State
Well permits indicate stagnant oil play
Enterprise-Journal
A Jackson company’s plans to dump stormwater runoff and landfill leachate into wells previously permitted for the disposal of chemicals associated with oil production could be a sign of a continued lull in the local oil industry.
Injection Disposal Services LLC in Jackson has permits before the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to convert three of its wells from Class II disposal wells into Class I non-hazardous wells, according to a legal ad that ran in Monday’s Enterprise-Journal.
Oyster conservation center could be coming to Point Cadet
WLOX
The Biloxi City Council on Tuesday learned details of an economic development project a Point Cadet that aims to highlight the oyster industry, conservation, and eco-tourism. The project already has the blessing of the Commission on Marine Resources.
Donate your used Christmas tree to a good cause, but don’t put tinsel on it
Sun Herald
MOSS POINT
Workers at The Pascagoula River Audubon Center are creating a quarter-acre of marsh — not an easy task — and now they want Christmas trees as part of the process.
MANY MUW STUDENTS SICKENED AFTER A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK AT A RESIDENCE HALL
WCBI
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – It’s been a long day for many of those Mississippi University for Women students.
AG Commissioner announces website to find local Christmas tree farms
WJTV
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce launched a website to help shoppers find Christmas trees.
State Government
Gulf Coast lawmaker proposes less time to pass general bills
Daily Journal
Mississippi legislators would have fewer opportunities to pass new laws impacting their constituents, for better or worse, under a proposal being advocated by a Gulf Coast lawmaker.
National
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Signals His Environmental Strategy
In visit to Disney food-waste program, he pointed to corporate partners and shift in regulatory power
WSJ
EPA hears worries about climate in heart of coal country
AP
After more than four decades as a coal miner, Stanley Sturgill ambled into an ornate room at West Virginia's state capitol Tuesday to deliver a stark message to the Trump administration: Climate change is real and continuing to burn the dirty fossil fuel hurts future generations.
U.S. repeal of carbon rule criticized in coal country
Reuters
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Reuters) - Health groups, environmentalists and a former coal miner criticized the Trump administration’s proposal to dismantle an Obama-era rule to slash carbon emissions from power plants at a public hearing held in the heart of coal country on Tuesday.
The hearing also heard from many coal supporters who said that the plan would cost utilities billion of dollars, which would likely result in mining job cuts.
Trump's EPA Backs a Climate Change Tweak Environmentalists Like
Bloomberg
The Trump administration took a small step toward addressing climate change last week -- it just didn’t put it quite in those words.
Air pollution is making you worse at your job
Washington Post
Poor outdoor air quality is likely to have a negative impact on your job performance, even if you work indoors at a desk, according to a new working paper from researchers at Germany's Leibniz University and the Columbia Business School.
Idaho Asks Federal Agency to Regulate Oil Injection Wells
AP
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over regulating underground injection wells needed by the state's oil and natural gas industry to economically dispose of wastewater.
Press Releases
DC Circuit Court Grants Trump EPA Request to Extend Deadline for Farmers to Report Emissions from Livestock Operations
11/28/2017
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, November 22, 2017, in response to a request from the Trump administration EPA, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals effectively extended the deadline for farmers to report air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at livestock operations until January 22, 2018. The decision postponed the effective date of the Court’s April 2017 decision vacating an EPA rule that exempted these farms from certain statutory reporting obligations.
