Oil Spill
$37.8 million in oil spill money is coming to the Coast. Here’s what it will fund.
Sun Herald
A new aquarium. Studies in the use of underwater and aerial drones. A Jackson County connector road. These are among 10 projects to get funding from nearly $40 million allotted the Mississippi Coast under the federal RESTORE Act, officials said Tuesday.
Billions of BP settlement dollars being spent to restore the Gulf of Mexico
Sun Herald (video)
A $20.8 billion settlement after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is being spent in the five Gulf states to help the environment and economy recover after the worst oil spill in the nation's history.
MDEQ announces 10 new restoration projects totaling $37.8 million
WLOX
(includes video)
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced 10 new and supplemental restoration projects that will add about $37.8 million to the total spent on restoration projects after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
$37.8 MILLION HEADED TO THE COAST
WXXV
It was announced at the Mississippi Restoration Summit this afternoon that nearly 38 million additional dollars is headed to the Coast.
State
USGS Mississippi Alluvial Plain Water Availability Study
Delta News TV
Beginning in early November, and lasting for several months, a low-level helicopter will begin flying over parts of seven states in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey, Wade Cress says the goal is acquire a more accurate picture of aquifers in the area.
State wildlife officials still testing deer for chronic wasting disease
WAPT
Officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks are still testing deer for chronic wasting disease.
Regional
EPA’s Southeastern chief indicted on Alabama ethics charges
AP
The man appointed by President Donald Trump's administration to run the Environmental Protection Agency's Southeastern regional office has been indicted, along with a former business partner, on state ethics charges in Alabama.
National
EPA Targets Trucking Industry for New Air Pollution Rules
WSJ
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is pushing for new limits on pollution from commercial trucks, a rare move toward stricter air-quality rules for an administration that has prioritized deregulation.
A new way to fish
Can we save the prized bluefin tuna, and its habitat, by growing it in a lab?
Washington Post
For several years, biotech companies have been promising “clean” meat, “cell-based” meat, “cultured” meat — whatever you want to call it — as a way to enjoy the taste of chicken, pork and beef without the brutality of animal slaughter or the environmental damage of big agriculture. But what about fish? What about something as prized as buttery bluefin tuna, a delicacy that has become the forbidden fruit of the sea because of the many threats that have landed the fish on threatened and endangered species lists?
Press Releases
EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler Launches Cleaner Trucks Initiative
Agency to update nitrogen oxide emission standards for heavy-duty trucks
11/13/2018
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler launched the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI) to further decrease nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from on-highway heavy-duty trucks and engines.
How Hurricanes Michael, Florence May Have Spread Nonnative Species
Release Date: NOVEMBER 13, 2018
USGS’ preliminary storm trackers show potential for subtle damage in natural areas
Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters and Hurricane Michael’s storm surge caused obvious devastation to natural areas, but a subtler set of harms is harder to see. Potentially destructive nonnative aquatic species, such as fast-growing plants that can choke waterways and hungry snails that can attack crops, can fan out across the landscape in the storms’ waters, spreading unseen and becoming hard to eradicate.
