty and fresh produce that doesn’t have to be shipped across the country. Dr. Christine Coker, a specialist in urban horticulture vegetables and green roof food systems at the Mississippi ...

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Green industry in Mississippi grossed $175 million in 2017

By BECKY GILLETTE When talking about “green” industries, it doesn’t get greener than operations like Salad Days in Flora, a hydroponic farm that is used to grow pesticide-free produce including lettuce and several varieties of tomatoes. The farm operated by Jamie Redmond and Leigh Bailey has a number of environmental benefits: Water usage is minimal ...

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EPA Awards $20,000 in School Bus Rebates to Ms. Tasha's Transit, LLC in Durham, North Carolina

ATLANTA (May 2, 2019) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $200,000 to replace one older diesel school bus in the Durham, N.C. The company will receive the rebate through EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding.

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EPA Awards $200,000 in School Bus Rebates to Broward County School Board in Florida

ATLANTA (May 2, 2019) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $200,000 to replace 20 older diesel school buses in the Broward County. The school district will receive the rebate through EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding.

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EPA Awards $335,000 in School Bus Rebates to school districts in Georgia

ATLANTA (May 2, 2019) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a total of $335,000 to replace 30 older diesel school buses in Georgia.

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Utility faces federal investigation over failed power plant

A utility giant faces a federal investigation over a $7.5 billion coal-fueled power plant that Mississippi regulators pushed the electrical utility into partly cancelling. The Southern Co. said Wednesday that the U.S. Justice Department told the Atlanta-based company on Monday that it has started a civil investigation into the plant that subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. ...

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Ashley Furniture investing $29 million in solar energy

By DENNIS SEID / Daily Journal ARCADIA, Wis.– Ashley Furniture Industries) has committed to a multi-phase effort to reduce the company’s energy footprint. Ashley, the world’s largest furniture manufacturer, has selected 10 of its largest U.S. facilities to receive solar installations this year as part of the first phase of the initiative. Construction on the ...

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