State
RECYLING WORKING IN COUNTY DESPITE REMOVAL OF TWO BINS; SOME USE DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE
Northside Sun
Madison County’s new recycling system is still working well for a portion of its citizens living outside city limits.
Bay Council hears requests to reinstate recycling program
Sea Coast Echo
About 100 citizens filled the room at Tuesday night’s Bay St. Louis City Council meeting, many of whom were eager to hear city leaders' thoughts on a proposal to bring back curb-side recycling.
MISSISSIPPI AGING PIPELINE ISSUE
WCBI
STARKVILLE, Miss.(WCBI) – Pipes bursting is common this time of year. But in some towns, it may not be why you think.
Utility Authority receives positive financial audit for last fiscal year
Picayune Item
Members of the Pearl River County Utility Authority’s Board of Directors received good news during Thursday’s meeting, the Utility Authority received a favorable audit.
Cook led charge to conserve state wildlife
Daily Journal
As recently as one long lifetime ago, our state had no effective oversight on the use of our fish, game and wildlife resources. A new book by a Tupelo native chronicles the campaign led by one woman who changed that for the better.
State Government
MDOT UPDATES LAWMAKERS SAYING TOUGH TO KEEP STAFF
MPB
A Mississippi agency says tightening its belt is taking a toll on the department's mission.
Mississippi's Department of Transportation has 325 vacancies, many of them in maintenance according to executive director Melinda McGrath. She says keeping crews who make as little as $19,000 per year is a challenge.
Oil Spill
Analysis: Lawmakers must make decisions on oil spill money
AP
Nearly eight years after an explosion unleashed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi's elective representatives still must decide how to spend part of the compensation for the spill.
New GulfCorps program putting conservation teams to work
Al.com
Standing on Mobile Bay shorelines, tromping through coastal forests, taking in classroom sessions, the first recruits in an ambitious new Gulf Coast conservation campaign recently had a double-pronged message about their mission impressed upon them.
Regional
Russian fish escaping into Louisiana waters? Sturgeon farming plan raises alarm
Times-Picayune
Nutria, feral hogs and Asian carp are just a few of the foreign invaders harming Louisiana's marshes and rivers. Now the state is entertaining the idea of allowing the import and farming of sterlet sturgeon, a Russian fish currently banned in Louisiana.
Louisville's air quality blows. That's what EPA says, agai
Courier Journal
There's a reason your eyes might have burned a little and your lungs might have hurt when you were outside on some days in recent years.
National
Pruitt: EPA can operate for at least a week of shutdown
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to operate for at least one week if government funding lapses and causes a shutdown.
Frackers Could Make More Money Than Ever in 2018, If They Don’t Blow It
Oil companies, listening to investors, promise modest drilling as oil prices rise, but skeptics remain
WSJ
U.S. shale companies are poised to earn real money this year for the first time during the fracking boom.
Feds make more than $2M available to reduce fishing bycatch
AP
Federal ocean managers are making more than $2 million available to try to help fishermen catch less of the wrong fish.
