State
Hancock County supervisors approve new beach flag warning system
WLOX
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Hancock County is taking steps to ensure that beachgoers know when there’s a possible threat to their health and safety lurking offshore.
Monday, county supervisors formally adopted new rules for beach signs and flags.
Spillway’s impact up for discussion at US Conference of Mayors
WLOX
HONOLULU (WLOX) - The effect of the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening was one of the topics of conversation among our nation’s mayor gathered this week in Hawaii at the 2019 US Conference of Mayors.
County approves new contract with Waste Management
Vicksburg Post
In a vote Monday, the Warren County Board of Supervisors approved a new, six-year contract with Waste Management to provide garbage service to residents in the county.
He cheated Chevron out of millions, a lawsuit says. The Coast refinery wants its money.
Sun Herald
A former supervisor at Chevron USA’s Pascagoula refinery worked with friendly contractors to defraud the company out of millions of dollars over a 10-year period, using his ill-gotten gains to buy recreational vehicles, boats and real estate, Chevron says in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
State Government
Mississippi National Guard will have its own Space Force, governor announces at Infinity
Sun Herald
Gov. Phil Bryant made some out-of-this-world announcements at a press conference Monday at Infinity Science Center.
Regional
Bonnet Carre spillway opening triggers 'uncharted territory' for dolphins, oysters, algae blooms
The Advocate
Liz Reinhardt Delsa was driving home from the airport on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway on June 16 when she heard what she thought was heavy rain hitting her windshield.
But instead of sliding off as water droplets normally do, the rain seemed to stick. That’s when she realized: “It was bugs,” she said.
Controversy surrounds ADEM's handling of state environmental disasters
WBMA
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — The state agency charged with protecting the water you drink, the rivers you fish and swim in, the air you breathe, has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons.
Blue-green algae bloom on Lake Okeechobee at Port Mayaca over 3 times too toxic to touch
TC Palm
A blue-green algae bloom on the Lake Okeechobee side of the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam in western Martin County is more than three times too toxic to touch.
Feds to investigate after two killed, one injured on Shell's Gulf of Mexico Augur platform
The Advocate
Federal authorities have launched an investigation after two people were killed and another injured in an accident on Shell Oil's Auger Tension Leg Platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
The accident occurred around 10 a.m. on Sunday at the platform, which is located in the Gulf of Mexico about 214 miles southwest of New Orleans.
National
States sue EPA for tougher regulation of asbestos
The Hill
Eleven Democratic attorneys general from across the country have filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), arguing the agency has failed to effectively regulate asbestos.
As Europe orders a recall, EPA’s inquiry into Mercedes emissions drags on
LA Times
Three years after the Environmental Protection Agency began investigating alleged diesel emission cheating in Mercedes-Benz cars, vehicle owners and environmentalists say the Trump administration appears to be allowing the inquiry to stall.
Mussels roasted to death in record-breaking California heat, experts say
AP
A heat wave that sizzled much of California last month appears to have taken a devastating toll on a sea creature that is foundational to the marine ecosystem.
