State
Airport Circle Residents in Grenada Express Concerns About Groundwater
DeltaNewsTV
One Grenada Community making claims that something is in the groundwater affecting residents.
...The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has addressed the residents of the Airport Circle Community saying the Agency will conduct sampling activities regarding the groundwater, and soil to determine the source of the water concerns. Residents say now they're seeking those answers, and solutions.
I-22 REOPENS AFTER TREMONT WRECK
WTVA
traffic is moving normally again here on i-22 as you can see behind me all that's left is a clean up now of a load of cotton that was cargo on an 18-wheeler. as we told you earlier today, the driver of the 18-wheeler dozed off lost control and turned his vehicle over. he was not hurt in the accident but traffic had to be diverted for several hours as the highway patrol mdot and other workers tried to clear the highway. the mississippi department of environmental quality was also on hand to ensure that the diesel fuel expelled from the accident was removed.
Marine Education Center takes fun approach to environmental studies
WLOX
It took 10 years and $16 million dollars, but the new Gulf Coast Research Lab's Marine Education Center at Cedar Point in Ocean Springs has been open for five months.
Bear numbers on the rise, still endangered in Miss
Picayune Item
Just two months after a video was taken of a black bear on East Canal Street in Picayune, local resident Johnny Lloyd Smith saw a bear on his land off Dupont-Harts Chapel Road.
Smith took casts of the tracks the bear left behind as evidence.
Poultry farmers voice concerns at Senate Agriculture hearing
WJTV
Small business poultry farmers are asking state legislators to clear up red tape preventing them from raising more chicken and allow them to transport and sale to retailers.
Australian company Nufarm to open $20M Mississippi plant
AP
GREENVILLE, MISS.
An Australian farm chemical and seed company will open a distribution facility in Mississippi, investing $20 million and hiring 68 people.
State Government
Coast leaders hope to solve BP settlement issue at special session
WLOX
Coast lawmakers and leaders are hoping on a decision to allocate that $640 million worth of BP settlement money to South Mississippi.
Mississippi Craft Center renamed for Governor Bill Waller
WJTV
The Mississippi Craft Center bears a new name in honor of the man who helped found the Craftsmen's Guild forty-five years ago.
Regional
Dredging of Mississippi River gets critical endorsement
AP
A plan to deepen the main channel of the Mississippi River to 50 feet from a Louisiana city to the Gulf of Mexico has won a critical endorsement from the Army Corps of Engineers.
National
EPA unveils new Trump plan gutting Obama power plant rules
The Hill
The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled its plan to replace former President Obama's Clean Power Plan regulations, which imposed new restrictions on coal-fired power plants that President Trump vowed to unravel.
EPA says its new coal plan could ‘adversely affect human health’
The Hill
A recently introduced Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to ease restrictions on emissions from coal-fired power plants would lead to new carbon-related health issues and as many as 1,400 premature deaths per year, according to an EPA analysis of the proposal.
Press Releases
EPA Proposes Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule
08/21/2018
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new rule to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing coal-fired electric utility generating units and power plants across the country.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., supports the Trump Administration’s new “Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule,” which was announced today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
