State
Treatment plant proposals presented
Vicksburg Post
The company with the contract to manage and operate Vicksburg’s water treatment plant on Haining Road is looking for a similar arrangement with the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
Starkville aims to tackle water infrastructure
Commercial Dispatch
Infrastructure and parks are coming into focus as major considerations as Starkville begins its planning cycle for the Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget.
City Finances In Limbo after Millions Go Into Infrastructure Projects
DeltaNewsTV
3.8 million, that's the roughly dollar amount the city of Greenville has spent on infrastructure projects since 2015.
Speckled trout season cancelled due to false fishing reports
WLOX
In a bombshell announcement, the executive director of the Department of Marine Resources announced the cancellation of the second commercial speckled trout season in Mississippi waters.
Oyster relay program approved, fishermen not happy
WLOX
After weeks of discussion, an oyster relay program has been approved by the Commission on Marine Resources.
Want to hunt alligators in Mississippi? You have to win this 'lottery.'
Sun Herald
It's not for the faint at heart, but if you want to be an alligator hunter, you can soon apply for a permit for Mississippi's 2018 alligator season along public waterways.
State Government
Governor says lottery could be added to special session agenda
WAPT
Gov. Phil Bryant said a special session could be in the works to fund road and bridge repairs. He said it could also include a state lottery.
Regional
Soggy Alberto triggers mudslides, threatens dam failure
AP
Mudslides triggered by the soggy remnants of Alberto forced evacuations below a dam and closed an interstate highway in the western mountains of North Carolina on Wednesday.
National
EPA's Pruitt keeps SO2 rules
Pruitt says maintaining existing standard is best way to continue air quality improvement.
Western Farm Press
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is proposing to retain, without revision, the existing primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2). EPA and its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), agree that this existing standard continues to provide health protection for Americans, including respiratory effects following short-term exposures to SO2 in ambient air.
Ethanol, farm groups sue EPA over refineries' biofuels exemptions
Reuters
A coalition of ethanol and farm groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, challenging its decision to free three refineries, including one owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, from annual biofuels requirements.
Lowe's will stop selling these fast but dangerous paint strippers by year's end
News & Observer
Under pressure from environmental and consumer safety advocates, Lowe’s home improvement stores will phase out certain potentially dangerous paint strippers by the end of 2018.
Press releases
EPA Proposes to Retain National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Dioxide
05/29/2018
WASHINGTON - Today, after carefully reviewing the most recently available scientific evidence and risk and exposure information as well as consulting with the Agency’s independent science advisors, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is proposing to retain, without revision, the existing primary (health-based) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2).
Commercial season for Speckled Trout
will not reopen June 1
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Tuesday that the commercial season for Speckled Trout will not reopen Friday, June 1.
