State
Some Oktibbeha supes fed up with waste services provider
Commercial Dispatch
Oktibbeha County supervisors may start the year with the approval of a request for proposals to change the county's waste disposal services.
Keep Tupelo Beautiful’s ‘Cans for Critters’ to benefit local animal shelter
Daily Journal
TUPELO – An initiative seeking to increase recycling efforts and clean up the city of Tupelo all while benefitting the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society is picking up steam.
City of Jackson Christmas Tree Pickup
WJTV
The city of Jackson has released their guidelines for getting rid of your Christmas tree.
Christmas trees will be collected by the City of Jackson’s Waste Management Division.
‘TIS THE TIME TO… RECYCLE
WXXV
News 25’s Toni Miles interviews Kelly Griffin about recycling your Christmas tree in Harrison County.
LAKE LOWNDES STATE PARK COULD BE CHANGING OWNERS
WCBI
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A popular recreation area in Lowndes County may soon be under new management.
State Government
First responder communication network finally gets green light
Clarion Ledger
Gov.Phil Bryant approved Thursday a buildout plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the state's public safety community.
Oil Spill
Businesses hurt by 2010 oil spill want BP money to stay on the coast
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -Several coast businesses hope to see most of the BP money allocated to South Mississippi. We spoke with people who recalled how their businesses took a financial hit from the 2010 spill that lasted several months.
Big upgrades in store for Fort Walton Landing
NWF Daily News
FORT WALTON BEACH — Much of the popular Fort Walton Landing will likely receive a major facelift in 2018.
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.
Opinion
Washington’s Carbon Overreach
Another rebuke to climate change rule by executive diktat.
Editorial – WSJ
Washington Governor Jay Inslee calls climate change an “existential threat,” and he has channeled President Obama in using executive powers to impose his policy response. But like Mr. Obama he suffered a major blow this month when a Washington court ruled that he exceeded his authority under state law.
Birds of Regulatory Prey
Interior reverses an Obama rule punishing accidental bird killings.
Editorial – WSJ
Animal spirits revived this year after the Trump Administration halted its predecessor’s regulatory predations. Consider the Interior Department’s legal memo last week that rescinds an Obama Administration policy of criminalizing citizens who accidentally kill migratory birds.
