Mississippi News

MISSISSIPPI ISSUES: A FARM BILL TO PROTECT THE GULF

New Orleans, LA BY Matt Rota, Science and Water Policy Director, Gulf Restoration Network
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate the Farm Bill. The outcome of this debate is incredibly important to the nation’s waters, soil, health, and nutrition. Please tell your Representative to make sure that farmers who receive crop subsidies implement basic conservation practices to ensure that pollution and topsoil don’t flow into neighboring rivers:

NEWS: WHAT'S A SPROG?

JACKSON, MS BY TIM HARLAN-MARKS, SSC Director of Leadership Training
Every year over 200 youth commit one week of their summer to attend the SSC’s nationally recognized Summer Grassroots Leadership Training Program, Sprog! Whether you’re a seasoned veteran of organizing looking to take your leadership to the next level or a brand new activist looking to start building a toolkit for making real change, Sprog’s complete overview of time-tested skills and knowledge has something for you.

NEWS/CENTRAL: Guest Editorial: Ratepayers Be Damned!

Wyatt Emmerich

JACKSON, MS BY WYATT EMMERICH, PUBLISHER, NORTHSIDE SUN
I attended my first Public Service Commission (PSC) hearing last week. I was not impressed. Because power companies have monopolies, the PSC is there to protect the consumer. But that's not what I witnessed. Instead, PSC commissioner Leonard Bentz seemed irritated at some of the citizens who showed up to protest the new rate hikes precipitated by the new $3.7 billion Kemper lignite plant.

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