State
Sewer line work moves forward
Daily Times Leader
WEST POINT, MS Upgrading the city's aging sewer and water lines took another step Tuesday night when West Point Selectmen authorized bids for work on almost 5,000 feet of sewer lines long busy Church Hill Avenue from Church Hill Elementary almost to where the Kitty Dill Memorial Walkway crosses.
MSU PREPARES FOR ENERGY SAVINGS THIS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
WTVA
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) – Mississippi State University is preparing for its holiday energy-saving plan for the Christmas holiday.
MISSISSIPPI RANKED UNHEALTHIEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY
MPB
Mississippi ranks unhealthiest in the nation for the second time in a row according to an annual state by state survey. MPB's Ashley Norwood reports.
Regional
Louisiana business group questions plan to stop spread of invasive fish
Times-Picayune
Louisiana's most powerful business lobby is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the toll on the shipping industry when evaluating measures aimed at stopping the spread of Asian carp.
Is Fort Myers' decision to dump toxic sludge in Dunbar racist?
News-Press
It’s no idle question but one African American residents, their lawyers and the NAACP are exploring:
When the City of Fort Myers decided in 1962 to site a sludge dump east of the railroad tracks dividing whites and blacks, did race play a part in the decision?
National
EPA chemical safety nominee drops out amid strong opposition
AP
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's pick to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn his nomination after bipartisan opposition made his Senate confirmation unlikely.
Senate panel clears Trump’s nominee for NOAA
The Hill
The Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to move forward with the nomination of Barry Myers to be head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
EPA chief jets to Morocco to help promote fossil fuel use
AP
WASHINGTON — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency flew to Morocco this week to help encourage the North African kingdom to import liquefied natural gas from the United States, prompting Democrats and advocacy groups to question whether the trip was in keeping with the agency's mission of ensuring clean air and water.
Study Links Lower Birth Weights to Living Near Fracking Sites
University researchers examined 1.1 million births in Pennsylvania between 2004 and 2013
WSJ
Babies born to women who live close to fracked natural gas wells have an elevated risk of being born with a low birth weight, according to a study published Wednesday.
EPA expects East Chicago cleanup could cost $84.9M, almost 4 times earlier estimates
Chicago Tribune
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expecting the cost to remediate two portions of East Chicago's Calumet neighborhood to grow to almost four times earlier estimates.
EPA to Consider Reducing Farmworker Pesticide Protections
Bloomberg
The EPA is considering changes to an Obama-era rule that was meant to minimize pesticide exposure for farmworkers, sources familiar with agency deliberations told Bloomberg Environment.
In a rare move, DNR expert criticizes bill that would roll back hazardous air regulations
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A bill supported by Republicans and business groups that would do away with state regulation of hazardous air pollutants has an unusual critic — a Department of Natural Resources expert who says the measure would weaken health protections in Wisconsin.
