State
Slidell City Council joins opponents of Mississippi's Pearl River flood plan
Times-Picayune
The Slidell City Council has added its voice to several other governmental agencies opposing a controversial plan to dam the upper Pearl River in Mississippi.
Lauderdale County's recycling program resumes
WTOK
Lauderdale County residents will get a chance to help the environment this weekend. That's because the county's recycling program will resume on Saturday, June 30th.
State Government
New MEMA director talks hurricane prep, vision for agency
NewsMS
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has a new director. Col. Greg Michel was recently appointed by Governor Bryant to head MEMA after Lee Smithson stepped down due to his increasing dependence on alcohol and a battle with PTSD.
Mississippi looks to bring fiber internet to rural areas
Daily Journal
HAMILTON, Ala. – The topic of bringing internet service to rural communities brought 46 Mississippi legislators and more than a dozen electric cooperative representatives to Hamilton, Alabama, Wednesday morning to look at an example of success 14 miles across the state line.
Entergy to return millions in tax savings to customers
WDAM
Entergy Mississippi announced Wednesdays that customers will see more than $300 million in benefits under a plan approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
Regional
Supreme Court punts on Florida-Georgia water fight
Ruling extends states’ pricey, long-running legal skirmish
AJC
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday directed an expert judge to revisit key aspects of Florida’s water rights case against Georgia, a disappointing legal outcome for the Peach State after it racked up several recent victories in court related to its long-running water dispute with its neighbors.
Here's how much Louisiana coast is disappearing from roseau cane plague
Times-Picayune
What's the Gulf Coast's future in confronting rapid environmental changes?
Times-Picayune
Questioned chemical found in fish in North Carolina lake
AP
ST. PAULS, N.C. State documents show that a potentially harmful chemical and a number of other compounds have been found in fish near a North Carolina chemical plant.
A Threat to Shale’s Dominance Emerges 200 Miles off the Gulf Coast
A quiet revolution is happening in offshore drilling.
Bloomberg
Deep-water oil production has always meant deep pockets, until now. Drilling through five miles of water and a further mile of rock beneath the seabed is expensive and technically challenging, so the industry is known as much for cost overruns and environmental disasters as it is for building engineering marvels.
National
North American environmental leaders meet in Oklahoma City
NewsOK
Environmental leaders from throughout North America met in Oklahoma City on Tuesday to discuss trends and concerns affecting citizens throughout the continent.
Pruitt seeks to limit EPA's authority to block water pollution permits
The Hill
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt is planning to limit the agency’s authority to block permits for activities that could pollute or harm waterways.
U.S. states sue EPA, Pruitt for rolling back climate change rule
Reuters
A group of U.S. states led by New York sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, accusing Administrator Scott Pruitt of trying to illegally roll back limits on the use of climate change pollutants known as hydrofluorocarbons.
Oil Majors' Big Legal Fear Is Averted—for Now
Bloomberg
Oil companies have for now managed to avoid the legal liability of paying potentially billions of dollars for protection against the impact of climate change. But the fight could only just be beginning.
Press releases
MDMR’s Tails n’ Scales survey design receives NOAA Fisheries certification
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources was notified today that its survey design for Tails n’ Scales, Mississippi’s Red Snapper reporting program, has been certified by NOAA Fisheries for gathering data on the recreational harvest of Red Snapper in the state.
EPA Plans to Award up to $9.3 Million in Beach Water Quality Monitoring Grants
06/27/2018
WASHINGTON — As peak beach season arrives in the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to award up to $9.3 million in total to 39 states, territories, and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.
EPA Region 4
Mississippi $254,000
Cleveland’s Bear Pen Park Lake Opening Announced
6/27/2018 8:36:25 AM
From MDWFP
CLEVELAND - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, (MDWFP) is excited to announce the opening of a new 5-acre fishing lake in Cleveland.
