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2004
Spring Issue

Toxic pollution is causing widespread cancers and death

8, 2004
The effects of pollution on human health in recent headlines have been unavoidable

Mississippi Press urges better control of mercury emissions from power plants

19, 2004
Editorial from the March 19th Issue of the Mississippi Press concerning the Bush Administrations relaxation of mercury emission standards from coal fired power plants.

Globally significant Pascagoula River deserves protection

by Jay Mengel, Cap’n Jays Charters, Gautier | 12, 2004
Although the Pascagoula River is recognized globally for it’s ecological significance, until recently, only a relatively few had any real appreciation for the river.

Coalition Challenges New Nuclear Reactors

12, 2004
Coalition Files Legal Challenge to Entergy Corps’s Proposed New Nuclear Plants

Bush Should Reverse Course and Protect Federal Forests

21, 2004
The Bush Administration’s reckless logging agenda is the most serious threat to our nation’s forests ever. We urge him to change course.

Sierra Club Recommendation on Dupont DeLisle Proposal

12, 2004
Letter sent from Sierra Club to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the 24-acre wetlands fill being proposed by DuPont DeLisle near the Bay of St. Louis.

Impact of Air Pollution

12, 2004
An excerpt from Facing South, which is published 40 times a year by the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure magazine.

LeFleur Lakes proposal could destroy 10,000 acres of wetlands

12, 2004
The project could destroy nearly 10,000 acres of wetlands, threaten critical habitat for the endangered fish, and damage water quality in the nearby rivers and lakes.

A Wet Solution to Controlling Mosquitoes

12, 2004
Innovative mosquito control method developed by Coast Sierra Club member, Dr. Adrian Lawler

Filling Wetlands for Toxic Waste

12, 2004
DuPont proposes wetlands fill to expand toxic waste landfill.

Environmental Laws Pay Off

12, 2004
White House Report Shows Benefits Outweigh Costs 5 to 1

Mississippi legislators pay back campaign contributions by backing offshore drilling

12, 2004
Mississippi legislators lost no time in paying back the oil and gas interests that gave them nearly $1 million in campaign donations by ramming through a bill to make it easier to drill for oil and gas in offshore waters.

Sierra Club blasts lack of need for Big Sunflower\Yazoo Pumps projects

12, 2004
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has data that disproves the Army Corps of Engineers' claims that the Yazoo Pumps and Big Sunflower dredging projects are necessary for flood control in the Mississippi Delta

More toxic pollution coming from DuPont DeLisle?

26, 2004
The concerns with DuPont DeLisle's application for several permits that would increase air pollution limits and allow 24 acres of wetlands to be filled in order to construct a new landfill for located close to the Bay of St. Louis.

Editorial: Protecting human health and the environment more important than corporate profits

10, 2004
The precautionary principle can be thought of as actions taken to protect human health and the environment should take precedence over action that taken for increased profits and economic development.

Lack of environmental protections causes more deaths than terrorism

by Brenda Songy | 14, 2004
Americans have yet to be enlightened about the threat to our lives that we bring upon ourselves daily

   
   

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