Andrew Whitehurst

MEC Capital Day gathering at the Jackson Marriot January 8, 2014The Mississippi Economic Council is the statewide chamber of commerce. It held its Capital Day on January 8th in Jackson. Business leaders and elected officials presented to a room full of the movers and shakers in the state’s business community. Governor Bryant’s presentation touted Mississippi’s

GRN and Sierra Club supporters leave Hinds County Chancery court following appeal arguments.GRN and Sierra Club’s appeal of Mississippi Development Authority’s (MDA) leasing and seismic testing rules was heard by Hinds County Chancery Court Judge William Singletary on January 6th. In a packed courtroom, attorney Robert Wiygul argued that a plainly inadequate economic impact statement

Recently the state of Mississippi took another step toward drilling in coastal waters. Help us push back on this decision – take action to tell Governor Bryant to block drilling in state waters.The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has approved the Mississippi Development Authority’s (MDA) proposed rules for oil and gas seismic testing and

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is currently reviewing rules that would allow for oil and gas development in state waters to determine if they are consistent with the Mississippi Coastal Plan. This consistency review involves the management of coastal assets that fall under the public trust doctrine. The basis for the doctrine is fifteen

The Mississippi Sound and our barrier islands are amazing natural and economic resources for the state – attracting visitors from far and wide to enjoy our fishing, food, culture and wildlife. However, the growing tourism industry along the Coast is threatened by a Mississippi Development Authority proposal to open state waters to oil and gas

The Pearl River is threatened by a new dam and lake proposed for Jackson, Mississippi. This is a development project disguised as flood control and will make the Pearl River more fragmented by dams than it already is. Tell the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District, that the Pearl should not be further

Oxbow lake along Pearl River in Lefleur’s Bluff State Park, Jackson, Ms. Lake project would dredge this place.Jackson, Mississippi, businessman John McGowan has regrouped in the years since his Two Lakes project was deemed by the Corps of Engineers to be too expensive and unfeasible. He reduced the project’s scope to one lake and renamed

Opposing an environmental permit at the MDEQ Permit Board is a steep uphill battle, especially for people who live where there is no zoning. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Legislature have made the permit process easy for the applicant and hard for opponents. Folks who travel to Jackson to oppose permits usually

Fill placed along Alligator Branch for railway track bed. It is hard to watch a state agency bureaucracy hurt its own citizens in real time. At the May, 2013 meeting of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Permit Board, a group of homeowners from Picayune, in Pearl River County came to Jackson with their