State
MDEQ issues advisory after sewage spill in Hollis Creek
Starkville Daily News
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on Sunday issued a general water contact advisory for a section of Hollis Creek in Oktibbeha County following an undetermined amount of sewage spilling into the creek.
WATER ADVISORY: SEWAGE ENTERING STARKVILLE CREEK
WCBI
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) -A warning from the state: sewage is entering a creek near a wastewater treatment plant in Starkville.
MDEQ ISSUES WATER CONTACT ADVISORY FOR HOLLIS CREEK IN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
WTVA
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a general water contact advisory Sunday for a section of Hollis Creek from the City of Starkville's Wastewater Treatment Plant.
City studying proposals to demolish Kuhn
Vicksburg Post
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen are ready to take another step toward demolishing and clearing the Kuhn Hospital property on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, but funding may delay completing the job.
New housing project in Sandfield is first step in larger neighborhood redevelopment plan
Commercial Dispatch
When visiting his father's grave in Sandfield Cemetery one day last year, Jabari Edwards took a good hard look around him at the neighborhood he once called home.
He didn't like what he saw.
…Edwards, through BH, purchased 24 rundown duplexes from Dennis Gartman -- which were previously owned by the late Walter Perrigen -- on Jan. 22. Then, Edwards procured permits from the city and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to allow Columbus Fire and Rescue to burn down the structures as part of a training exercise.
WATCH OUT FOR LEAST TERN EGGS ON BILOXI BEACHES
WXXV
If you’re walking on the beaches in Harrison County be especially careful around Least Tern nesting areas.
Flames spotted on Deer Island
WLOX
DEER ISLAND, MS (WLOX) -Sunday night, a viewer sent a video of part of Deer Island engulfed in flames.
2 Mississippi lakes reopen to boaters as floodwaters drop
AP
Officials are reopening two lakes in the Mississippi Delta to boating as floodwaters recede.
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks says boating can resume on Wolf Lake in Yazoo County and Moon Lake in Coahoma County.
Swamp preserve to be named for slain Mississippi officer
AP
GRENADA, MISS. A swamp preserve will be named to memorialize a Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agent who died in a 2016 shootout.
Hunting clubs being forced off land owned by Anderson Tully
Vicksburg Post
Multiple hunting clubs in the Eagle Lake area will soon be forced to close due to their leases being terminated by Anderson Tully Lumber Co.
Mississippi Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees named
Clarion Ledger
Jackson couple Jane and Rabbit Rogers are among the six outdoor enthusiasts set to be inducted into the Mississippi Outdoor Hall of Fame.
If you want to hook a shark, you better know what you have on the end of the line
Sun Herald
Do you know the difference between a dusky shark and a bull shark or blacktip shark? You'll have to if you hope to hook one of the large fish this year.
State Government
Smithson: PTSD, alcohol behind resignation as MEMA chief
Clarion Ledger
Lee Smithson said Sunday that post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol are behind his resignation Friday as director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Oil Spill
MISSISSIPPI AQUARIUM ‘SAIL’EBRATION KICK OFF
WXXV
Anticipation for the Mississippi Aquarium continues to grow with the kickoff celebration in Gulfport. This afternoon, News 25’s Jaylon Morris attended the event.
Protesters don't want dolphins at new Mississippi Aquarium
WLOX
GULFPORT, MS -Protesters rallied together on beach boulevard on Saturday afternoon to oppose a decision by the upcoming Mississippi Aquarium.
State’s annual coastal plan wins approval
Daily Comet
The state’s plan to spend $566 million through mid-2019 on coastal restoration, including several projects in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, has won final legislative approval.
State Sen. Norby Chabert, R-Houma, introduced the resolution Friday on the Senate floor, where it won unanimous approval.
Regional
Chemours wants state to allow GenX at levels 1,000 times higher than EPA advisory
The company is citing, among other things, its own research on the chemical's safe consumption levels
Port City Daily
RALEIGH—Chemours is asking the state to declare the safe levels of GenX in the environment at 1,000 times higher than the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s current Drinking Water Health Advisory Level.
National
Trump says he still has confidence in Pruitt
The Hill
President Trump told reporters Friday that he still has confidence in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt amid continuing ethics and spending scandals.
Troubling link found between pollution exposure in pregnancy, high blood pressure in children
Washington Post
High blood pressure typically occurs in adulthood, so when children develop the condition, it often means something is very wrong. A child might have kidney disease, hyperthyroidism or a heart problem. Obesity can also be a factor.
Recycling, Once Embraced by Businesses and Environmentalists, Now Under Siege
Local officials raise fees and send recyclables to landfills as economics erode
WSJ
The U.S. recycling industry is breaking down.
Prices for scrap paper and plastic have collapsed, leading local officials across the country to charge residents more to collect recyclables and send some to landfills. Used newspapers, cardboard boxes and plastic bottles are piling up at plants that can’t make a profit processing them for export or domestic markets.
Shale Drillers Look Beyond Texas as Prices Rise
As Permian Basin experiences bottlenecks, companies look to fields in Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming
WSJ
Shale drillers are ramping up production in the U.S. as oil prices rise, moving beyond the West Texas oil field that became the country’s drilling center.
World's largest 'dead zone' discovered, and it's not in the Gulf of Mexico
Times-Picayune
The Gulf of Mexico's dead zone is bigger than ever. Recent surveys put it at an enormous 8,776 square miles, large enough to cover New Jersey.
Press releases
Jackson County Administrator Brian Fulton Named to National EPA Advisory Committee and Subcommittee
WASHINGTON (May 11, 2018) — Today, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the appointment of Jackson County Administrator Brian Fulton of Pascagoula, Miss., to the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC).
Recreational anglers now required
to have shark endorsement
BILOXI, Miss. – Recreational anglers who fish in federal waters now must have a shark endorsement in order to retain sharks. The endorsement is part of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species permit currently required by NOAA.
The HMS permit is available online, and anglers who want to fish for sharks in federal waters must pass a shark identification quiz to get the required endorsement.
The HMS permit costs $20, and it is valid from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 of each year. To apply for the permit and the endorsement, go to https://hmspermits.noaa.gov.
