State
Waste Pro promises to clean up act
Daily Leader
Waste Pro has rolled out incentives to employees who hang around for the last 45 days of its Lincoln County trash collection contract and will correct its widespread problem with missed pickups, a company representative said Monday.
Water in Olive Branch tested for radioactive content
WMC
OLIVE BRANCH, MS (WMC) -Residents of Olive Branch received a warning about their drinking water.
State Government
MDOT lifts financial sanctions for Jackson
WLBT
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -A sanction by the Mississippi Department of Transportation that could have stopped funding for road projects in Jackson has now been lifted.
Regional
EPA to hold forum Aug. 14 in Fayetteville
Fayetteville Observer
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public forum Aug. 14 in Fayetteville to discuss GenX and other contamination that has been found in the Cape Fear River and private wells surrounding the Chemours Fayetteville Works Facility in Bladen County.
A Toxic Tide Is Killing Florida Wildlife
NYT
Florida has an algae problem, and it’s big. This year, an overgrowth in the waters off the state’s southwestern coast is killing wildlife and making some beaches noxious.
Consumer group hits VW over diesel sales, VW calls actions 'a campaign of misinformation'
Chattanooga Times Free Press
A consumer group is chastising Volkswagen's efforts to return to the marketplace many of the vehicles it bought back in the wake of the diesel emission scandal.
Plans to be unveiled for completion of Alabama nuclear plant
AP
HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (AP) -- Plans for completing an idled nuclear plant in northern Alabama are to be unveiled soon.
National
EPA chief looks to distinguish himself from Pruitt in agency-wide memo
The Hill
The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday sent a staff-wide memo laying out steps the agency is taking to increase transparency, a move that's seen as an effort to differentiate himself from his predecessor.
