State
JACKSON RENEGOTIATING CONSENT DECREE
Northside Sun
Jackson is finally beginning the process of renegotiating terms of its sewer consent decree.
WATER ADVISORY FOR AREAS IN GULFPORT-BILOXI
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a water contact advisory after a waste water leak in Gulfport Tuesday afternoon.
Sediment build up a potential flood hazard for basin
Vicksburg Post
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to take another look at maintenance in the Big Sunflower River Basin, the chief engineer for the Mississippi Levee Board said.
LITTLE HELP
Northside Sun
Design work is about to wrap up on a project designed to improve drainage along Eubanks Creek in Fondren.
COSTCO COULD OPEN IN SPRING; AREA RESIDENTS STILL FIGHTING
Northside Sun
The Ridgeland Costco could be welcoming customers next spring.
Meanwhile, residents opposed to the store are still fighting the matter in court.
Southern Miss team to collect 4,000 pounds of cardboard
Hattiesburg American
When several thousand Southern Miss students move into their dorms Friday and Saturday, they'll be unpacking hundreds of thousands of cardboard boxes.
National Park Service proposing limited use of personal watercraft around MS Sound
WLOX
New restrictions could change the use of jet skis and other personal watercraft around Davis Bayou and the Mississippi Sound.
Entergy Mississippi opening French Camp plant
NewsMS
Entergy Mississippi intends to purchase the Choctaw Energy Facility, a modern power plant in French Camp, subject to regulatory approval.
State Government
Fate of BP money could be decided at Mississippi special session this week
Sun Herald
Republicans appear to be close to a deal to pay for millions of dollars in road and bridge repairs across the state, but whether they’ll decide what to do with $600 million in BP economic damages in special session of the Legislature that begins Thursday isn’t so clear.
Oil Spill
Navarre Beach adding more artifical reefs in the Gulf
WUWF
The deployment of more than 500 artificial reef structures began last week in Navarre Beach as part of a project funded by Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA).
Regional
EPA: We will complete cleanup of north Birmingham Superfund site
Al.com
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday reaffirmed its prior commitment to remove contaminated soil from a cleanup site in north Birmingham.
Florida red tide: Wildlife advocate stunned by toll on fish
AP
The head of one of the U.S.'s largest environmental nonprofits says he was stunned Wednesday to see thousands of dead fish and devastation to other marine life from a red tide off hugging southwest Florida's Gulf Coast.
Super snake could emerge from the Florida Everglades, scientists warn
Miami Herald
What started out as a straightforward genetic study of Florida’s invasive python population has turned up a surprising plot twist: a small number of crossbred Burmese and Indian pythons with the potential to become a kind of Everglades super snake.
How the Pelican State nearly lost its pelicans: Saving the Southern Wild
Times-Picayune
On a tiny island north of Grand Isle live thousands of fishers who travel miles from their home each day in search of schools of Gulf menhaden to feed their young. When they spot the fish, they plunge bill first into the water to catch them.
National
Air Pollution Is Shortening Your Life. Here’s How Much.
NYT
Air pollution is shaving months — and in some cases more than a year — off your life expectancy, depending on where you live, according to a study published Wednesday.
Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change
AP
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile "spine" of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast.
The New Gas Market: Shipowners Needing Cleaner Fuel
Change in maritime regulations boosts demand for liquefied natural gas
WSJ
The global shipping industry could become a new market for liquefied natural gas, thanks to a drastic change in maritime law that aims to curb air pollution.
The Next Big Bet in Fracking: Water
Investors sense opportunity in companies that handle drilling wastewater
WSJ
Some investors see fortunes to be made in the U.S.’s hottest oil field—by speculating in water, not crude.
Kroger to eliminate plastic checkout bags by 2025
Fox 19
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -The nation's largest supermarket is banning plastic checkout bags by 2025.
Press Releases
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will host four public scoping meetings for the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement to address the impacts associated with the construction of remaining authorized work on the Mississippi River mainline levees of the Mississippi River and Tributaries project.
