State
City of Picayune receives grant for hazardous waste collection
Picayune Item
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has awarded $25,000 in solid waste assistance funding to the city of Picayune.
KEEPING SOUTH MISSISSIPPI BEACHES CLEAN
WXXV
For anyone laying out in the sun on the beach this summer, it is important to pick up trash that belongs to them because you never know who or what suffers from it.me and spend money on the Gulf Coast,” said Dr. Samuelson.
Waste Management named new Jackson Co. service provider
WLOX
Waste Management was named the new solid waste service provider for Jackson County residents. The garbage service will begin trash pick-up on July 1. be collected. If yours have NOT been collected, please call 228-818-5393.
US engineers plan millions in Mississippi water projects
AP
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a work plan that includes nearly $56 million of water projects during this budget year in Mississippi, including some for flood control.
National
Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed Interior, EPA cuts
The Hill
A Senate subcommittee moved Tuesday to advance a $35.85 billion funding bill for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), rejecting many of the proposed cuts that the Trump administration sought for both agencies.
EPA chief Scott Pruitt tapped aide, donors to help wife land job at conservative group
Washington Post
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a job, eventually securing her a position at a conservative political group that has backed him for years, according to multiple individuals familiar with the matter.
Senators demand EPA release results of perfluorinated chemicals study
Parkersburg News and Sentinel
PARKERSBURG — U.S. senators from Ohio and West Virginia have signed a letter demanding the release of a federal study about the levels of perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water supplies.
EPA chief hints he could order more ethanol in fuel
Reuters
A week after the White House suspended its bid to reform the nation’s biofuels policy to aid oil refiners, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday dangled a tantalizing prospect to Midwest corn farmers, saying the agency has the power to expand sales of higher ethanol gasoline blends.
