State
Kerr-McGee redevelopment site meetings planned
Commercial Dispatch
The Multistate Trust responsible for handling the clean-up and redevelopment of the former Kerr-McGee property in north Columbus has invited the public to share their ideas about how the site could be put to use in the future.
NATCHEZ TRACE CELEBRATES ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - It's been 35 years since the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail was established, giving visitors a fresh new look at the parkway.
Molds can be harmful to health
Picayune Item
Among the many unwanted things found in a home, one homeowners should watch for is the formation of mold.
State Government
Senate confirms Bryant choices for agencies, College Board
AP
State senators are confirming Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's choices to sit on state boards and to run state agencies.
Board approves recommendation toward next step for new zoo
AP
The board of directors for the Jackson Zoological Society has approved a recommendation to find a more optimal location for the animals and their visitors within the Mississippi city.
Regional
WWL's 'Toxic Truth' spurs St. John School Board to change tune on chloroprene
WWL
LAPLACE – The St. John the Baptist Parish public schools superintendent said he’s tired of waiting on the state to curtail toxic emissions at a local chemical plant, and he credited a recent WWL-TV investigation with spurring him to act.
National
Trump administration picks new fight with California
The Hill
The Trump administration is picking a new fight with California, this time over global warming and emissions standards for cars.
Chicken Filth Spurs Mountaire Lawsuit Threat by Delaware Residents
Bloomberg
Nearly 50 rural Delaware residents say they’ll sue a local Mountaire chicken-processing plant to force it to stop polluting their drinking water with nitrogen from chicken waste.
Concerns about ice, environment spur NHL to fight climate change by thinking green
USA Today
Hockey features glove saves, skate saves and stick saves — though these are nothing, really, next to the most audacious save on which the NHL has set its sights:
Save the planet.
Press Releases
MDEQ to Host VW Trust Funds Public Meetings in April
(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has scheduled three meetings to garner input from the public on the state’s proposed mitigation plan that will spend funds allocated to the state from the Volkswagen Diesel Settlement.
Administrator Pruitt Announces Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
03/27/2018
WASHINGTON (March 27, 2018) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is announcing a recently signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Water-Gen.
2018 Fishing Forecast for Northeast Mississippi
From MDWFP
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) fisheries biologists expect a good year for anglers, during the upcoming fishing season in Northeast Mississippi.
https://www.mdwfp.com/media/news/fishing-boating/2018-fishing-forecast
