State
MYSTERY STILL SWIRLS AT EILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
WCBI
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Late Thursday afternoon, the National Guard rolled into Eiland Middle School in Louisville.
Lamar County upgrades with automated garbage truck
WDAM
Danny Young has been with the Lamar County Sanitation Department for about 20 years. He said the new automated garbage truck the county purchased a month ago was key to sanitation workers' safety.
Waste station sought for Lauderdale County landfill
Meridian Star
Harrison Cook, a father of three, told supervisors he wanted to leave something behind for his children and keep his wife proud of his waste management business.
...Before the company can take its first steps in applying for permits with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, supervisors must amend their 20-year solid waste plan to allow for the construction of a transfer facility.
National
EPA to merge two key science offices and disband office focused on science grants
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will merge two key science offices as part of an overhaul of the Office of Research Development (ORD), the EPA confirmed to The Hill Thursday.
House committee votes to relax Endangered Species Act
The Hill
A House panel passed four GOP-backed bills Thursday to amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA), making compliance easier for industries, states and landowners.
Trump officials ease offshore safety rule
The Hill
The Trump administration moved Thursday to ease provisions of a key safety rule for oil and natural gas production from wells drilled offshore, saying some of the Obama-era standards were unnecessarily burdensome on companies.
Boy Scouts of America neckerchief slides recalled due to high levels of lead
WVUE
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The Boy Scouts of America are recalling neckerchief slides due to high levels of lead being found in the products.
Opinion
Hurricanes show the benefits, limits of dams
News & Observer
BY BY MARTIN DOYLE AND LAUREN PATTERSON
September 27, 2018 11:19 AM
Over the past week, rivers in North Carolina have broken previous flood records, many of which were set by Hurricane Matthew just two years earlier.
Press Releases
Mississippi Celebrates National Hunting and Fishing Day
9/27/2018
From MDWFP
JACKSON, MS - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) is proud to again take part in the National Hunting and Fishing Day.
PORT BIENVILLE RAIL-LINE EXTENSION PROJECT PUBLISHES ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPACT STATEMENT
September 27, 2018
(Hancock County, Mississippi) The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission is working with the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mississippi Department of Transportation to extend the Commission’s Port Bienville Short Line Railroad by about 24 miles.
