State
Gulfport plan to build on contaminated site met with concern
WLOX
Concerns are being voiced about the Port of Gulfport using a contaminated site for future construction.
..Daniels said a lot of work has gone into cleaning up the site and that cleanup has been approved by MDEQ.
Wildfires burning in Canada and northwest US causing hazy skies in South Mississippi
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -Skies in South Mississippi have been hazy over the past few days due to smoke, high in the atmosphere passing over the region.
Supervisors get grief over Lamar County's new garbage ordinance
Hattiesburg American
Lamar County supervisors have voted to look into the many requests that have been made for exceptions to the county's new garbage ordinance, approved July 2.
Nissan invests $170m at assembly plants to make new Altima
AP
Nissan has announced a $170 million investment at assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi to produce the 2019 Altima sedan.
State Government
Lottery and aid to localities advance in special session
AP
Mississippi is closer to having a state lottery and diverting existing tax money, all to improve roads and bridges.
Regional
Air quality alert issued for Friday in New Orleans area
Times-Picayune
An air quality alert has been issued for Friday (Aug. 24) throughout the New Orleans area, according to the National Weather Service in New Orleans.
National
E.P.A. Rule Change Could Let Dirtiest Coal Plants Keep Running (and Stay Dirty)
NYT
WASHINGTON — One of the main advancements of the past half-century at coal-burning power plants has been the “scrubber,” a clean-air device that played a major role in ending the acid-rain crisis of the 1970s and that removes millions of tons a year of a pollutant blamed for respiratory disease.
