State
CITY TO REPAIR BREAKS ON RIDGEWOOD
Northside Sun
One down, four to go.
Contractors recently wrapped up work on one of five major sewer main breaks on the Northside, with the final payment being approved for the Cherry Hills Drive project.
Special Session Of the Greenville City Council Today
Delta Daily News
The Greenville City Council will be meeting in a special session today. Mayor Errick Simmons called the session to consider going behind closed doors to hear from the Washington County Economic Alliance, and to potentially discuss sewer rehabilitation of the Hancock Lift Station and Waste Water Treatment Plant Grit Chamber.
Starkville to add sewer service to Roundhouse Road
Commercial Dispatch
Starkville Utilities will soon initiate a project to bring sewer service to more than a dozen homes on Roundhouse Road that have lacked it, despite the area being annexed into the city limits 20 years ago.
GROUP PUSHING FOR EUBANKS CREEK SOLUTION
Northside Sun
A local advocacy group is throwing its weight behind efforts to shore up Eubanks Creek.
Meanwhile Jackson city officials say they are moving forward with plans to improve drainage there, more than two months after a major storm caused flash flooding in August.
NWS confirms at least nine tornadoes touched down in Thursday morning storms
WLBT
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least nine tornadoes touched down during the storms that blew through central Mississippi early Thursday morning.
Regional
UofM gets $5 million contract with the Memphis Aquifer
WMC
The University of Memphis has landed a five-year $5 million-dollar deal concerning water quality issues with the Memphis Aquifer.
NC man touched raw shrimp after Hurricane Florence. It left him fighting for his life
News & Observer
A North Carolina couple didn’t have to eat the fresh-caught shrimp they bought a few weeks after Hurricane Florence to find out something was wrong with them.
State forgot to make much of Elmer’s Island a refuge
Times-Picayune
Residents turn to city officials to remove junked tires from side of the road
WMC
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - Residents demand answers after more than 100 trashed tires were dumped on the side of the road.
National
Trump admin promises to ‘encourage’ tree burning for energy
The Hill
Three federal agencies said Thursday that they’re working to embrace burning trees and other biomass to create energy in a “carbon-neutral” way.
Opinion
FLOOD CONTROLAND INSANITY
Northside Sun
Albert Einstein said: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” You could say the Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is insane. It built levees to control floods from 1879 to 1928. The great flood of 1927 showed that “levees only” didn’t work. So, Congress tried something different.
Press Releases
EPA Region 4 Administrator Addresses 400 Farmers and State Agriculture Leaders in Mississippi
Remarks emphasized Agency’s response to the call for regulatory certainty in farming
11/01/2018
ATLANTA (November 1, 2018) — Today, U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Trey Glenn addressed more than 400 farmers, state agriculture leaders, Congressional and state elected officials at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s “Washington D.C. Fly-in to the Farm Meeting” in Jackson, Miss.
New Study Found Deep Sea Chemical Dispersants Ineffective in Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
University of Miami
MIAMI—A new study of the Deepwater Horizon response showed that massive quantities of chemically engineered dispersants injected at the wellhead—roughly 1,500 meters (4,921 feet) beneath the surface—were unrelated to the formation of the massive deepwater oil plume.
EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler, USDA Secretary Perdue, and DOE Secretary Perry Send Letter to Congress on Biomass Carbon Neutrality
Managed Forests Can Bolster Domestic Energy Production
11/01/2018
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, along with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry, sent a letter to the House and Senate Committee on Appropriations. The letter describes the agencies’ work to ensure consistent federal policy on forest biomass energy and promote clear policies that encourage the treatment of forest biomass as a carbon-neutral renewable energy solution.
Acres for America Program Awards $3.2 Million to Save Habitats and Increase Public Access to Nature
With Support from Walmart, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has conserved more than 1.4 million acres across United States since 2005
Acres for America, one of the most effective public-private partnerships in the history of U.S. conservation efforts, today announced $3.2 million in grants to protect wildlife habitats across more than 84,350 acres and increase public access to spectacular landscapes in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Montana, South Carolina, Texas and Vermont.
Interior Department Announces Second Consecutive Year of Growth in Energy Revenues as FY 2018 Disbursements Climb to $8.93 Billion
Increase of $1.82 billion is further testament to success of President Trump’s strategy for American energy dominance
11/1/2018
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced today that Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursed $8.93 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 from energy production on federal and American Indian lands and offshore areas. That figure represents an increase of $1.82 billion over the previous year.
