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☆ Droughts killed more than 12 million trees in Mississippi and no one has the money to cut them down
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Droughts in 2023 killed more than 12 million pine trees in Mississippi last year. A report from the United States Department of Agriculture and the Mississippi Forestry Commission found that at least 12.5 million trees died in the state after droughts last year. Mississippi experienced heavy droughts last year starting in June that were so bad that NASA could see the Mississippi River shrinking from space in September. During the droughts, experts say that pine beetles swept across the state taking out entire patches of decades-old pine trees. "We are in a position where we are going to have to do something," Vozzo told The Clarion Ledger.

Persons: That's, Sen, Cindy Hyde, Smith, Pete Vozzo, Vozzo, McCain, Madison, De'Keither Stamps, Tate Reeves, Stamps Organizations: Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Mississippi Forestry Commission, Business, NASA, Republican, Smith, Property, Clarion, McCain Tree Service, Public Service, De'Keither, Gov Locations: Mississippi, Hyde, Madison, Jackson, Vicksburg

ATLANTA (AP) — A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build a failed coal-fueled power plant. Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for Atlanta-based Southern Co., filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company and its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. in 2018. The Kemper County power plant was supposed to be a world leader in turning soft coal into a gas and burning it to generate power, while removing climate-warming carbon dioxide and other pollutants. The cost of the plant ballooned and Mississippi Power could never make it run reliably. For example, she alleged Mississippi Power erected piping without permanent fasteners, knowing the work would have to be redone again later at higher cost, an allegation first aired by The Guardian in 2018.

Persons: —, Kelli Williams, Williams, ”, Schuyler Baehman, It's, Brett Wingo, Cecil Brown, ” Williams, Haley Barbour, Barbour Organizations: ATLANTA, Atlanta, Southern Co, Mississippi Power Co, U.S . Department of Energy, Mississippi Public Service Commission, DOE, Kemper, Mississippi Power, Bills, Mississippi, U.S . Justice Department, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Clarion, . Justice Department, Mississippi Gov, The Guardian Locations: Mississippi, Kemper County, Jackson, That’s

[1/5] An aerial view of buildings during a blizzard in Buffalo, New York, U.S. December 26, 2022, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. "It's still snowing" in Western New York, said NWS meteorologist Bob Oravec, predicting two more inches. "This is probably the last of the snow," added Oravec, who is with the NWS Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. Buffalo, New York state's second largest city, was ground zero for the blizzard that took shape on Friday. Poloncarz, speaking at a press briefing Tuesday, urged residents to stay home and the curious to stay away.

☆ Мужчина по ошибке 20 лет отсидел в тюрьме
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-21 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Житель американского города Гренада, штат Миссисипи, более 20 лет отсидел в тюрьме по ошибочному обвинению и женился спустя год после освобождения. В 1996 году чернокожего Кертиса Флауэрса (Curtis Flowers) обвинили в убийстве четырех человек в городе Вайнона, штат Миссисипи. Он больше 20 лет провел в тюрьме в ожидании исполнения смертного приговора. В субботу, 20 марта, Флауэрс женился на Марлене Райт (Marlena Wright). Ранее сообщалось, что житель американского города Чикаго, штат Иллинойс, восемь лет отсидел в тюрьме за преступление, которого он не совершал, доказал свою невиновность и стал адвокатом.

Persons: Curtis Flowers, Marlena Wright, Кертиса Флауэрса ( ), Флауэрс, Марлена Райт Organizations: Clarion, Верховный суд Locations: Clarion Ledger, Гренада, Миссисипи, Вайнона, Чикаго, Иллинойс

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