State
Changing hearts and minds for better water management
Delta Farm Press
Showing producers firsthand that research aimed at using less water from the Delta alluvial aquifer is sound — and can save money and reduce pollution — has “helped change hearts and minds,” says Andy Whittington, environmental coordinator for the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation at Jackson.
Oystermen see mixed results as season opens in western MS Sound
WLOX
MISSISSIPPI SOUND (WLOX) -An early start to the oyster season produced mixed results for Mississippi oystermen on day one. The Department of Marine Resources moved the season up to give oystermen a competitive edge.
A photographic tour of the Mississippi oyster industry
Sun Herald
Sewage continues to back up in Jackson home
WLBT
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -2017 has been a big year for Tawonna Wright. She's become a homeowner in Jackson and just weeks after that she became a new mom, but the whole experience hasn't smelt like roses.
‘Good old boys’ check out petrified log in forest
Wood may be hard to spot but feels like rock
Enterprise-Journal
Recently a friend whom I shall refer to as “Waylon” asked if I wanted to go see a petrified log he had run across in the Homochitto National Forest.
Cooper Tire names new Tupelo plant manager
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) – Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has named its new plant manager for its Tupelo plant.
State Government
Three seats to be filled in Tuesday’s special elections
NewsMS
Tuesday will see several elections take place across the state to fill vacant seats in the Mississippi government. Votes will take place in three districts spanning nine counties in Mississippi.
State revenue collections slow in October
Daily Journal
JACKSON – State revenue collections, which were on an uptick for the first three months of the current fiscal year, slowed for the month October.
Regional
Controversial overhaul to EPA advisory board includes former DEQ chief
WRAL
WASHINGTON — A former head of North Carolina's environmental agency has been appointed to an advisory panel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a controversial overhaul of the panel by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Settlement talks continue in suit over 13-year-old oil leak
AP
BATON ROUGE -- A company that has failed to stop a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for more time to negotiate a settlement that could allow it to recover millions of dollars it set aside for work to end the leak.
All is not lost along the Louisiana coast where some new land has been created
WVUE
Along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain east of the Twin Span Bridge, a dredge carves away at the lake bottom.
UGA event mixed science with football to entertain, inspire
Athens Banner-Herald
Science met football fans Thursday, with better than expected results.
Reni Kaul wondered if anyone would show up at Saturday’s “STEMzone 2017,” an array of booths and exhibits showcasing some of the research going on at the University of Georgia.
National
EPA won’t say which areas don’t meet Obama smog rule
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) won’t yet say which areas of the country do not meet the Obama administration’s 2015 regulation on ozone.
Trump's EPA director to have private meeting with chemical execs at SC resort
The State
The director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will make a trip to South Carolina this week for a closed-door meeting with industry leaders at a coastal resort.
GAO to review whether EPA violated anti-propaganda law
The Hill
Congress’s watchdog agency is examining whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated legal provisions prohibiting lobbying and propaganda using agency resources.
At issue is a video produced by the American Farm Bureau Federation, in which EPA head Scott Pruitt participated. The video told Farm Bureau members to file comments with the agency on its proposal to revise former President Obama’s controversial Clean Water Rule.
OPEC Says Oil Demand Will Grow Past 2040
Cartel’s view on peak-oil demand differs from some big-oil companies
WSJ
LONDON—OPEC doesn’t expect global demand for oil to peak before 2040, the cartel said Tuesday, though it predicted long-term demand growth would soon slow.
Press Releases
EPA, Working with States and Tribes, Makes Final Attainment Designations for 2015 Ozone NAAQS
11/06/2017
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WASHINGTON (November 6, 2017) — Consistent with the states’ and tribes’ recommendations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with designations for close to 90 percent of the country. EPA will continue to work with the remaining areas on their designations.
Rules to Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease Affect Deer Carcass Importation
MDWFP
Mississippians traveling out of state to hunt big game need to be aware of rules affecting the transport of their trophy.
