State
Brookhaven to consider rehab of sewers
Daily Leader
An engineer for Brookhaven is recommending a rehab of sewer lines in several areas of the city.
No injuries at minor Ergon explosion
Vicksburg Post
Units from the Vicksburg Fire Department responded to an explosion at Ergon Refining Tuesday afternoon.
Kemper saga appears headed for final chapter on Feb. 6
MBJ
The saga of the Mississippi Power Co. “clean-coal” plant in Kemper County appears ready for its final chapter to be written on Feb. 6.
City must ‘bear responsibility’ for Jackson’s water problems, governor says
State help unlikely as city works to repair water problems
WAPT
Jackson water repairs continue, but the governor said Tuesday that there may be little else the state can do to help the city fix the problems.
State Government
Governor's free community college proposal moving forward
AP
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's proposal for free tuition at community colleges is gaining traction.
Oil Spill
Nicholls professor awarded $533K grant to study Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on wetlands
WAFB
A Nicholls State University professor and his research team have been awarded over $533,000 to study the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s long-term impacts on wetlands.
Gulf counties close in on Pot 3 RESTORE funds
PC News Herald
PANAMA CITY — More than seven years after the BP oil spill, a pot of damages proposed to fund 69 projects along the Gulf Coast, including a central sewer system in the Deerpoint Lake area, soon will be released.
Regional
Louisiana water pollution credit sales plan draws questions
Times-Picayune
A proposal to allow businesses and farms to buy and sell credits earned by reducing water pollution drew a combination of questions and concerned comments from representatives of environmental groups and potential credit traders alike during a Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality meeting Tuesday (Jan. 23).
National
At Superfund sites, Scott Pruitt could flip his industry-friendly script
Washington Post
Scientists sue EPA over its policy on advisory boards
The Hill
A group of scientists is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for blocking scientists who receive agency funding from serving on the EPA's advisory boards.
Trump’s former chemical safety nominee leaving EPA
The Hill
President Trump’s former nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) chemical safety office is leaving his job at the agency.
Oklahoma Drilling Accident is Deadliest Since Start of Shale Boom
Five workers were killed after gas well exploded, as investigators search for cause
WSJ
Five workers were killed in a well explosion in Oklahoma, officials said Tuesday, in the deadliest shale-drilling accident since the boom in U.S. oil and gas production began a decade ago.
Opinion
Wyatt Emmerich: Who pays for Kemper? PSC hearings under way
Commercial Dispatch
The final hearings for the failed Kemper power plant are under way this week at the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC).
Press Releases
Seahawks And Delta Air Lines Partner On Continued Sustainability Efforts
RENTON, Wash. – As part of the Seattle Seahawks’ ongoing sustainability efforts, Delta Air Lines, the Official Airline of the Seahawks, has offset carbon emissions from the miles the Seahawks traveled during the 2017 season by purchasing 1,080 carbon credits from Cedar Grove Composting.
