State
No fishing, swimming: Residents warned to stay out of Pearl River, Jackson creeks.
Clarion Ledger
If you like to fish, swim or go wading, don't do it in the Pearl River or Jackson area waterways.
MDEQ LIFTS FIVE BEACH ADVISORIES FIVE OTHERS IN EFFECT
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted five water contact advisories Friday for Station 1 (Lakeshore Beach), Station 3 (Waveland Beach), Station 4 (Bay St. Louis Beach), Station 7 (Pass Christian East Beach), and Station 7A (Long Beach).
Hancock County committee hears proposal for bluewater beach
WLOX
WAVELAND, Miss. (WLOX) - What if the water off the coast of Waveland was blue instead of brown?
WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY CLEANUP PROJECT
WXXV
Officials at Waste Management are no strangers to picking up trash, but this morning they picked up their garbage grabbers for a good cause.
Students compete for scholarships in shooting sports
WLBT
Madison County, Miss. (WLBT) - On the back roads of Madison County and in the woods, 150 high school students from all over Mississippi are competing in a shooting sport.
Oil Spill
Collier watershed restoration project seeks to reverse decades of damage
Naples Daily News
For decades, an extensive canal system dug to make way for development and farms in Collier County has altered historical water flows through the region’s two major watersheds and into its estuaries and bays.
Regional
Alabama Power fined $250,000 for coal ash violations
Al.com
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management proposed a $250,000 fine on Alabama Power Company after groundwater tests near the company’s coal ash pond in Gadsden showed high levels of arsenic and radium.
More challenges ahead even with Taylor Energy's 15-year oil leak contained
WWL
NEW ORLEANS — The Taylor Energy oil spill off the tip of Louisiana is the longest continual offshore leak in U.S. history for a reason.
TVA pushes to keep MLGW service
WMC
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The President of the Tennessee Valley Authority says the agency needs to step up its relationship with Memphis.
'I'm out of work:' Open Bonnet Carre Spillway hurts local fisherman
WWL
The Bonnet Carre Spillway is currently open to keep the Mississippi River from overflowing and damaging the levee system.
National
States aren’t waiting for the Trump administration on environmental protections
Washington Post
More than a dozen states are moving to strengthen environmental protections to combat a range of issues from climate change to water pollution, opening a widening rift between stringent state policies and the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda.
Trump's EPA Shifts More Environmental Enforcement to States
AP
BOKOSHE, Okla. (AP) — Susan Holmes' home, corner store and roadside beef jerky stand are right off Oklahoma Highway 31, putting them in the path of trucks hauling ash and waste from a power plant that burns the high-sulfur coal mined near this small town.
E.P.A. Could Get Thousands of Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math
NYT
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to adopt a new method for projecting the future health risks of air pollution, one that experts said has never been peer-reviewed and is not scientifically sound, according to five people with knowledge of the agency’s plans.
Meet the small-town law firm taking Bayer for billions in Roundup lawsuits
Fox Business
One small-town law office in Orange, Virginia, is now responsible for defeating pharmaceutical behemoth Bayer in court -- not once but twice -- winning a total more than $2 billion in damages for its cancer victims after juries found the company's Roundup weedkiller responsible for their illness.
Ford is being investigated by US Justice Department over emissions testing
CNN
New York (CNN Business)The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Ford's emissions testing practices, the company said Friday.
APNewsBreak: Sharp increase in US states’ use of drones
AP
In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they're searching for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures.
Press Releases
Vicksburg District Predicts Yazoo Backwater Area to Reach 98 to 98.5 Feet: Eagle Lake Potentially to Equalize with the Backwater Area
USACE
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- On May 17, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District notified Warren County Emergency Management, other local, state and federal partners and the public that the Yazoo Backwater area is predicted to crest at 98 to 98.5 feet within the week.
