State
DeSoto makes big push for recycling
DeSoto Times-Tribune
DeSoto County officials are making a major push for residents in unincorporated areas to sign up for curbside recycling, which is being offered to rural residents for the first time in the county's history.
Threefoot developer: work could start in 30 days
Meridian Star
Work on the Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the Threefoot Building in Meridian could begin in about 30 days.
...In an interview last month, Tray Hairston of Butler Snow LLP, who represents Ascent, said the renovation could cost “a little bit more than [$22 million]” given certain “environmental” issues that need to be addressed. At the time of the report, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality was in the process of testing samples taken from the building.
CONSERVATION EDUCATION FIELD DAY
WXXV
This morning a group of lucky fourth grade students ditched their desks for the day to take part in the Conservation Education Field Day at the Harrison County Farm.
WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE DOING TO RESTORE OUR SEA LIFE ON THE COAST
WXXV
The amount of sea-life found dead on the Coast this year is concerning marine experts.
Oil Spill
Gulfport, Mississippi, Bets on Octopus's Garden to Boost Economy
Bloomberg
Gulfport, Mississippi, is hoping that alligators, river otters, dolphins and stingrays hold the key to revitalizing the economy of the second-largest city in the state.
Regional
Why is Louisiana's coast shrinking so quickly?
Times-Picayune
As this video documents, there are many causes of land loss along Louisiana's coast, starting with the construction of levees along the Mississippi River that block the historic dispersal of sediment carried by the river during spring floods into open water and wetlands.
More Mississippi River sediment will mean more problems for Louisiana shrimpers: study
Times-Picayune
Louisiana's quintessential shrimper - the independent, weather-beaten man with a small boat that's seen better days - may be the hardest hit by two sediment diversions planned on the Mississippi River.
National
Trump Wants to Repeal Obama’s Climate Plan. The Next Fight: Its Replacement.
NY Times
WASHINGTON — President Trump failed again this week to fulfill his promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health plan. Now he is taking aim at Mr. Obama’s central environmental legacy, the Clean Power Plan.
Industry gains clout within Pruitt’s EPA
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken an industry-friendly turn under the Trump administration.
E.P.A. Threatens to Stop Funding Justice Dept. Environmental Work
NY Times
WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator who has aggressively pushed to dismantle regulations and downsize the organization, is threatening to reach outside his agency and undermine the Justice Department’s work enforcing antipollution laws, documents and interviews show.
Maryland sues EPA over upwind air pollution
The Hill
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh (D) sued the Trump administration Wednesday to try to force it to take action against out-of-state power plants for their air pollution.
U.S. and Mexico may be at odds, but they've reached agreement on managing the Colorado River
LA Times
The United States and Mexico expanded a long-term agreement Wednesday that will allow both nations to continue using the Colorado River while also pushing more conservation efforts to ensure that water is available during droughts.
