State
Costco war moves to yet another battlefield
MBJ
Opponents of the proposed Costco Wholesale store in Ridgeland are relentless in their effort to block developers.
...Now the action turns to the Madison County Chancery Court over a permit issued by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the bigger site.at their ‘private club station’ is not a ‘service station.’”
COSTCO
Northside Sun
Opposition alleges aldermen had conflicts when voting
The legal battle over the Ridgeland Costco gas station could come down to whether two Ridgeland aldermen had a conflict when voting to approve it.
A northbound lane of Hwy. 51 is closed as authorities work to right a leaning fuel tanker
Daily Leader
The state’s hazard experts are on scene at R.B. Wall Company Inc. to oversee the transfer of nearly 9,000 gallons of fuel from a tanker that nearly flipped over when a driver made a sharp turn into the parking lot earlier today.
...The tank holds 8,800 gallons of gasoline and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Clifford Galey are on hand as the fuel is offloaded.
20 minute trash pick up
Picayune Item
Thursday afternoon, a number of city employees and volunteers gathered at the intersection of West Canal Street and Main Street in Picayune to conduct a quick cleanup of the area.
The effort was part of the newly established Keep Picayune Beautiful Committee’s promise to keep the city clean.
Mississippi oyster season begins but doesn’t look good
WLOX
PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (WLOX) - Oyster season is finally here, but there are a lot of boats docked at the Pass Christian Harbor.
Engineer explores hydroelectric power at Lock and Dam
Commercial Dispatch
Although it's likely to be at least a half-dozen years away from reality, Columbus and Aberdeen may one day be home to hydroelectric power plants.
A bridge to Deer Island is on FoFo’s wish list for Biloxi this Christmas
Sun Herald
While kids are busy writing to Santa, Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich is making his wish list for Biloxi — and he just added a pedestrian bridge to Deer Island.
Regional
Water woes killing Gulf Coast oyster industry
UPI
In the middle of oyster harvesting season in Apalachicola Bay, Fla., there used to be as many as 600 boats with full crews on the water. But on a chilly morning this month, there was only one man aboard one boat.
National
Pruitt escaped multiple EPA IG investigations by resigning, report says
CNN
Scott Pruitt's resignation as Environmental Protection Agency administrator thwarted multiple investigations into his conduct in office, according to an inspector general report obtained by CNN.
EPA to boost mandate for some biofuels: report
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to increase the federal mandate for certain biofuels.
Cost of keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes nearly triples
AP
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Fortifying an Illinois waterway to prevent invasive carp from using it as a path to Lake Michigan could cost nearly three times as much as federal planners previously thought, according to an updated report.
Opinion
Overlapping environmental disasters put a strain on Gulf communities
Times-Picayune
Recent news suggests that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will soon be eclipsed by the millions of barrels of oil leaking from the Taylor Energy platform since 2004. The Coast Guard this week ordered Taylor to contain the mess, or face massive fines. But cleanup alone may not fully mitigate the damage and effects may linger, as they did after the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Press Releases
MDMR to host open enrollment for oyster relay
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will host an open enrollment period for oyster fishermen to take part in an upcoming oyster relay at the Pascagoula Causeway Reef in Jackson County.
EPA Signs MOU with the State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations
11/29/2018
WASHINGTON (November 29, 2018) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the non-profit, multi-stakeholder, educational organization known as STRONGER. The name, STRONGER, is an acronym for State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations.
EPA and Law Enforcement Partners Announce Sentencing in Louisiana Explosive Waste Disposal Case
11/29/2018
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined law enforcement partners from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana, the Department of Defense, the U. S. Army, the Department of Transportation, the FBI, and the Louisiana State Police in announcing the sentencing of five defendants for their role in a case involving Explo Systems, Inc., a private company involved in the demilitarization of military munitions. Explo Systems’ mismanagement of military munitions resulted in a large detonation at a storage facility in Camp Minden, Louisiana, on October 15, 2012.
The Evolution of Deer Management in Mississippi
MDWFP
Mississippi established its first official deer season in 1905, and five years later, it set a bag limit of five deer. Fewer than 20 years later, the state’s deer herd had depleted to around 1,200.
