State
Pinnacle Point site work resumes, still on schedule
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Site work for the multi-million-dollar Pinnacle Point development on North Gloster Street resumed this week after getting approval from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
KERR-MCGEE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY
WCBI
COLUMBUS, Miss.(WCBI) – It has been a year since the completion of clean up efforts for the old Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation site and surrounding areas.
EPA Mandating Additional Sewer System Costs for Greenville
Delta Daily News
When the Federal Environmental Protection Agency demanded Greenville do something about sanitary sewer overflows, the cost to the city was estimated at around $20.5 million dollars.
A fish kill at a Flowood pond is giving one neighborhood a "fishy smell"
WLBT
You've probably noticed a horrible odor is you live in one Flowood neighborhood....a fishy smell. Turns out that's just what the stench was; dead fish!
‘Maroon goes green,’ how MSU is making campus eco-friendly
WCBI
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Mississippi State’s campus is becoming greener. It’s a part of an ongoing sustainability efforts and projects.
It’s called “Maroon Goes Green.”
City officials restart once controversial scrap metal recycling program
Mississippi Press
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Ocean Springs city officials are confident they have the safeguards in place to restart the recycling of scrap metal by the Public Works department, despite the program once being the center of an investigation by the state auditor's office.
SALTILLO WATER SWITCH UNDER CONSIDERATION
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Saltillo residents may have to wait a little longer for clean water.
Board Members of the Northeast Mississippi Regional Water Supply District tabled the city's request to reconnect to river water at their meeting Thursday in Tupelo.
$3.5 million later, collapse at IHOP in Meridian still under investigation
Meridian Star
After spending nearly $3.5 million on new construction to fix the "IHOP sinkhole" that made national headlines in November of 2015, crews finished building a replacement structure in May, but questions remain about the cause of the collapse.
Jackson Zoo workers get pay cuts as revenue keeps falling
AP
Workers at the Jackson Zoo will see deep pay cuts amid declining revenue.
Oil Spill
A look at the new school that could be a big boost to the Coast economy
Sun Herald
Coast students looking to earn a degree in a high-paying profession have more options now that a new pharmacy school has opened.
Seeing BP money at work: Officials tour restoration projects in D'Olive Watershed
WKRG
DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) --They may be beautiful, but there are a lot of issues plaguing our waterways.
Regional
Louisiana marks the 50th anniversary of the reintroduction of the brown pelican
WVUE
Johnny Bradberry remembers growing up on Grand Isle in the 1960s and rarely encountering a pelican.
Teens pick up 70 tons of trash in Shelby County
WMC
SHELBY COUNTY, TN (WMC) -For the past eight weeks, teens spent their summer cleaning the county as part of the Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell's Fight Blight Team.
National
EPA reverses order allowing polluting diesel truck engines
AP
The Environmental Protection Agency has reversed an order issued by Scott Pruitt in his last days as agency administrator that allowed manufacturers to equip new semi-trucks with old, super-polluting diesel engines.
This Indiana Subaru plant hasn’t taken out the trash in 14 years, saves more than $13M
USA Today
While not his official job title, Tom Easterday has become quite the tour guide.
Disney plans to eliminate plastic straws from theme parks by mid-2019
USA Today
Mickey Mouse will still be able to share a soda with Minnie, but they won't be sipping from plastic straws.
BP Pays $10.5 Billion For A Second Chance At The U.S. Shale Game
Forbes
With its $10.5 billion acquisition of oil and gas fields from BHP Billiton, BP is buying itself a second chance at the great American shale game.
