State
Golden Triangle landfill turns profit
Daily Times Leader
WEST POINT, MS Six years after going online, one of the state’s first “green energy” projects already is turning a profit.
City leaders discuss options for the recycling
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Natchez residents know curbside recycling service is suspended for at least the next four months, however many of those residents wonder if curbside recycling will return long term.
School board OKs purchase of 5 new buses if grant funds approved
Vicksburg Post
The Vicksburg Warren School District may soon be adding new school buses to its fleet.
During its meeting Thursday, the Board of Trustees approved a motion to purchase new buses dependent on the approval of a grant applied for by transportation director Robert Bass.
Mississippi utility inks deal on troubled $7.5B power plant
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Regulators have reached a settlement with Mississippi Power Co. on how much customers should pay for a troubled $7.5 billion power plant once touted as the future of coal.
Ocean Springs hires a new public works director. It wasn’t Andre Kaufman.
Sun Herald
OCEAN SPRINGS
The Board of Aldermen hired a new Public Works director Thursday night.
Water Department employee John Russell got the job, beating out former Public Works Director Andre Kaufman.
Did you know this island exists?
Sun Herald
BILOXI
If you drive on Cedar Lake Road, you probably notice in some areas the waters of the Tchoutacabouffa River on the west side of the road can look almost even with the roadbed. But did you know there’s an island in the river that has a surprising history?
Oil Spill
BP oil spill money: where will it go?
NewsMS
How to distribute the funds from the BP oil spill settlement has been a long debated question and many believe that it should go back to the Gulf Coast because that is where the majority of the damage occurred. So, how much money is the state owed?
Regional
Interior secretary vows to slash red tape for coastal restoration projects in Louisiana
The Advocate
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke vowed to use his clout to fast-track coastal restoration projects during a Saturday visit to Louisiana.
Researchers study dolphins in Gulf of Mexico after Harvey
Houston Chronicle
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Kristi Fazioli first spotted the pair of dolphins swimming behind a shrimp trawler near Morgan's Point, eager to get a mouthful of breakfast.
Wetlands weaken as weeds replace plague-ravaged roseau cane
Times-Picayune
As a plague wipes out roseau cane, the sturdy marsh grass holding together much of the lower Mississippi River Delta, a different crop of plants is sprouting up. Problem is, they're flimsy replacements that do little to halt erosion or protect the coast from hurricanes and rising seas.
Spilled pipeline oil in lower Plaquemines is burned, site to be evaluated Tuesday
Times-Picayune
Escambia County close to taking ownership of Pensacola Superfund site
PNJ
Escambia County is soon expected to take ownership of a Superfund site in the heart of Pensacola.
National
EPA scuttles rule on mining cleanup funding
The Hill
The Trump administration said Friday it will not issue a regulation to ensure that hard-rock mining companies can pay for the costs to clean up their mines when they’re finished.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the decision late Friday, reversing from a proposal that the Obama administration had issued a year ago.
Studies find dangerous bacteria near Texas fracking sites
AP
ARLINTON, Texas (AP) — Two new studies from University of Texas at Arlington researchers show harmful bacteria levels in groundwater near hydraulically fractured gas drilling sites.
Southern California oil refineries ordered to monitor, publicize neighborhood air quality
LA Times
Oil refineries must install air quality monitors at their fence lines and pay for pollution monitoring systems in surrounding communities by 2020 under rules adopted by Southern California regulators.
Sacramento refuses to clean lead-tainted lawns near gun range, says airport is to blame
Sacramento Bee
The city of Sacramento is refusing to remove lead-contaminated soil from residential yards near a shuttered city gun range, blaming high levels of lead instead on small-engine airplanes landing and taking off from nearby Sacramento Executive Airport.
Press Releases
Mississippi Outdoors: Fowl or Foul?
MDWFP
What kind of hunting season are we going to have?
As early fall arrives, one of the more common questions wildlife biologists are asked is: What kind of hunting season are we going to have?
The most appropriate answer: Well, it depends…
