State
Jackson resident fed up with illegal dumping in yard
WLBT
"They just think I'm a garbage dump and they throw beer cans, coke cans, paint jugs. But this morning for Christmas I got some mattresses. That was particularly refreshing. I want to thank Santa for that."
Looking to recycle your Christmas tree? Check out these locations along the Gulf Coast
Mississippi Press
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. -- Christmas is behind us and for those who may be looking for a place to recycle your live Christmas tree, various locations in Jackson County will take them.
RECYCLING CHRISTMAS TREES
WCBI
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – There is life after the living room for Christmas trees in the Tupelo area.
Regional
Wolf River wetland 'bank' will restore swamps to offset damage
Commercial Appeal
On a Fayette County tract that generations of farmers painstakingly cleared and drained to grow crops, a team of scientists and natural resource consultants plans to spend the next several years deliberately undoing all that work.
National
How Scott Pruitt turned the EPA into one of Trump’s most powerful tools
Washington Post
Since 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency has been embroiled in an enforcement battle with a Michigan-based company accused of modifying the state’s largest coal-fired power plant without getting federal permits for a projected rise in pollution.
EPA's Pruitt: Bring back 'true environmentalism'
The Hill
When it comes to environmentalism, Scott Pruitt thinks environmentalists have it all wrong. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Trump has been on a mission to redefine the mission of the agency and, in the process, redefine what it means to be a guardian of the environment.
Northeast states sue EPA over air pollution from Midwest
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight northeastern states said on Tuesday they sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to impose more stringent controls on a group of mostly Midwestern states whose air pollution they claim is being blown in their direction.
Wildfires Scorch California Earth, and Its Air
This month air quality in some Santa Barbara and Ventura county communities hit record-high hazardous levels, making it unsafe for anyone to be outside
WSJ
ISLA VISTA, Calif.—For her recent hike around an idyllic seaside lagoon, Mika Leslie wore shorts, a cotton T-shirt and a microfiber respirator mask.
'Junk science'? Studies behind Obama regulations under fire
Fox News
Scientific studies used by the Obama administration to help justify tough environmental regulations are coming under intensifying scrutiny, with critics questioning their merit as the Trump EPA reverses or delays some of those rules.
Chevron Closed Mine, Now New Mexico Town Faces Daunting Recovery
Bloomberg
Chevron Mining Inc. shook the village of Questa, N.M., when it closed the molybdenum mine that anchored the rural community in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Coyotes Are Colonizing Cities. Step Forward the Urban Hunter.
NY Times
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dennis Murphy sniffed the bobcat urine he uses to lure his prey. He checked the silencer on his AR-15 assault rifle and loaded a few snares into his Ford pickup.
“Let’s go kill some coyotes,” he said.
Wire the wilderness? As cell service expands, national parks become the latest digital battlegrounds
McClatchy
When John Muir helped establish the National Park Service, he argued that such parks were vital to help people unplug from the world. “Break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods,” Muir was quoted as saying in 1915. 
