State
Grenada polluters misled EPA, ignored effects to community for decades: attorneys
Clarion Ledger
A company responsible for toxic contamination at a Grenada manufacturing facility misled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to avoid anymore costly clean-up, attorneys for neighboring residents allege.
WINONA’S NEW RECYCLING PROGRAM GET RECOGNITION
WCBI
WINONA, Miss. (WCBI) – It may take a little extra time, but sorting your trash and recycling can have a huge impact on the community.
KPCB calls for ‘leaders against litter’
Enterprise-Journal
The director of Keep Pike County Beautiful called for “leaders against litter” Thursday when she presented her annual litter index findings to Pike County supervisors.
Supes hold on waste service decision
Commercial Dispatch
Oktibbeha County supervisors voted to hold off on making a decision on a new waste service provider after reviewing three bids during a Monday meeting.
Lincoln County Board of Supervisors ready to dump Waste Pro
Daily Leader
Lincoln County supervisors appear likely to hire a new garbage collection service later this year after current provider Waste Pro’s contract expires in September.
Escatawpa Elementary clear of asbestos claims, construction resumes
WLOX
Moss Point School District officials confirm that no asbestos was found at Escatawpa Upper Elementary.
Mississippi: First case of Chronic Wasting Disease poses extreme Threat
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) - It is the first documented case of Chronic Wasting Disease in the southern United States. And Wildlife experts are on high alert. Biologists and other game experts will be taking public comment to find ways to keep this highly contagious disease from spreading.
Mississippi River expected to rise; flood alert issued
Vicksburg Post
Predictions of excessive rainfall in the upper Mississippi River Basin has forced the National Weather Service to issue a flood alert for the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.
Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week, tips from MEMA
WDAM
As winter begins to leave Mississippi, it is now time to prepare for severe weather. This week is Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
State Government
House deals blow to $50M in bonds for 'One Lake' project
Clarion Ledger
The One Lake flood control and economic development project in metro Jackson appeared to be moving closer to becoming a reality Tuesday after a House committee approved $50 million in state bonds for the proposed project.
What's in the $1B Reeves infrastructure bill?
Clarion Ledger
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves' six-year, "$1 billion" infrastructure plan is headed to the House, where it faces an uncertain future.
Senate passes transportation bill, provides no new revenue
Daily Journal
JACKSON – A bill that would generate $1.1 billion for transportation, paid for by issuing $150 million in debt and by taking funds normally earmarked primarily for education, health care and law enforcement, passed the Senate Tuesday by a 36-14 margin.
Mississippi lawmakers work on early versions of bond bills
AP
Mississippi legislators are working on proposals to finance the construction and renovation of buildings for universities, community colleges and state agencies.
SYNNEX investing $20 million, creating 600 jobs in Desoto County
WREG
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — A Fortune 500 company announced the creation of 600 new jobs over the next five years in Desoto County.
Oil Spill
LOCAL EXPERTS WANT MORE DOLPHIN MONITORING
WXXV
The dolphin population in the Mississippi Sound is strikingly lower than what it should be.
This was one of the points of discussion during a seminar about dolphin research at the USM Gulf Park campus in Long Beach tonight. The presentation was led by Executive Director for the Mississippi Institute of Dolphin Sciences Jeffrey Siegel.
Biting horse flies are back, signaling Louisiana marsh's recovery from BP oil disaster
Times-Picayune
The Louisiana coast is again buzzing with big, green blood-hungry flies. And that's a really good thing, according to Claudia Husseneder, a biologist tracking the recovery of horse flies after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
The Coast Coliseum may finally get a hotel on its property, Biloxi official announces
Sun Herald
Councilman Kenny Glavan announced Tuesday that Embassy Suites has an agreement to build a hotel at the Coast Coliseum and Convention Center.
New Man-Made Reefs Heading to Gulf Floor
WUWF
More than 700 new artificial reefs are going into the waters off Pensacola in the next few months, in phase two of a program funded by the BP settlement of the 2010 oil spill.
Regional
Toxic Truth: Air near southeast Louisiana plant poses highest cancer risk in U.S.
WWL
NEW ORLEANS – Neoprene is not exactly a household word, but it’s certainly made its way into most U.S. homes.
National
3M To Pay $850M In Settlement Over Groundwater Contamination
WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A decades-long fight over environmentaldamage has come to an end.
Trump Faces Pushback on Plan to Speed Environmental Permits
Bloomberg
The Trump administration wants more authority from Congress to speed up environmental reviews that can delay infrastructure projects, but is it really using all the authority it already has?
GOP lawmakers: Obama admin ‘hastily’ wrote lead ammunition ban
The Hill
Two key House Republicans contended in a Tuesday report that the Obama administration used a rushed, “disorderly” process to ban lead ammunition from hunting on federal land in the final weeks of former President Obama’s tenure.
Amid a flood of plastic, big companies see opportunity
AP
LONDON
Once a month, accountant Michael Byrne pulls on his rubber boots and makes his way to a spot on the banks of the River Thames.
