Nate
If you thought it was safe to walk on the beach after Nate, think again
Sun Herald
Coast beaches are closed until further notice, thanks to Hurricane Nate, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says.
Regulators close Mississippi Sound to swimming after Nate
AP
GULFPORT, MISS.
Mississippi environmental regulators have closed the waters of the Mississippi Sound to swimming until water sampling resumes.
MDEQ orders beaches to remain closed
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has ordered all Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches to remain closed until debris from Hurricane Nate can be removed and water can be tested for safety.
Gulf Coast beaches closed following Hurricane Nate
Clarion Ledger
All beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast were closed Monday in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate.
MDEQ ISSUES CLOSURE FOR ALL MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BEACHES
MPB
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a closure Monday for all beaches across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
All Mississippi beaches closed Monday
WALA
OCEAN SPRINGS , MISSISSIPPI -(WALA) -The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a closure Monday for all beaches across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Coast Guard monitors pollution recovery in Mississippi
Sea Coast Echo
The Coast Guard is working with Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), to assess pollution and recover displaced vessels after Hurricane Nate made landfall on the Gulf Coast, Monday.
Hurricane Nate sinks 30 or more boats in Mississippi
AP
BILOXI, MISS.
Officials have so far found about 30 boats that sank or ran aground in Mississippi during Hurricane Nate.
Piers along the Coast take a hit from Hurricane Nate
Sun Herald
Damage that didn’t seem so significant immediately after
Hurricane Nate passed is starting to add up.
Pascagoula, Biloxi facing millions in damages from Hurricane Nate
WLOX
While most cities on the Gulf Coast survived Hurricane Nate with minimal damage, millions of dollars will be needed to cover repairs in Pascagoula and Biloxi.
Hurricane Nate’s surge ‘took everything it could get to,’ Jackson County resident says
Sun Herald
JACKSON COUNTY
Hurricane Nate’s storm surge took the large county pier called Lake Mars in Gulf Park Estates, undermined and crushed the amphitheater on Pascagoula’s front beach, lifted shrimp boats onto land along River Road in Pascagoula and ate away at yards facing the open Mississippi Sound in Gautier.
Boatloads of bananas and pineapples are idling in the Gulf because of Nate
Sun Herald
Boatloads of bananas and pineapples are idling in the Gulf of Mexico as Dole and Chiquita await clearance to use the Gulfport Ship Channel in the Mississippi Sound.
These businesses weren’t spared as Nate rolled through South Mississippi
Sun Herald
BILOXI
Customers craving a hearty breakfast with a view at McElroy’s Harbor House or a frozen concoction at Margaritaville Resort Biloxi will have to wait until repairs are made from
Hurricane Nate.
State
Water resources and modeling in the Mississippi Delta
What approaches are showing promise?
Delta Farm Press
Aiming to keep Mississippi Delta growers informed about the latest findings by the Delta Sustainable Water Resources Task, a meeting was held in Clarksdale, Miss., on Sept. 26.
Agencies hosting forestry field day
Enterprise-Journal
Four agencies are banding together to host a forestry field day on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Thaddeus Claiborne farm on Union Church Road east of Magnolia.
State Government
Senator's plan to raise taxes for transportation maintenance
AP
JACKSON, MISS.
Mississippi residents could vote on a state lawmaker's plan that would raise taxes and fees to pay for needed renovations to roads and bridges.
National
EPA to Withdraw Power Plant Rules
Clean Power Plan was designed by Obama administration to limit greenhouse gas emissions
WSJ
The Trump administration is formally withdrawing federal limits on carbon emissions at power plants, triggering the next stage of what is likely to be a yearslong fight over the government’s centerpiece regulation for slowing climate change.
E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule
NY Times
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would take formal steps to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a bitter fight over the future of America’s efforts to tackle global warming.
EPA chief Scott Pruitt tells coal miners he will repeal power plant rule Tuesday: ‘The war against coal is over’
Washington Post
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told coal miners in Kentucky on Monday that he will move to repeal a rule limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants, assuring them, “The war against coal is over.”
Striking images show what the environment looked like before the EPA
ABC
