State
Saltillo water rate increase goes before PSC
Daily Journal
The continuing saga of Saltillo switching all of its customers to river water has moved before a state regulatory board.
Clarksdale Utility Hopes to Restore Confidence
DeltaDailyNews
The Clarksdale Public Utilities board met this week and in executive session discussed a personnel matter not related to the terminations of former General Manager Mark Johnson, CFO Steve Reed, and communications director Chris Campos.
Dumpster Day Oct. 27 has four drop-off locations
The Vicksburg Post
The Vicksburg Beautification Committee has teamed up with the city of Vicksburg and Waste Management in an effort to make Vicksburg a cleaner and more pleasant place.
Management offered
Group seeks to take on oversight of Liberty’s Ethel Vance Natural Area
Enterprise-Journal
LIBERTY — A group of Amite County businessmen and citizens expressed interest Tuesday in taking over management of Ethel Vance Natural Area, which they said is in need of “renovation and revitalization.”
State Government
I-269 official opening slated for Oct. 26
DeSoto Times-Tribune
The long-awaited official opening of I-269 is at hand and Northern District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert said MDOT officials have set 10 a.m. Oct. 26 as the date when the ribbon will be cut on the recently completed nine-mile segment of the 30-mile I-69/269 loop through DeSoto County to Tenn. Hwy. 385 near Collierville.
Oil Spill
Long-term impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill the focus of UT Marine Science Institute research
Houston Chronicle
PORT ARANSAS — The immediate impact the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill had on animals and marine life in the Gulf of Mexico was obvious.
50 years after Louisiana state bird's reintroduction, brown pelicans face this new threat
The Advocate
Not so long ago, the Pelican State lost its namesake bird.
Regional
Michael targets Gulf Coast with midweek landfall
WLOX
Tropical Storm Michael intensifying and crossing into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. Very heavy to extreme rainfall and hurricane-force winds are aiming at the Florida panhandle, where Michael is expected to make landfall by the middle of this week.
Coal ash didn’t pollute NC river above state standards, officials say
The Hill
North Carolina officials didn’t find any evidence that potential coal ash in the Cape Fear River led to unacceptable water pollution levels.
Widespread fish kills predicted to continue for weeks in NC, experts say. Here’s why.
Charlotte Observer
Widespread fish kills have been reported in 15 North Carolina coastal rivers and lakes; the state Wildlife Resources Commission predicted this week that the trend will continue, perhaps for weeks.
In state, drinking water in tests below EPA limit for 14 chemicals
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
As federal regulators weigh the possibility of regulating a harmful set of chemicals found in millions of Americans' drinking water, no testing conducted in Arkansas appears to show the chemicals' presence in the state's drinking water.
National
GOP senators ask EPA to block states that have 'hijacked' rule to stop fossil fuel production
The Hill
A group of Republican senators are highlighting concerns that a provision under a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water rule makes it too easy to block fossil fuel projects.
Climate change warning is dire
Washington Post
The world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to holding global warming to moderate levels, and nations will need to take "unprecedented" actions to cut their carbon emissions over the next decade, according to a landmark report by the globe's top scientific body studying climate change.
Trump to announce pro-ethanol measure on Tuesday ahead of Iowa trip: sources
Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the lifting of a federal ban on summer sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline on Tuesday in Washington DC ahead of a trip to Iowa the same day, according to two sources familiar with the planning of the event.
Residents and local officials urge faster federal action on PFAS at EPA meeting in Kalamazoo
Michigan Radio
Officials from the EPA, the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services met in Kalamazoo to discuss PFAS chemicals, but only a handful of selected speakers could ask questions and share their thoughts.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality using drone to find source of PFAs
WDIV
Press Releases
Wicker, Hyde-Smith & Palazzo announce $11.2 million grant for Gulf Coast Water quality project
RESTORE Act Funds Will Support Wastewater System Upgrades
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced a $11,202,349 grant to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to fund the Mississippi Gulf Coast Water Quality Improvement Program, which will support construction of water quality improvement projects.
