State
Lauderdale County tries to crack down on dumping and littering
Meridian Star
On Monday mornings, Lauderdale County workers spend up to two hours picking up trash outside of Road Department Satellite B in Collinsville, cleaning up after people who dumped their trash around the "white goods" facility during the hours it was closed.
...Mayatt and Chris Lafferty, the county administrator, said they visited with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to discuss options for trash control. MDEQ suggested that the county draft an ordinance that could open up grant funding for an enforcement officer, who would be tasked with ticketing people using illegal dumpsites or littering.
Tires removed from Monroe County creek, arrest made
WTVA
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) - An Okolona man is accused of dumping tires into a creek in Monroe County.
Delicious soft-shell crabs? Here's how one day you might get them from Mississippi fishermen
Hattiesburg American
That soft-shell crab you enjoy at your favorite seafood restaurant or that cocktail crab you order as an appetizer likely came from Southeast Asia, not the Mississippi Gulf.
Special Report: Mississippi Nuked Twice
Lamar County Cold War Test Site
WJTV
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - When you think of atomic explosions, images of the unprecedented devastation in Japan at the end of World War 2, or mushroom clouds over the desert spring to mind. But, did you know that 2 atomic bombs were detonated in Mississippi a little more than 50 years ago.
State Government
MASTER PLAN FOR CCID UNDER WAY; SHOULD BE READY BY MID-MARCH
Northside Sun
A master plan for the Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID) should be in place by mid-March.
#MSLeg bill would divert millions of dollars to Mississippi tourism group
Clarion Ledger
Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, told fellow lawmakers Thursday that putting more money into advertising Mississippi is a smart investment.
Oil Spill
Canal Road widening, part of $40 million in RESTORE Act funding for Orange Beach
Fox 10
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) - The widening of Canal Rd. is one of several projects coming to Orange Beach, funded by penalties associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (BP oil spill).
Regional
Conservation groups air Louisiana land loss Super Bowl ad
AP
A group of conservation organizations fighting Louisiana's coastal erosion problems is taking their message to the Super Bowl.
National
Six U.S. states sue Trump's EPA over interstate smog pollution rule
Reuters
Six Northeastern U.S. states and New York City have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to toughen smog restrictions in industrial states that blow pollution across their borders, officials said on Thursday.
15 AGs petition Trump administration to draft asbestos rule
The Hill
The Attorneys General from 15 states are petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to draft a policy to collect more data on harmful asbestos.
Texas Gulf wetlands face population, development challenges
Galveston County News
To a motorist, zipping south through Galveston County from Houston to Galveston Island, the surrounding landscape might look like a whole lot of nothing — flat land, scrubby grass and frontage roads edging up to open prairie.
BP will link bonuses for 36,000 workers to climate targets
CNN
BP has pledged to align its business more closely with global climate goals and link the bonuses of 36,000 employees to greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Washington State to Regulate Federal Dams to Cool Hot Water
AP
SEATTLE (AP) — A NEW draft analysis by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says dams and climate change are the leading cause of high temperatures in the Columbia and Snake rivers that are killing salmon.
Press Releases
EPA and Partners Announce Sunoco Pipeline and Mid-Valley Pipeline Settle Oil Spill Violations with $5M Civil Penalty
01/31/2019
DALLAS – (Jan. 31, 2019) In the latest joint federal-state Clean Water Act enforcement action, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. has agreed to pay civil penalties and state enforcement costs and to implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws by Sunoco and Mid-Valley Pipeline Company stemming from three crude oil spills in 2013, 2014, and 2015, in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
EPA Appoints New Members to the Science Advisory Board and Subcommittees
Administrator Continues to Strive for Scientific and Geographical Diversity
01/31/2019
WASHINGTON (January 31, 2019) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the appointment of members who will serve on the Science Advisory Board (SAB) and four subcommittees including; the Agricultural Science Committee (ASC), the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC), the Drinking Water Committee (DWC), and the Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC).
