State
Hernando noted for environmental efforts
DeSoto Times-Tribune (with photo)
The City of Hernando is among nine membership renewals accepted in the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s enHance program for the 2018 year.
MDEQ hears Progress poultry pushback
Residents crow over plans for eight chicken houses
Enterprise-Journal
A group of Pike County residents and officials appeared before the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday to lodge their objections to a proposed poultry farm in the Progress community.
CMU seeks millions in lawsuit
Madison County Journal
Canton Municipal Utilities is seeking more than $5 million and full ownership of Beattie’s Bluff Wastewater Treatment Facility in a counterclaim filed against the Madison County Wastewater Authority (MCWA) last month.
Horn Lake in dark on sewage plans
DeSoto Times-Tribune
Horn Lake city officials will know more about whether or not the City of Memphis will continue to treat Horn Lake's sewage following a meeting of the Horn Lake Creek Interceptor Sewage District Board which was slated to meet Wednesday night.
Flaggs returns to D.C. to meet with the Corps
Vicksburg Post
Mayor George Flaggs Jr. is in Washington Thursday meeting with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials to discuss getting federal funding for several city projects.
The visit is Flaggs’ fourth since January.
Second round of flushing clears most Saltillo water issues
Daily Journal
SALTILLO – A second round of nightly flushings has Saltillo officials hopeful they have seen the last of dirty and smelly water that has plagued part of the town for months.
Updated flood maps could affect mortgage insurance
WJTV
PEARL, Miss (WJTV) - The most recent flood map dates back to 2014. FEMA is updating those maps for certain high-risk areas of the state.
Recycle day scheduled for April 28 in Madison
Madison County Journal
Keep Madison the City Beautiful offers residents the opportunity to pick up lunch when they drop off trash.
Spring cleanup this Saturday
DeSoto Times-Tribune
DeSoto County's annual Spring Cleanup is this Saturday, April 14 but the entire week that follows through April 22 is considered Spring Cleanup in DeSoto County.
Citywide cleanup to be held on April 21
Picayune Item
The fourth annual Keep Poplarville Beautiful cleanup is scheduled for April 21, and organizers hope for another large turnout of citizens willing to help cleanup the city.
Downtown cleanup planned for April 21
Meridian Star
Meridian Main Street and Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful are hosting a Spring Downtown Cleanup from 8- 11 a.m. on April 21 at the EMBDC Office at 200 22nd Ave. in Meridian.
Countywide cleanup starts this weekend
Itawamba County Times
Itawamba residents will have two weekends to spiffy up their neighborhoods as part of the nation’s largest community cleanup event.
Originally set for this Saturday, Keep Itawamba Beautiful, the local spin on the annual Great American Cleanup, will be stretched across the next two weekends.
Help keep the Coast beautiful by volunteering at one of these events
Sun Herald
Feeling an urge to get outside and give back to your community? Well you're in luck.
Plants Growing in Deer Creek Could Destroy It Permanently
DeltaNewsTV
"It's difficult to deal with," says Deer Creek Watershed Association Chairman Park Neff who says the difficulty is weeds destroying the creek.
MFC searching for Southern Pine Beetles
WJTV
The Mississippi Forestry Commission is flying all over the state checking out the Southern Pine Beetle.
City seeks energy audit, hopes to save millions
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — The City of Natchez began Tuesday its effort to potentially save a few million dollars by contracting with energy company Schneider Electric USA.
Newly renovated Smith Park reopens Friday
State’s historical landmark will have security, new open area
WAPT
JACKSON, Miss. —Smith Park will reopen Friday after months of construction.
The park in downtown Jackson has been closed for five months to the public. The last time the park was renovated was in 1972.
'In my heart, I can still see Sophia playing here,' dad says at Ocean Springs dedication
Sun Herald
Sophia Myers will be remembered for generations to come at the place she loved best — the Little Children's Park in Ocean Springs.
State Government
Additional bridges in Mississippi added to list of closures
WJTV
The list of bridges to be closed in the state has grown to include 106 in 16 counties after Gov. Phil Bryant announced a state of emergency.
Oil Spill
Mississippi Aquarium and activists address ethics concerns
WLOX
As the construction of the Mississippi Aquarium continues, some, like Elaine Adair, say the idea this aquarium represents isn't progressive at all. Rather, it's regressive.
Here's why the Coast falls short as a family-friendly vacation destination, survey says
Sun Herald
Locals tend to think of South Mississippi as a coastal playground for families, with affordable family-friendly activities.
But that's not what tourists think, according to a new survey.
Regional
Mississippi River can't keep up with land loss in delta, researchers find
Times-Picayune
Over a thousand years, the Mississippi River built nearly 4,000 square miles of land -- at a pace of two to three square miles per year. But the river is no longer able to keep up with rapid land loss in its delta, according to a study published in Science Advances today (April 11) that concludes land loss will continue despite the state's attempts to regrow the delta.
NC environmental agency: Chemical makers lied about GenX
AP
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina should tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from little-studied industrial chemicals by beefing up the state’s health and environmental agencies, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday.
World Meteorological Organization retires four Hurricane names
WVUE
The World Meteorological Organization has retired four Hurricane names.
Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate are storm names that don’t bear repeating, according to a news release issued by NOAA's National Hurricane Center.
National
Here’s Why Friends and Foes of EPA Chief Pruitt Are So Adamant
Bloomberg
Senate Republicans aim to confirm EPA deputy administrator
AP
Senate Republicans are moving to confirm a former coal industry lobbyist as the second-highest official at the Environmental Protection Agency, putting him next in line if embattled administrator Scott Pruitt were forced out.
South Carolina's $34M from VW 'Dieselgate' settlement could buy school buses
Greenville News
Volkswagen's loss could be a major gain for public transportation in South Carolina.
The state's Department of Insurance on Tuesday afternoon released a so-called "draft mitigation plan" for how it thinks the state should spend $34 million in Volkswagen
Minnesota issues plan for spending $47M VW diesel settlement
AP
Minnesota plans to spend the first phase of its $47 million from the national Volkswagen settlement on replacing large, old diesel equipment with cleaner vehicles.
Environmentalists decry early closure of Las Vegas EPA lab
Las Vegas Sun
A Las Vegas lab of the Environmental Protection Agency is closing in September, leaving workers scrambling and Nevada’s Democratic senator seeking answers.
Poland to spend $8.8 billion on clean heating to fight smog
AP
Poland's government plans to spend up to $8.8 billion by 2028 on cleaner heating as part of its efforts to fight smog, the Polish prime minister said Thursday.
Press Releases
USM Professor’s Research of Chickasawhay River to be Featured on MPB
USM
Exciting research conducted by University of Southern Mississippi geology Professor Mark Puckett will be featured during a special TV presentation “35 Million Years Down the Chickasawhay” set to air on Mississippi Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26.
