Mary Katherine Brown Obituary (Aug 3)
State
Mayor seeks landfill moratorium
Madison County Journal
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee pleaded with county supervisors on Monday to try and stop a proposed landfill from developing off North County Line Road.
Supervisors partnering with local to produce anti-litter book
Picayune Item
Litter has become a problem that the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors would like to resolve.
Poplarville facing refuse problems
Picayune Item
Poplarville is facing a refuse problem on private and public property.
Regional
DOJ investigating after Alabama beachgoers apparently kill hundreds of protected birds
The Hill
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting an investigation after beachgoers visiting an Alabama island re-arranged eggs of a federally protected bird species and left them to "cook" in the sun, according to the Birmingham Audubon Society.
National
EPA is ordered to ban farm pesticide chlorpyrifos
CNN
Washington (CNN)A federal court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a pesticide used widely in farming.
Head of wildlife agency departing Trump administration
The Hill
Greg Sheehan, the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), is stepping down from his post, the Interior Department confirmed to The Hill on Thursday.
EPA reconsiders Washington state's contentious water rules
AP
SEATTLE - The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering water quality standards it approved for Washington state two years ago, taking up a review requested by industry groups.
VW emission settlement plan favors San Antonio, El Paso over Houston and Dallas
Houston Chronicle
El Paso receives almost as much money as Houston in the state’s plan for spending $209 million from the Volkswagen diesel emissions settlement, as state environmental officials favored focusing on areas where they could get air quality back into federal compliance.
Opinion
EDITORIAL/Pause on another landfill
Madison County Journal
Madison County has two of the state’s 18 landfills and another is still on the drawing board here from 2012 that Ridgeland is opposing.
Press Releases
MDMR to hold public hearing on proposed fish net ban
around Cat Island
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, regarding a proposed fish net ban within one mile around Cat Island.
NFWF Awards $2.2 Million in Grants to 59 Projects Nationwide to Restore Wildlife Habitat and Urban Waters
Community stewardship program awards grants in 30 states and the District of Colombia
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 9, 2018) – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced 59 grants totaling $2.2 million to restore wildlife habitat and urban waters in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
