State
Dolphins, endangered sea turtles, oysters dying as fresh water invades Mississippi Sound
Sun Herald
Freshwater intrusion from the Bonnet Carre spillway is damaging aquatic life in the Mississippi Sound, with 13 dead dolphins and 23 dead sea turtles found along the Mississippi Coast in the last two weeks.
Waste Pro’s annual Earth Day picnic teaches kids to be environmentally conscious
WLOX
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) - In a few days, people across the country will celebrate Earth Day and promote clean air, land and water. On Saturday, Waste Pro got kids in on the fun early with its annual Earth Day picnic.
Grenada Lake Nearing its Overflow Level
Delta News TV
Lake Officials at Grenada Lake are still monitoring the Lake on a 24-hour surveillance watch, as the lake is close to its Emergency Spillway Mark.
Mississippi: Automatic renewal on hunting, fishing licenses
AP
Mississippi is offering an option for people to automatically renew their hunting or fishing licenses.
New deer regulations, WMA proposal: Here's what you need to know.
Clarion Ledger
Sweeping changes for deer hunting regulations were proposed during this month's Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks meeting, and the plan for the new Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area could make it the most interesting WMA in the state.
Oil Spill
BP oil disaster began with Deepwater Horizon explosion nine years ago today
Times-Picayune
9 years after the BP oil spill
WDSU
Video
Regional
Louisiana environmental regulators craft program to allow buying and selling pollution credits
The Advocate
Farms and industrial plants that discharge pollutants into Louisiana wetlands and waterways will soon have a new system to buy and sell pollution credits.
Honeywell, International Paper commit to $16.2M cleanup of contaminated site in NC
Charlotte Business Journal
Honeywell International Inc. and International Paper Co. have signed a consent decree with federal regulators to clean up mercury, PCBs and other contaminants from an EPA Superfund site in North Carolina.
ADEQ awards Go RED! funding
Newton County Times
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) was awarded $649,494 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the 2018 round of funding for the Reduce Emissions from Diesels (Go RED!) program.
Carnival is on probation for polluting the ocean. They’re still doing it, court records show
Miami Herald
In the year after Carnival Corporation was convicted of systematically dumping oily waste into the ocean and lying about it to regulators, its ships illegally discharged more than a half-million gallons of treated sewage, gray water, oil and food waste, and burned heavy fuel oil in ports and waters close to shores around the world, according to a court-appointed monitor.
The heart of Dixie Alley: Why Alabama tornadoes are the deadliest in the nation
Montgomery Advertiser
BEAUREGARD — Cindy Sanford was one of the lucky ones.
She heard the severe-weather warning as the storm moved into Tuskegee, about 30 miles west. She told her grandson to put his shoes on, just in case.
National
Court: EPA has 90 days to justify use of dangerous pesticide
AP
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court has given the Environmental Protection Agency 90 days to justify why a widely used but dangerous pesticide should stay on the market.
Flint residents can sue the federal government over water crisis, judge rules
CNN
FLINT, Mich. -- Residents of Flint, Michigan, can proceed with lawsuits that had been filed against the federal government in connection with the city's water crisis, a federal judge ruled. The lawsuits claim the Environmental Protection Agency was too slow to intervene in the crisis. US Judge Linda V. Parker ruled the federal government was not immune from legal action in the case.
Opinion
Top EPA advisers challenge long-standing air pollution science, threatening Americans’ health
PBS
Americans rely on the Environmental Protection Agency to set pollution control standards that protect their health. But on April 11, an important scientific advisory group submitted recommendations to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler that propose new and dangerous ways of interpreting findings on the health effects of air pollution.
The Philadelphia Eagles Are Addressing The Landfill Crisis With This Tech. Your Company Could Too.
Kate Harrison
Forbes
At the current pace, it is estimated that the US will run out of landfill capacity by the year 2036, and even sooner in several regions. The situation is further impacted by an anticipated world population growth from 7.7 billion to 8.6 billion people by 2030 with its looming strain on resources and the environment. Fighting our trash crisis is a big business, and without a single solution at the forefront, there’s lots of room for innovative companies to get into the game.
Press Releases
Study shows continuing impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill
William and Mary
Nine years ago tomorrow — April 20, 2010 — crude oil began leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig into the Gulf of Mexico in what turned out to be the largest marine oil spill in history. A long-term study suggests the oil is still affecting the salt marshes of the Gulf Coast, and reveals the key role that marsh grasses play in the overall recovery of these important coastal wetlands.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Awards $2.3 Million to Restore Marshes along Galveston Bay in Texas
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19, 2019) – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the award of $2.3 million to the Galveston Bay Foundation in Texas to protect, restore and create marsh habitat in the Dollar Bay/Moses Lake complex in Galveston Bay.
