State
Harrison County hosts hazardous waste collection day
WLOX
People lined up at the Harrison County Road Department on Saturday to go green while cleaning house.
Shrimp season looking good in final stretch
WLOX
This year’s shrimp season may have started out slow, but the haul in Mississippi waters is getting better. With just two months to go in the season, that’s good news for shrimpers' wallets and for seafood lovers.
Wildlife commission makes final decision on new hunting regulations
Clarion Ledger
The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks made its final decision on three proposed regulations this week. What appeared to be the most controversial involved supplemental feeding of wildlife during turkey season.
SHORELINE HABITAT
Northside Sun
To promote shoreline habitat and stabilize the bank, a planting project will soon be underway. Shoreline areas along the Ross Barnett Reservoir, such as the Reservoir Overlook, were recently lined with rip rap rock to repair eroded slopes. Native plantings intermixed within and above the rocks on the bank will supplement this stabilization effort.
A FIRE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AT A FURNITURE PLANT
WCBI
PONTOTOC COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – American Furniture Company catches fire for the second time this year.
BEAUTIFICATION GRANT
Northside Sun
Those commuting along Highland Colony Parkway will soon have a more scenic route thanks to a grant from America in Bloom and CN Railway.
An unfair tax?: Drivers take issue with hybrid/electric car fees; lawmakers claim they are reasonable in face of road, bridge crisis
Commercial Dispatch
When Mike Buehler received a notice from the Mississippi Department of Revenue a week ago that he would be required to pay a fee for driving his 2014 Tesla each year, he bit his lip and did a little research before forming an opinion.
Oil Spill
After Hurricane Michael, activists request BP money to combat climate change
Al.com
With Hurricane Michael serving as a sobering illustration, environmental advocates urged a group of state and federal bureaucrats Thursday to utilize BP oil spill settlement money on projects which can combat rising sea levels.
Can oysters help bring the Manatee River back to its former glory? This group says yes
Bradenton Herald
MANATEE
Local waters dodged a dangerous bullet when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Not a single drop landed in Manatee County, but that won’t stop BP from footing the bill for coastal fortifications.
Regional
Elected officials in Louisiana drag feet on new EPA report as news of chemical exposure trickles out to residents
The Advocate
It’s been 15 years since Marcia Llewellyn left Norco, a community located next to an industrial complex long known for its distinctive odor, and a place that many residents said had become too polluted to live in.
National
EPA scraps pair of air pollution science panels
The Trump administration’s decision is part of a wider plan to change the way the agency reviews science.
Washington Post
The Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to disband two outside panels of experts charged with advising the agency on limiting harmful emissions of soot and smog-forming pollutants.
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EPA weighs allowing oil companies to pump wastewater into rivers, streams
Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — For almost as long as there have been oil wells in Texas, drillers have pumped the vast quantities of brackish wastewater that comes up with the oil into underground wells thousands of feet beneath the earth’s surface.
Opinion
SOLAR POWER IS HERE
Northside Sun
The recent announcement of a 652-acre, 100-megawatt solar farm six miles east of Greenwood is good news in many ways.
Press Releases
EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waiver for Florida
10/12/2018
WASHINGTON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler today approved a request from Florida Governor Rick Scott for an emergency fuel waiver in order to ensure an adequate supply of diesel fuel across the state for ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Michael.
Gulf Islands Land Exchange Bill Heading to President's Desk
Constituent-Driven Proposal to Become Law
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Congressman Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., applauded the final passage of Palazzo’s Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act (H.R. 2615), which will now go to President Trump's desk to be signed into law. Wicker and former Senator Thad Cochran introduced the Senate version of Palazzo’s bill last year.
Natalie Guess appointed to CMR
BILOXI, Miss. – Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed Natalie Guess to the state Commission on Marine Resources representing nonprofit environmental organizations.
