State
Board to settle housing lawsuits
Lets developer keep property in Gateway park
Enterprise-Journal
Pike County supervisors passed a resolution Monday that will settle a batch of lawsuits and allow a developer to keep 40 acres of property in Gateway Industrial Park that had been intended for workforce housing.
...The property is located on the northwest corner of the industrial park. Aries installed erosion control measures after enforcement action by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, and now the property has grass, silt fences, a catch basin on the southeast corner and rock riprap in eroded places. However, a portion of a silt fence has collapsed and sand is piling up against an outer silt fence.
Fatal accident occurred at the landfill
Picayune Item
A fatal accident at Central Landfill in Millard involved an unoccupied vehicle that struck a pedestrian.
WATER SYSTEMS IN LEE AND WINSTON COUNTIES RECEIVE MILLIONS IN FUNDING
WTVA
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) – Two local water associations have received more than $4 million to help improve their equipment.
Mississippi's largest gas utility to raise rates for 260,000
AP
JACKSON, MISS.
Natural gas bills will rise beginning Jan. 1 for customers of Mississippi's largest gas utility, after regulators approved plans Tuesday for Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp to raise rates on its 260,000 Mississippi customers.
State Government
Why green light for expansion at the port is ‘crucial’ for the Coast economy
Sun Herald
GULFPORT
After six years of study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved future expansion at the state Port at Gulfport, which port officials say is crucial for luring new business.
Oil Spill
Already outnumbered, Coast delegation ‘has not come together’ to get BP money
Sun Herald
The Coast legislative delegation has just weeks to come together with a plan to snare most of the money from a BP economic damages settlement. And, they’re not that close yet.
State lawmakers talk about priorities ahead of 2018 legislative session
WLOX
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -About 200 coast business, education, and community leaders have a better idea about what to expect in the 2018 legislative session.
Regional
As Greenland and Antarctica melt the Gulf rises near New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Climate change is melting giant ice sheets covering Greenland and Antartica faster than previously expected, scientist have uncovered. As the ice melts, the rate of sea level rise will increase in South Louisiana, according to a new NASA tool that links melting of specific ice sheets to 293 affected coastal cities.
Monsanto moves to stop Arkansas from banning weed killer
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
LITTLE ROCK — Monsanto asked a judge Tuesday to prevent Arkansas lawmakers from banning the use of a weed killer that farmers in several states have said drifts onto their crops and causes widespread damage.
National
Oil companies clamp down on methane leaks
Houston Chronicle
Many of the country's largest oil and gas drillers said Tuesday they will voluntarily reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, even as the Trump administration takes steps to roll back existing environmental regulations targeting those emissions.
ExxonMobil opposes ALEC’s attempt to fight EPA climate policy
The Hill
Exxon Mobil Corp. is coming out against an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) proposal that would push the Trump administration to rescind a federal finding that greenhouse gases are harmful.
Border Patrol agents say they are getting sick from massive Tijuana sewage spill
LA Times
Headaches, rashes, infections, breathing problems.
An increasing number of U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Imperial Beach station have reported a host of health problems since February, when an estimated 143 million gallons of Mexican sewage spilled into the Tijuana River Valley they patrol.
Opinion
MAGIC not helping state’s vehicle inventory
Charlie Mitchell
Clarion Ledger
OXFORD - Well, they tried. Credit the Legislature with attempting, by golly, to devise a system to track state vehicles.
Press Releases
The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency Reach Agreement with Husqvarna to Resolve Production Line Test Reporting Violations
12/05/2017
WASHINGTON — Swedish company Husqvarna AB and its U.S. affiliate, Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products N.A., Inc., have agreed to pay a $2.85 million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced today.
