State
Acid waste, water could be next Superfund site on Mississippi Coast
Karen Nelson
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA
Alcorn County is pursuing grant funding on behalf of Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful to support another household hazardous waste disposal event later this year.
The Board of Supervisors this week approved submission of the grant application seeking $25,000 from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
http://www.dailycorinthian.com/view/full_story/27379795/article-Supervisors-seek-grant-for-KCAB?
Oxford officials approve new contractors burn permit policy Oxford Eagle
State officials predict a strong year fishing on the Coast.
According to surveys conducted by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks fisheries biologists, anglers will have success fishing in South Mississippi waters.
http://www.sunherald.com/sports/outdoors/article137940523.html State revenue continues on struggling path Daily Journal
JACKSON – Through February of the current fiscal year, which started July 1, the state has collected $38.2 million, or 1.16 percent, less in revenue than it did during the same period one year ago.
http://djournal.com/news/state-revenue-continues-struggling-path/ Oil Spill
Exxon-BP Acquisition Talk Resurfaces: Is a Deal Really Likely? Bloomberg
The ideal ecosystem to expose people to dangerous amounts of mercury requires rainy skies, a mix of industry and swamp and a culture where people have a taste for seafood.
Louisiana, of course, fits the bill. Health officials warn of mercury that may be in fish caught in many of the state’s rivers and bayous, including the Amite River and its tributaries in the Baton Rouge area.
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_2bbf7960-0502-11e7-8938-733dd8aebd28.html National
How the EPA chief could gut the agency’s climate change regulations The Hill
A proposed White House budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could put coastal communities throughout the nation at a major disadvantage as they struggle to adapt to threats from sea-level rise, severe storms and other climate-related events, scientists and other experts said.
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ttp://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/03/trumps_proposed_cuts_to_climat.html#incart_river_index This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial Washington Post
President Trump is expected as soon as next week to order the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind its Clean Power rule that is blocked by the courts. But the President faces another test of political fortitude on whether to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-shouldnt-always-have-paris-1489187654 Partial to Home: Spring is in the air ... and litter is everywhere
Commercial Dispatch
Birney Imes
Tuesday afternoon after the rains, I had the good fortune to be sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of a just-completed small cabin at the edge of a pond in northwest Clay County. My host was Johnny Wray, a slow-foods farmer who embraces his vocation in the spirit of Wendell Berry.
http://www.cdispatch.com/opinions/article.asp?aid=56870 
