State
SMITHSONIAN’S WATER/WAYS EXHIBIT COMES TO TENN-TOM WATERWAY MUSEUM
WCBI
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Water plays a vital role in our lives and our communities.
Now, you can learn how.
New pipeline aims to bring industry, jobs to Amory
WTVA
AMORY, Miss. (WTVA) - A new natural gas pipeline at the Port of Amory is expected to attract new industries and bring new jobs.
State Government
Desoto County homeowners fight Olive Branch annexation plans
WMC
Hundreds of Desoto County homeowners gave up part of their weekend to organize against what many of them call a threat to their way of life.
Regional
Shell subsidiary to pay $2.2M fine for 2016 Gulf oil spill
Houma Courier
A subsidiary of Shell Oil Co. has agreed to pay a $2.2 million fine after a pipeline broke and spilled about 1,900 barrels of oil about 90 miles off Terrebonne Parish in 2016.
With gypsum wall slipping under weight of rain-filled lake, Mosaic taps emergency reservoir
The Advocate
Mosaic Fertilizer executives and their contractors are scrambling to find new places to store millions of gallons of highly acidic water being drained from a slumping 140-acre lake atop a towering waste pile in St. James Parish.
National
EPA's Wheeler continues frequent meetings with industry his agency regulates
CNN
The Environmental Protection Agency's acting administrator Andrew Wheeler has maintained the custom of his predecessor Scott Pruitt of meeting with far more industry executives and lobbyists than environmental groups.
Trump EPA's pollution, waste reduction numbers are lowest in a decade
The Hill
As EPA Eases Wetlands Rule, California Makes a Countermove
WSJ
Builders there say the action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prompted state water officials to accelerate longstanding plans to bolster wetlands protections that exceed those for federal waterways.
Senators call on EPA to restrict key drinking water contaminants
The Hill
A bipartisan group of 20 senators has called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate allowable drinking water levels of two chemicals linked to various health problems.
Report: Holloman Air Force Base groundwater highly contaminated
Alamogordo Daily News (NM)
The groundwater below Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo tested positive for hazardous chemicals — and the contamination levels are more than 18,000 times higher than what the federal government says is safe.
PFAS in Michigan: What is being done and what isn't
WWMT
LANSING, Mich. — The state is facing contaminated water in several locations and some lawmakers are working on solutions to the emerging problem.
With plastic bag recycling difficult, Washington ponders ban at stores – and fees for paper bags
Spokesman-Review
OLYMPIA – Everybody wants to cut down on plastic pollution in the oceans, but opponents of proposals to ban plastic bags and straws say it might not be that simple.
Press Releases
EPA Signs MOU with The Water Research Foundation Advancing Nutrient Management Efforts
MOU Advances Trump Administration’s Efforts to Address Excess Nutrients in Nation’s Waterways
02/01/2019
WASHINGTON — Today, as part of the Trump Administration’s commitment to protecting America’s waters through smart partnerships and market-based approaches, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Water Research Foundation (WRF) to accelerate progress on reducing excess nutrients in the nation’s waterways.
Headline Applications Now Being Accepted for K-12 Student and Teacher Awards
02/01/2019
WASHINGTON — Applications are now being accepted for the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) and The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Award (PIAEE).
Back and Forth: Ask Questions and Learn More About the Low-Level Helicopter Flying Above the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Release Date: FEBRUARY 1, 2019Media: Please join the U.S. Geological Survey, CGG Airborne and various partners for a demonstration of the low-flying helicopter and description of what scientists are seeking in and around the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
