State
Pearl River Flood Plan Finally Emerges
WJTV
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss (WJTV) - For five years, flood control advocates have tried to agree on a way to tame the floodwaters of the Pearl River.
Slidell council to weigh in on Pearl River dam project
Times-Picayune
The Slidell City Council could join several area public bodies in opposing a controversial plan to dam the upper Pearl River.
Starkville lands $1 million sewer grant
Commercial Dispatch
A grant the city of Starkville began seeking several years ago is coming through at just the right time.
City garbage remains up in the air
Daily Leader
Brookhaven aldermen couldn’t come to a decision Thursday night to pick a garbage collector for the city, but did pick an operator for the transfer station.
Longtime director who helped bring the Audubon Center to Moss Point has been let go
Sun Herald
He was the face and voice of the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point, where he served as director for 13 years and opened the new center, but Mark LaSalle has been dismissed by the National Audubon Society with no prior notice.
MAYOR SAYS COSTCO BENEFITS OUTWEIGH ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT
Northside Sun
A proposed Costco Wholesale will mean better schools and millions of dollars in new revenue pouring into the local economy, said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.
Mississippi farming industry has challenges, opportunities
Hattiesburg American
HATTIESBURG – Mississippi’s top industry is beset by challenges but ripe for growth – such is the state of farming today.
ZOO FUND-RAISING EFFORTS WAITING TO START
Northside Sun
For the Jackson Zoological Society, kicking into fundraising mode full-gear appears to be a lot like hurry up and wait.s.
State Government
Entergy 'did lie to Legislature,' AG Jim Hood says of utility's effort to kill lawsuit
AP
The leader of Mississippi's largest privately owned electrical utility said in February that a new lawwouldn't automatically kill a lawsuit by Attorney General Jim Hood, but Entergy Corp. now argues that the law, which doesn't even take effect until July 1, does put an end to the suit.
Easier lift: 1,451-page Mississippi Encyclopedia goes online
AP
A volume meant to encompass everything you need to know about Mississippi is now online.
The University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture says it has posted online all of its Mississippi Encyclopedia , published last year as a 1,451-page book.
Oil Spill
State seeks firms for multiple restoration projects in Barataria Basin
Times-Picayune
The state is seeking a few big construction firms to build multiple large-scale marsh creation and ridge restoration projects in the Barataria Basin, coastal authority officials said Friday (June 22).
Regional
Iowa nitrogen pollution in the water is getting worse, despite hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, study shows
Des Moines Register
Nitrogen pollution flowing out of Iowa to the Gulf of Mexico has grown by close to 50 percent over nearly two decades, a new report shows, despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent to stem nutrients entering the state's waterways.
Louisiana fisherman wait for help from Trump administration
Bayou crawfishermen thought President Trump would clean up their swamp but there's no help in sight.
NBC
ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, Louisiana — The men who rely on the waters here to make a living were confident that President Donald Trump and his administration would help them clean up their swamp.
Hundreds of fish killed in leak from bourbon warehouse collapse
Courier-Journal
LOUISVILLE — An unknown amount of alcohol leaked into waterways after a distillery warehouse collapsed on Friday, sending barrels stacked seven stories high toppling to the ground.
National
The Energy 202: Trump's plan to overhaul government would give Interior and EPA more power
Washington Post
The White House on Thursday unveiled a radical overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, including many of the agencies managing energy and natural resources.
Five things to know about efforts to repeal Obama's water rule
The Hill
The Trump administration is working to repeal former President Obama’s Clean Water Rule.
The 2015 rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers redefines the federal government’s authority when it comes to protecting waterways from pollution and harm.
EPA considered hiring family friend of Pruitt's lobbyist landlords
CNN
A family friend of the lobbyists who rented a room to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was considered for a position at the agency, according to emails first reported by The New York Times on Sunday and confirmed by CNN.
Pruitt faces another probe for employee retaliation allegations
Politico
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is reviewing claims that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt retaliated against a handful of employees who pushed back against his spending and management, according to three people familiar with the process.d some of Pruitt’s decisions.
Press Releases
EPA Proposes Strengthening the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards to Reduce Exposures to Children
06/22/2018
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposal to lower the dust-lead hazard standards for public comment. The new proposed standards for lead in dust for floors and window sills will be an important step to reduce lead exposure.
USGS Estimates 8.5 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Eagle Ford Group
USGS also estimates 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.9 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the formation
The Eagle Ford Group of Texas contains estimated means of 8.5 billion barrels of oil, 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 1.9 billion barrels of natural gas liquids, according to a new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey.
