State
Ammonia leak forces evacuation of Wayne Farms in Laurel
WDAM
LAUREL, MS (WDAM) - Workers at Wayne Farms in Laurel had to be evacuated from the facility after an equipment failure led to an ammonia leak late Sunday night, according to Jones County EMA Executive Director Paul Sheffield.
Mystery of chronic wasting disease: More cases confirmed in Miss., but how did it get here?
Clarion Ledger
Mississippi and Tennessee officials this week announced the discovery of more cases of chronic wasting disease. In Mississippi, three additional cases were confirmed, bringing the total number to nine.
Lake Okhissa lodge, conference center plans unveiled
Daily Leader
A Franklin County native’s vision for a game-changing development on Lake Okhissa brought dozens of political and business leaders together Friday to publicly unveil the plan and talk about making it a reality.
Oil Spill
These are the 7 people who will help decide how the BP oil spill money is spent
Sun Herald
An advisory board that will help oversee spending of BP oil spill recovery money is now set.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves appointed the board’s last two members on Friday in Gulfport.
Regional
DEQ on alert in St. James: Wall holding back acidic water inside Mosaic waste pile might collapse
The Advocate
Environmental regulators are engaged in emergency mode in monitoring the stability of a large waste pile at a Mosaic Fertilizer plant in St. James Parish that is threatening to collapse along its northern face, state officials said Friday.
Group clued in on proposed air rules
NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The stakeholder group that will provide input on the state's proposed changes to its air regulations held its first meeting last week.
Shutdown postpones Gulf Hypoxia Task Force meeting
Gazette
The reopening of the federal government Friday came too late for a government task force that already had postponed a meeting on water quality, causing some participants to fear a further slowdown in reducing pollution in the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Chemours 're-importing' GenX waste from Netherlands
WRAL
RALEIGH, N.C. — Chemours has been shipping GenX waste across the Atlantic, collecting the chemicals at its Bladen County plant for processing in an arrangement that surprised state regulators.
National
Trump rollbacks for fossil fuel industries carry steep cost
AP
BILLINGS, MONT.
As the Trump administration rolls back environmental and safety rules for the energy sector, government projections show billions of dollars in savings reaped by companies will come at a steep cost: more premature deaths and illnesses from air pollution, a jump in climate-warming emissions and more severe derailments of trains carrying explosive fuels.
Trump EPA official: Addressing climate change 'one of many priorities'
The Hill
A Trump administration official said Friday that addressing climate change is a “priority” for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but said it can rank behind other issues.
Wisconsin case shows how sewage plants spread unregulated toxins across landscape
Madison.com
Detection of a toxic chemical in a northeastern Wisconsin wastewater treatment plant’s sludge has prompted a halt to application of the material on nearby farms and raised broader concerns about how public sewer systems across the state may be spreading the chemical across the landscape.
Private Equity Rushes In to End Shale Drillers' Water Torture
Bloomberg
Drillers in America’s most prolific shale basins have a $34 billion headache that private equity wants to provide a cure for.
12 eco-friendly ways to save money on your laundry
USA Today
I’m looking forward to laundry day, said nobody ever. It’s a chore that’s a bore, expensive and time-consuming. Still, doing laundry regularly is a part of modern life. According to Procter & Gamble, makers of Tide, American families wash between 300 and 390 loads of laundry a year.
There are numerous eco-friendly ways to get your laundry clean and dry. None of them are hard to do, and they can save you time, effort, and money.
At least 40 dead after dam collapses in Brazil; search for survivors renewed amid growing despair
AP
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian officials on Sunday resumed the search for hundreds of missing people in the wake of a massive dam collapse, with firefighter crews returning to mud-covered areas after a several-hour suspension over fears that a second dam was at risk of breach.
Press releases
MDMR to hold public hearing on proposed Regulatory changes to
Title 22 Parts 5 and 8
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will hold a public hearing at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, regarding definitions involving commercial fishing gear for entrapment, entanglement and haul seine. Additional regulatory changes include the incorporation of these definitions into Parts 5 and 8.
