State
Mechanical failure on Ingalls ship causes fuel spill into river
WLOX
Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the mouth of the Pascagoula River after a ship at Ingalls Shipbuilding had a mechanical error, say officials.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality estimates that 500 gallons of fuel spilled into the water Saturday afternoon.
Funding, bids slow Saltillo switch to river water
Daily Journal
SALTILLO – Saltillo officials made the pledge in July to switch from well water to river water, but the process is slow.
Five-year CWD quarantine set for penned deer herd
Enterprise-Journal
A U.S. District judge has imposed a five-year quarantine on a fenced deer herd in southeast Mississippi to prevent the possible spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.
Pascagoula River Audubon Center looking for volunteers
WLOX
HYBRIDS AND PLUGIN VEHICLE POPULARITY SOARS
WCBI
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – The year 2019 vehicles are starting to appear on car lots around northeast Mississippi and Hybrids and Plug-ins continue to be a hot item.
State Government
House, Senate both pass lottery bills. Now it’s time to negotiate the final changes.
Sun Herald
The House passed its version of the lottery bill 70-43 with some of the opponents angry because little to no debate was allowed on the bill.
Oil Spill
After close call, Louisiana state parks can dust off welcome mat thanks to Deepwater Horizons settlement
The Advocate
The Grand Isle State Park was moments from being closed in late June. Now, it’s getting a $6.1 million facelift.
Regional
Logjam on Louisiana-Mississippi border river to be cleared
AP
The government will soon begin clearing a logjam that keeps threatened fish from swimming up the Pearl River and has also gathered debris including refrigerators, televisions, tires, mattresses, boats, and even a houseboat.
EPA chief and Andy Barr tout Trump’s coal plan in Kentucky
Lexington Herald Leader
The coal industry should benefit from President Donald Trump’s proposal to replace an emissions rule that put coal-fired power plants at a disadvantage, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday during a visit to Kentucky.
District eyes Donaldsonville city batture land for new pump station to send more fresh water into Bayou Lafourche
The Advocate
DONALDSONVILLE — A state district that manages the diversion of Mississippi River water into Bayou Lafourche is edging closer to building a major component in a long-standing plan to increase fresh water flow down the historic bayou.
Water hyacinth menace meets its match as Baton Rouge area volunteers take aim at invader
The Advocate
A group of 80 volunteers banded together at BREC’s Blackwater Conservation Area Saturday to do battle with a stubbornly invasive plant invader that clogs many of Louisiana's waterways.
National
Study finds no lasting impacts from Gold King Mine spill
Durango Herald
A three-year water-quality study found no lasting impacts from the Gold King Mine spill in 2015.
Houston to push back on VW settlement spending plan
Houston Chronicle
Houston officials plan to push back on a state proposal for air quality improvements that local leaders feel shortchanges the area.
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.
