State
Fire on truck carrying pool chemicals closes exit 24 in south Lincoln County
Daily Leader
A hazmat team from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality worked several hours in Lincoln County Thursday to clean up after a fire partially destroyed an 18-wheeler carrying calcium hypochlorite.
THOMPSON COMES OUT AGAINST ONE LAKE
Northside Sun
JACKSON, Miss. – Today marks the public comment deadline on the Integrated Draft Feasibility and Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the ill-conceived, destructive project locally known as “One Lake”.
Despite promise, no area meeting for One Lake
Daily Leader
The deadline for public input on an engineering study for the proposed One Lake project in Jackson ended Thursday without a public meeting for cities and counties along the middle portion of the river between the capital and the state line, despite assurances Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District attorney Keith Turner gave to The Daily Leader in early July.
PETAL RESIDENTS TO SEE SLIGHT INCREASE IN WATER/SEWER BILLS
Hub City Spokes
Beginning Oct. 1, Petal residents will see a slight increase on their water/sewer and garbage bills, by a total of about $4 a month.
...“We’ll need a permit from the (Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality) to do that, but we can buy one of the incinerators – I think it’s about $80,000,” Marx said. “We can do that cheaper than taking (the trash) over to Lamar County, where we have to take it now to dump it.
Developers offer ideas for the future of Biloxi’s Pt. Cadet
WLOX
Biloxi city officials are looking at ways to bring in development that could alter the face, and the use of the Point Cadet.
NATURE TOURISM BASED WORKSHOP
WXXV
This morning, the Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area hosted a nature tourism based workshop at Bodega in Bay St. Louis.
Operation Clean Sweep set for the Spillway
WJTV
Next weekend volunteers will help clean parts of the Reservoir Spillway. The clean up is part of the annual operation clean sweep on the Pearl River
Looking back on Tropical Storm Gordon and lessons learned
WLOX
Tropical storm Gordon has come and gone, leaving very little impact on the Mississippi coast.
The storm veered to the east just before coming ashore last night, sparing the coast much of his wind and rain. At a press briefing earlier today, state emergency officials stressed that each storm must be taken seriously.
Oil Spill
County faces deadline on restoration
Port St. Joe Star
A special meeting by the Board of County Commissioners is likely within the next 10 days on a proposed beach restoration project.
Regional
$2 million EPA grant will create Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program
PNJ
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $2 million grant Wednesday to create an estuary program for Pensacola and Perdido bays.
Lawsuit: Fed utility rate changes are anti-renewable energy
AP
A lawsuit claims that a federal utility's rate changes discourage homeowners and businesses from renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.
National
The E.P.A.’s Review of Mercury Rules Could Remake Its Methods for Valuing Human Life and Health
NYT
WASHINGTON — When writing environmental rules, one of the most important calculations involves weighing the financial costs against any gains in human life and health. The formulas are complex, but the bottom line is that reducing the emphasis on health makes it tougher to justify a rule.
Congress wants EPA to more quickly regulate unsafe chemicals
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers pressed the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to act faster to bring more of the country’s most hazardous industrial chemicals and substances under tighter regulation, saying agency action on the health risks was “bogged down.”
EPA urged to set national, enforceable standard for PFAS in drinking water
Detroit News
Experts and lawmakers told a U.S. House panel Thursday that federal regulators should act to set a national, enforceable standard to deal with drinking-water contamination by a potentially harmful class of fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS.
New Jersey becomes first state to regulate dangerous chemical PFNA in drinking water
NorthJersey.com
New Jersey became the first state this week to adopt stringent standards that will force water providers to remove an industrial chemical found in several drinking water systems.
Trump nominee for mine regulator withdraws
The Hill
President Trump’s nominee to lead a mining industry regulator withdrew his name from consideration Thursday, citing frustration over the ethics review process.
New York gets $128M in Volkswagen settlement
Funds will be used for clean transportation
Albany Times Union
ALBANY - New York's effort to embrace green transportation is getting a boost from a 2016 multi-state settlement with Volkswagen.
Nebraska to use Volkswagen emissions settlement money on cleaner diesel engines
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska will use its first installment of Volkswagen settlement money to help individuals and local entities replace five diesel garbage trucks and six diesel irrigation engines.
Where did the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch come from? How do we stop it?
USA Today
The water bottle could be from Los Angeles, the food container from Manila, and the plastic bag from Shanghai.
Press releases
EPA Releases Interactive Sector Snapshots of Industry Environmental and Economic Performance
First Snapshots Showcase Iron and Steel, Chemical Manufacturing, and Utilities and Power Generation Industries
09/06/2018
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new interactive, web-based tool that provides information about the environmental and economic performance of industry sectors.
NFWF announces $1.5 million in grants to reduce derelict fishing gear along U.S. coastlines
Removal efforts to focus on Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Puerto Rico and Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 06, 2018) –The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced seven grants totaling $1.5 million to reduce derelict fishing gear – lost, abandoned or discarded in the marine environment – in targeted areas in U.S. coastal waters.
