State
Hancock County emergency officials investigate a ‘mysterious odor’ near Bayside
Sea Coast Echo
Officials are investigating what caused a mysterious odor to seep from a Hancock County home into the streets of the Springfield subdivision Friday night.
...The Mississippi Department of Environmental Equality Emergency Response Division was called to the scene along with Hancock County Emergency Management officials, who evacuated the homeowners while firefighters conducted an initial search and opened all windows and doors for ventilation purposes.
A visit to the Blue Crab Hatchery
Hattiesburg American
A quick look inside some of what goes on at the Southern Miss Blue Crab Hatchery
Ingalls awards $99K in STEM grants to coast schools
NewsMS
ngalls Shipbuilding has awarded $99,783 in grants to 31 STEM-related projects and initiatives from schools and educational organizations in Mississippi and Alabama. This is the 11th year for the program and Ingalls has awarded more than $1 million for science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects during that period.
State Government
Bill could push more Mississippi government records online
AP
Some Mississippi lawmakers say they are pushing for greater transparency by government boards and agencies.
#MSLeg: Fate of bill calling for deer feeding ban appears sealed
Clarion Ledger
A bill in the House calling for a statewide ban of supplemental feeding of deer in Mississippi appears to have drawn its last breath.
Gov. Bryant joins American Heart Association
WJTV
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant mansion will be lit up in red as he joins the American Heart Association to raise awareness of women's heart.
Oil Spill
Clams don’t mess around after oil spills, UL researchers find
KATC
Stout razor clams may be on the cutting edge of oil spill cleanup, according to University of Louisiana at Lafayette researchers.
Regional
Gov. Edwards taps Bren Haase as CPRA executive director
Times-Picayune
Volkswagen subsidiary building electric vehicle charging stations
Chattanooga Times Free Press
When Volkswagen's planned Chattanooga electric vehicle plant starts cranking out SUVs in the future, buyers can fuel up at a network of charging stations VW is building across America.
National
New EPA policy would offer alternative to penalties for some oil, gas polluters
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) office of enforcement will soon unveil a new finalized audit policy that will offer significant new penalty reductions for the oil and gas industry, according to two internal memos obtained by The Hill.
U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials
Reuters
A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials.
Press Releases
Statement from EPA Water Chief on PFAS
01/29/2019
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water Assistant Administrator David Ross released the following statement:
“Despite what is being reported, EPA has not finalized or publicly issued its PFAS management plan, and any information that speculates what is included in the plan is premature. The agency is committed to following the Safe Drinking Water Act process for evaluating new drinking water standards, which is just one of the many components of the draft plan that is currently undergoing interagency review.”
Super-Sized Surprise - 468-pound, Mississippi bear goes against type
MDWFP
German biologist Carl Bergmann proposed a principle in the 19th Century: Warm-blooded animals (particularly mammals) living in cold climates tend to be larger than their warm climate counterparts.
