State
Gov. Bryant declares State of Emergency after heavy rains, river flooding
WLOX
Highway 49 reopened after sections shut down due to flooding
WDAM
STONE COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol closed part of Hwy 49 Sunday morning in both directions at Red Creek south of Wiggins in Stone County. The closure comes due to flooding.
Audubon Mississippi worries Yazoo pump project could harm threaten 250 bird species
A non-profit aimed at protecting America’s feathered friends believes as many as 250 species of birds could be threatened by a pending EPA decision regarding a drainage project in the Mississippi Delta.
CLEANING UP DEER ISLAND: MISSISSIPPI POWER’S ‘RENEW OUR RIVERS’ PROGRAM
WXXV
Giving back is always in season and today a very large group of people did just that.
More than one hundred people flooded Deer Island on Friday with one shared mission: to pick up the trash.
Quick action contains Collins tank fire
WDAM
OLLINS, MS (WDAM) - Quick action by Collins firefighters Friday afternoon helped prevent a storage tank fire from getting out of control.
Freight train derails in Mississippi, no injuries reported
AP
Floodwaters in southern Mississippi may have contributed to the derailment of a freight train near Lumberton.
'What have I got myself into?' Mississippi alligator trappers tell tales of humor, horror
Clarion Ledger
The life of an alligator trapper isn't something most people think about, but it certainly isn't like spending days in an office cubicle.
Students share their environmental efforts with Bay St. Louis Council
Sea Coast Echo
The city of Bay St. Louis -- long known as "A Place Apart" -- was A Place for Children on Tuesday when several students from the Hancock County Boys and Girls Club spoke to the Bay City Council about their efforts on Magnolia Bayou and the city's Martin Luther King Park.
State gives go-ahead for long-planned East Beach sidewalk project
Mississippi Press
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Earlier this week, the City of Ocean Springs received formal approval from the Mississippi Department of Transportation for $384,000 in funding to construct a pedestrian sidewalk along the length of East Beach.
State Government
Analysis: Mississippi budget improving this election year
AP
Mississippi is enjoying more robust tax collections in the current budget year than in the last one, which is a reflection of a healthier economy.
Oil Spill
Santa Rosa seeks public input for multi-year plan
Santa Rosa Press Gazette
MILTON — At the April 11 commission regular meeting, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners proposed amendments to the initial multi-year implementation plan that was accepted by the U.S. Treasury in May 2017.
Regional
Bonnet Carre Spillway opened Friday as river continues to rise
WVUE
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Friday around 1 p.m. due to the threat of weather.
Group charged with shrinking Gulf dead zone to meet
Houma Courier
A task force charged with curbing the annual dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will discuss its progress during a meeting Thursday in Baton Rouge.
LSU works to help control invasive water weed in Puerto Rico
AP
Louisiana State University is working with a private citizen and a university in Puerto Rico to control an invasive South American weed that can quickly form dense mats over waterways.
National
Where’s the PFAS? Michigan Leads in Detection of Contaminant
WDET
Environmentalists, health experts and public officials are growing more concerned about a group of chemicals found in dozens of sites across Michigan.
Dissent within Alaska agency over chemical classification
AP
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A decision by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to redefine levels of certain chemicals considered safe in drinking water has caused dissent within the agency.
VW’s $2 billion penalty for diesel scam, Electrify America, builds electric charging network across US to boost EV market
CNBC
Almost a year to the day after opening its first charging station, Electrify America says it is rolling out the country’s fastest-growing network of fast chargers.
States fight Trump rollback of Obama lightbulb rules
The Hill
States are preparing to fight back as the Trump administration moves to erase Obama-era standards for lightbulbs.
Could Beer Brewed With Wind Power Help Save the Planet?
NYT
During the Super Bowl in February, a commercial showed a Budweiser beer wagon drawn by eight Clydesdale horses rambling down a dreamy country lane past the whirling blades of a wind farm. With Bob Dylan’s 1960s anthem “Blowin’ in the Wind” playing in the background, the message was hard to miss. Your six-pack is now green or, at least, “brewed with wind power.”
Over 180 countries -- not including the US -- agree to restrict global plastic waste trade
CNN
The governments of 187 countries have agreed to control the movement of plastic waste between national borders, in an effort to curb the world's plastic crisis -- but the United States was not among them.
Opinion
Polluting Power Plants Can’t Escape the Eyes in the Sky
Satellites and AI will soon track carbon emissions by the world’s largest energy producers, giving an edge to traders and transparency to citizens.
Bloomberg
This week, the technology nonprofit WattTime announced that, thanks to a $1.7 million grant from Google.org, it will use satellite technology to measure air pollution from every large power plant in the world.
Press Releases
High Water Impacts Mississippi Reservoirs: Grenada Lake Flows Enter Spillway
USACE
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District notified local authorities and emergency management personnel May 10 that flows from Grenada Lake, located near Interstate 55 in north Mississippi, were forecasted to enter the project’s spillway within the week.
EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Revisions to Draft Framework on Endangered Species Act Process for Pesticides
Revisions respond to 2018 Farm Bill requirements to streamline and improve the process the agency follows to review the impacts pesticides have on endangered species
05/10/2019
WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment on draft revisions to the framework used to evaluate the impacts pesticides have on endangered species under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The draft revisions would ensure this process is efficient, protective, transparent, and based on the best available science.
