State
18-wheeler sinks in reservoir, 2 pickups hit head-on in Wednesday night wreck
Clarion Ledger
An 18-wheeler ended up in the Ross Barnett Reservoir when the driver swerved to avoid a head-on collision on Mississippi 43 Wednesday night.
...The Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality are still on scene Thursday morning.
Highway reopens after tractor-trailer pulled from lake
AP
A central Mississippi highway has reopened after a tractor-trailer ran off the road and crashed into a lake.
Early results from Delta water conservation project said positive
MBJ
Preliminary results from a water conservation experiment in the Mississippi Delta are encouraging, according to partners in the field trial.
Regional
This satellite image shows Florence's floodwaters polluting the Atlantic
CNN
(CNN)As the Carolinas' swollen rivers crest, their "polluted floodwaters" are dumping out into the Atlantic, visibly discoloring the water offshore, federal experts have noted.
National
EPA to abandon restrictions against chemical linked to climate change
The Hill
The Trump administration is planning to do away with an Obama-era regulation that restricted a known greenhouse gas from being used as a refrigerant in household appliances.
EPA publishes data on ethanol rule exemptions
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing more data on how it implements the federal mandate to blend ethanol into gasoline.
Mayors sign off on protection for Mississippi
Lee News Network
DAVENPORT — Municipal and federal officials want to put monitors on barges traveling the Mississippi River to more frequently track where nutrient pollution is occurring and to what extent, according to a news release from a coalition of mayors representing the area.
Exxon Mobil, Chevron join climate initiative
The Hill
Three of the United States’ largest oil and natural gas companies are joining a major fossil fuel–backed international coalition to battle climate change.
BP targets Texas for American comeback
Houston Chronicle
At the beginning of this century, the British energy company BP achieved its own American dream, becoming the largest oil and gas producer in the United States after spending a combined $75 billion to buy the oil companies Amoco and ARCO in audacious back-to-back deals.
Oil Giants Use Size to Overcome Fracking Challenges
WSJ
FOX CREEK, Alberta—Fracking is entering a new expansion phase in this Canadian town more than 2,000 miles from the center of the U.S. oil boom—one that heavily favors the world’s energy giants.
Suburban Chicago company hit with nearly $5M EPA penalty
AP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a suburban Chicago company will pay a nearly $5 million administrative penalty for selling and distributing an unregistered pesticide.
Missouri school districts angling for new buses as part of VW settlement
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nearly 70 school districts across Missouri are hoping to win a lottery for new, cleaner-running school buses.
Angry mutant green crabs are destroying everything in their path
Fox News
Talk about being crabby.
Angry green crabs from Nova Scotia, angrier than their already ornery green cousins in Maine, are migrating south.
Press releases
EPA Updates RFS Website to Improve Transparency
09/20/2018
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program website to increase transparency surrounding the program. The updated website includes new data and information for both stakeholders and the public.
Who: DeSoto County Board of Supervisors (Chairman Mark Gardner, District 2 Supervisor) and Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (District Commander Col. Mike Ellicott)
Members of the DeSoto Board of Supervisors, Sen. Hyde-Smith, Sen. Wicker, Rep. Kelly, municipal mayors from DeSoto County, and other county officials are also expected to attend.
Florida Trustees Seek Public Comment on Draft Restoration Plan I
