State
THE VILLAGE FAIR QUESTION
Can an eyesore with a toxic past become an attractive gateway to Meridian?
Meridian Star
Just off I-20/59 in Meridian, the vacant Value Fair Mall, which closed shortly after the 1997 opening of the Bonita Lakes Mall, greets visitors with its discolored walls, boarded-up windows and overgrown weeds along 22nd Avenue.
More than 260 dolphins found stranded along the Gulf Coast since February. Scientists aren't sure why.
USA Today
Scientists are trying to determine why more than 260 bottlenose dolphins have been found stranded along the Northern Gulf of Mexico since the beginning of February.
Dolphins along the Gulf Coast are dying at triple the normal rate, scientists say
NBC
Federal scientists are trying to determine why an extraordinary number of dolphins have turned up dead along the Gulf Coast.
Number of bottlenose dolphin deaths triple in Gulf of Mexico, NOAA reports
CBS
Bottlenose dolphins are stranding themselves at an unusually high rate in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle.
Federal government finally stepping in to investigate dolphin deaths in the Gulf
Sun Herald
In the wake of the Bonnet Carré Spillway opening, the federal government is acknowledging the high dolphin death rate in the Gulf of Mexico as an “unusual mortality event,” which will bring experts, resources, equipment and funding for an investigation by the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration.
Concern over spillway impact goes out 14 miles to our barrier islands
WLOX
HORN ISLAND, Miss. (WLOX) - Sunday marked 80 days that the Bonnet Carré Spillway has been open so far this year. The latest opening on May 10 was the second time this year, a first in the 88-year history of the spillway. During that time, trillions of gallons of fresh water from the Mississippi River has found its way into the saltwater environment of the Mississippi Sound.
Shrimp season delayed on Gulf Coast
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - By Father’s Day, Coast seafood lovers are usually enjoying fresh gulf shrimp from Mississippi waters.
Sewer line work to close portion of Ingalls Ave in Pascagoula
WLOX
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Beginning Monday morning, both directions of traffic will be closed on Ingalls Avenue in Pascagoula.
Organic fertilizer supplement maker to invest $8M, hiring 25
AP
A Florida company that makes organic fertilizer supplements will open a north Mississippi factory, investing $8 million and hiring 25 people.
Statue is a lasting tribute to Sophia, others lost to DIPG
WLOX
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - When a young child dies, the pain can be unbearable. On Father’s Day, the memory of children lost to cancer weighs heavy on their parents. One Ocean Springs father created a lasting tribute to his daughter and others.
Regional
3M admits to illegal chemical release in Tennessee River
WHNT
DECATUR, Ala. - The 3M Plant in Decatur failed to obey federal law by releasing certain chemicals or the waste of those chemicals into the Tennessee River.
Utility will remove coal ash from pits near Tennessee river
AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation's largest public utility on Thursday agreed to dig up and remove about 12 million cubic yards (9.2 million cubic meters) of coal ash from unlined pits at a Tennessee coal-burning power plant.
National
Bipartisan senators propose forcing EPA to set drinking water standard for 'forever chemicals'
The Hill
A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday filed an amendment that would force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a drinking water standard for so-called forever chemicals.
Here comes the carbon rule. What to know
E&E News
EPA is expected to finalize its power plant carbon rule next week, according to multiple sources, completing the two-year process of replacing an Obama-era regulation with a more industry-friendly substitute.
Army Corps: Mississippi dredging began before floods receded
AP
The volume of sand that needs to be removed from the Mississippi River following massive floods this spring is so great that the dredging operation couldn't wait until after the water recedes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.
Dredging, dams and other river controls starve places downriver of much-needed sediment
Times-Picayune
CRATER ISLAND, Wis. — There’s a 1.5-million-ton pile of sand in Wisconsin that should be in Louisiana.
Reshaping the Mississippi is unraveling wildlife habitat: The River’s Revenge
Times-Picayune
GENOA, Wis. — Sharonne Baylor’s pontoon boat glides through a Mississippi riverscape that’s unraveling.
A Software Upgrade (After 40 Years) Aims to Improve U.S. Weather Forecasts
NYT
Aiming to reduce errors like the one it made in 2012, when it wrongly forecast the track of Hurricane Sandy into the New York area, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday introduced a major upgrade to the software at the heart of its weather prediction capability.
Roundup maker, embroiled in cancer cases, is putting $5 billion into new kind of weedkiller
Washington Post
Bayer, the crop science and chemicals giant, says it will invest more than $5.6 billion in weedkiller research and trim its environmental effects. The announcement follows three consecutive jury verdicts alleging that Roundup, one of its top-selling herbicides, causes cancer.
