State
Board approves air pollution permit for wood pellet plant
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi environmental regulators have approved an air pollution permit for what could be the largest wood pellet plant in the world, despite objections from environmental groups that the plant would emit too much pollution and have other harmful effects.
Why wasn’t the other spillway opened? Mississippi official asks Army Corps for answers.
Sun Herald
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for an immediate review of the operating manuals and use of the Bonnet Carré Spillway and Morganza Floodway to deal with flooding on the Mississippi River.
Palazzo: Mississippi coast still open for business
WTOK
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) wants people visiting the Gulf Coast to understand that Mississippi is open despite the advisory to stay out of the water.
Gulf Coast oyster population hit hard
WJTV
GULFPORT, Miss (WJTV) – An algae bloom off on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been drawing national headlines over the last week, affecting everything from tourism, to marine life.
Ole Miss utilizing solar-powered trashcans
Oxford Eagle
Ole Miss is taking its waste management into the 21st century.
Earlier this year, solar-powered trashcans were placed throughout campus in an effort to be more efficient with trash collection services.
Cooper Tire investing $4M for renovation project
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is investing another $4 million into its plant here, according to documents field with the city's Development Services office.
Regional
EPA grant will fund programs to mitigate trash problem in Dog River watershed
WKRG
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Trash along Dog River has been a problem for years. The litter comes from upstream as trash flows from parking lots and storm drains into waterways like Eslava Creek. When there is significant rainfall, all that trash flows into Dog River. We could see it this weekend with a lot of rain in the forecast from Tropical Storm Barry.
National
Expect More Algae On Lake Erie This Summer
AP
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Researchers are warning that another big harmful algae bloom will spread across western Lake Erie later this summer.
Mining Company Rejects EPA Order For Superfund Cleanup Work At Gold King Mine
AP
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – A mining company says it won’t carry out cleanup work ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of a Superfund project in southwest Colorado.
Gov. Newsom Calls For Firing Of California’s Top Oil And Gas Regulator
AP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom is firing California’s top oil and gas regulator over an increase in state permits for hydraulic fracturing and allegations of conflict of interest among senior officials.
Press Releases
EPA’s Methane Challenge Partners Are Leading the Oil and Gas Industry in Efficiency and Emissions Reductions
07/11/2019
WASHINGTON (July 11, 2019) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published new data showing that in 2017 oil and gas companies that participated in EPA’s Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program reduced methane emissions equivalent to nearly 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide – all through voluntary actions to reduce emissions from key sources across their operations.
EPA Announces 2019 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards
07/11/2019
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the winners of the second annual “National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse” awards.
NOAA, partners predict large summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie
NOAA
NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom (HAB) this summer.
