State
Couple sentenced for illegally storing 9 million pounds of hazardous waste in Franklin County warehouse
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A husband and wife who admitted improperly transporting 9 million pounds of hazardous waste and storing it in a Franklin County warehouse have been sentenced in federal court here to probation and ordered to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $1.5 million.
$1.1 million in Tidelands funds to power Jackson County projects
Mississippi Press
JACKSON COUNTY, Mississippi -- With $10 million in Tidelands funds released to the Mississippi coast by the Secretary of State's office, Jackson County is already set to move forward with some $1.1 million in projects which will be funded with Tidelands proceeds.
AmeriCorps volunteers at Clarkco State Park
WTOK
QUITMAN, Miss. (WTOK) - AmeriCorps Southern Region Bayou 2 is helping Clarkco State Park by clearing debris from trails and rebuilding bridges. Several bridges were washed away in 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina.
Oil Spill
A Gulfport hospital is saving hundreds of patients. They happen to be turtles.
Sun Herald
Imagine swallowing a hook with a large weight attached to it.
Imagine spending months with that hook inside you while you try to carry on with your life.
That happens to sea turtles on a regular basis when they take a fisherman’s bait.
Lucky for them, there is someone here to help.
Study: Pressure changes, not subsea dispersants, helped break up BP oil spill into tiny droplets
The Advocate
More than 771,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were applied onto the spewing Macondo wellhead, nearly a mile beneath the surface, in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster — a controversial and unprecedented attempt to break up the oil as it poured into the Gulf of Mexico.
Alabama opens new ‘crown jewel’ and ‘cozy’ beachside hotel and convention center
Al.com
Alabama’s “crown jewel” for tourism, a gleaming hotel and convention center at Gulf State Park financed primarily with BP’s payouts for its 2010 oil spill, opened Friday with reflections from public officials about its predecessor that was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan 14 years ago.
Regional
EPA approves dicamba use in Arkansas after herbicide's ban
AP
A recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling clears the path for Arkansas farmers to use the herbicide dicamba on soybeans and cotton, ending a state-wide ban on the weed killer's use.
National
EPA plans ‘accelerated’ consideration of ozone pollution rule
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to implement an “accelerated” process for deciding whether to further restrict allowable ground-level ozone pollution limits.
Colorado Measure Could Force State to Pay Frackers
WSJ
Colorado voters on Tuesday will decide whether to sharply curtail oil-and-gas drilling in an election that has divided the state.
Opinion
Okhissa stroll brings back lake’s complex history
Enterprise-Journal
The other day I had a mid-morning interview at Meadville, so I had some time to kill beforehand. I hadn’t been to Okhissa Lake in a while so I headed over there with the idea of poking around, taking a photo or two and getting in some walking.
...The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality commissioned an independent inspection to settle the dispute. The inspectors found some problems, including those cracks, made recommendations, and the revised project continued with a different contractor.
The dam was put to a test in 2012 when it withstood Hurricane Isaac, whose heavy rains damaged the dams at Percy Quin State Park and Lake Serene in Hattiesburg but didn’t hurt Okhissa’s.
Press Releases
Register for the November 14 Open Ocean Annual Meeting Webinar
The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group will hold its annual public meeting via an interactive webinar on November 14, 2018.
