State
EPA administrator gives $2M to improve Mississippi water quality
NewsMS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt joined over 50 farmers and landowners to announce two Gulf of Mexico Program grants totaling $2 million.
Riverfront Park may reopen in two weeks
Vicksburg Post
Riverfront Park off Washington Street could be reopened to the public in about two weeks, depending on the weather and no other problems with suppliers.
Greenville Hit Hard by Water and Sewer System Repairs
Delta Daily News
Greenville has been hit hard by water and sewer system repairs this year and Mayor Errick Simmons says the city is trying to do more with less.
Plan to dam the Pearl River in Mississippi is drawing increased opposition from these groups
Advocate
What was once called the "two lakes" project, a controversial idea to prevent flooding in the Jackson, Mississippi, area by damming the Pearl River, is going by a new moniker these days: Demonstration Project for the Pearl River Basin.
...It notes that Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality has already put the river on its list of impaired waters because of the amount of wastewater it receives.
Pascagoula River Audubon Center hosts Smithsonian exhibit 'Water/Ways'
WLOX
MOSS POINT, MS (WLOX) -If you want to get your hands on a Smithsonian exhibit right here on the Coast, you better hurry! The Pascagoula River Audubon Center is home to the 'Water/Ways' exhibition for five weeks.
Why did the bear cross the Mississippi road?
Clarion Ledger
A Facebook video showing a black bear crossing a highway in the Mississippi Delta has raised the age-old question, "Why did the bear cross the road?"
State Government
There's been an unexpected staffing shakeup at DMR
Sun Herald
There are some new faces, and a little bit of intrigue, at the Department of Marine Resources offices in Biloxi.
Oil Spill
New attractions await visitors at Infinity Science Center
Picayune Item
The Infinity Science Center recently unveiled several new exhibits now available at the center’s Earth Gallery.
New park, nature preserve coming to Lynn Haven
News Herald
LYNN HAVEN - Progress toward the Lynn Haven Bayou Park and Preserve started Friday with shovels hitting the ground.
Regional
Judge to issue order in WOTUS lawsuit
Brunswick News
Environmental lawsuits can be complex, but the one involving Georgia, the Environmental Protection Agency, numerous other states — and potentially a group of conservation organizations — is more complex than most.
Greensboro officials are still on the trail of chemical contaminant PFOS, which has been found in city's water supply
News & Record
GREENSBORO — Confronting a recent spike of a chemical compound in part of the city water supply, officials are continuing their search near the airport for a possible source.
Truck maker says Washington's political swamp threatens plan to add 250 Kentucky jobs
Lexington Herald Leader
The way Tommy C. Fitzgerald sees it, competitors backed an environmental regulation to kill his business and a federal agency isn't moving quickly to help despite President Donald J. Trump’s vow to ease rules, putting the potential for 250 jobs in Wayne County at risk.
National
Ex-chemical industry lawyer to lead Superfundfund task force
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer tapped to lead a task force at the Environmental Protection Agency overseeing cleanups at the nation’s most polluted places worked until recently for a top chemical and plastics manufacturer with a troubled legacy of creating some of those toxic sites.
A Courtside View of Scott Pruitt’s Cozy Ties With a Billionaire Coal Baron
NY Times
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was one of the biggest games of the University of Kentucky basketball season, and Scott Pruitt had scored two of the best seats in the arena: a few feet from the action, in a section reserved for season-ticket holders who had donated at least $1 million to the university.
Lobbyist tied to EPA chief's condo tried to influence agency
AP
Newly filed reports show the Washington lobbyist linked to a bargain-priced Capitol Hill condo leased by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitthad far more contact with the agency than previously disclosed, despite repeated denials by both men.
Energy Department Prepares New Plan to Prop Up Nuclear, Coal-Fired Power Plants
Trump administration officials cite grid-reliability issue; opponents say plan undermines competitive markets
WSJ
WASHINGTON—The Energy Department is proposing a new plan to bail out failing nuclear and coal-fired power plants by forcing grid operators to take the electricity they produce, a move that could upend competitive power markets and raise prices for consumers.
Exclusive: Are Love Canal chemicals still making people sick?
Buffalo News
NIAGARA FALLS – Searingly painful migraine headaches. Noxious chemical smells so strong they keep her awake at night. A lung problem that has been diagnosed as pulmonary fibrosis.
Pope Francis Will Meet With Oil Company CEOs to Discuss Climate Change
Fortune
Oil company bosses will travel to the Vatican next week to discuss climate change with Pope Francis.
EPA to deny Delaware's petitions for emissions reductions from upwind power plants
News Journal
Delaware's latest attempt to reduce air pollution in the First State by seeking emissions reductions from power plants in upwind states will be denied, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.
Michigan's worst sulfur dioxide polluter cuts emissions by 60 percent
MLive
PORT SHELDON, MI -- The state's worst air polluter of toxic sulfur dioxide is giving West Michigan a breather.
Agency Seeks Input on Using VW Lawsuit Settlement Funds to Improve Air Quality
KUAC
The Alaska Energy Authority is asking Alaskans for ideas on how to use money from a lawsuit settlement to help improve air quality in the state by replacing diesel engines in certain kinds of trucks, buses, locomotives, marine vessels and other equipment.
KDHE Posts Overview of Plan and Invites Comments for VW Settlement
WIBW
Beginning today, Friday, June 1, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) will post online the Kansas Plan for the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust and will collect comments on the content through July 2.
Illinois Sues EPA Over Regulation of Harmful Landfill Emissions
WTTW
Illinois joined a handful of states Thursday in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its alleged failure to regulate emissions of methane and other pollutants from landfills.
Invasive hitchhikers found in laker ballast water
Michigan Radio
A new study may settle a debate over whether ships that travel between the Great Lakes, but don't go into the ocean, can transport invasive species.
Opinion
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: Trump put America first when he withdrew from Paris Accord one year ago
Fox News
One year ago, on June 1, 2017, President Trump boldly and courageously announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Press Releases
Administrator Pruitt Addresses Delta Council, Highlights One Year Since President Trump’s Courageous Paris Announcement
06/01/2018
CLEVELAND, MISS. – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt delivered a keynote address at the Delta Council’s annual meeting highlighting the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s courageous announcement to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement—a promise made and a promise kept.
Oklahoma Study Reveals Possible, Previously Unknown Sources of Earthquakes
USGSMagnetic measurements made during low-altitude airplane flights conducted for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Survey reveal possible deep faults that may contribute to increased seismic activity in response to wastewater injection in certain portions of Oklahoma.
