State
EPA controls future of the Yazoo Backwater pumps
Vicksburg Post
As the floodwaters in the Yazoo Backwater continue to fall, the status of the final piece of a 48-year-old plan to protect the backwater area remains uncertain.
Gov. Bryant announces closing of Bonnet Carre spillway
WJTV
In a tweet Saturday, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant announces the closing of the Bonnet Carre spillway in Louisiana after months of flooding in south Mississippi.
Record Mississippi River flood coming to an end 8 months after it started
WVUE
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - The Mississippi River is falling, the gates of the spillway are closing and the flood fight of 2019 is finally coming to an end. So, why did it take till August of 2019 to put an end to a river flood that actually started in December of 2018?
People share frustrations about backwater flooding in the South Delta
WLBT
VALLEY PARK, Miss. (WLBT) - People across the South Delta gathered Saturday for Media Day.
No deer season in part of Mississippi? It's possible.
Clarion Ledger
Mississippi's south Delta has been flooded for most of the year and that has taken its toll on wildlife. Pictures of dead and emaciated deer have been seen untold times on social media and people are concerned about the condition and size of the herd. In response, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is polling hunters who hunt the area and options in the poll about the coming deer season range from no change in the season to no season at all.
Deer hunting: How to be successful on public land
Clarion Ledger
Hunting camps are a tradition for many Mississippians and a part of life that is anticipated each year. However, they aren't for everyone. Some can't justify the price because they have little time to hunt and others can't fit the cost of a lease into their budget. Others just enjoy the challenge of trying to harvest a mature buck on public land.
Mississippi oysters escape freshwater, now back in the Sound
WLOX
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - French Hermit Oyster company is celebrating the release of their oysters back into Mississippi waters.
Sailors return to the water for ‘Summer in the Pass Regatta’
WLOX
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s been rough seas for the summer sailing season. Algae concerns along the Gulf Coast caused several events to be postponed or canceled. Yet the “Summer in the Pass Regatta” welcomed sailors back out on the water. While many are excited to be back out on the water competing for silverware, they understand why so many events have been canceled.
Red Snapper Fishing Season Reopens off Mississippi Coast
AP
BILOXI, MISS. (AP) — One of Mississippi's most popular saltwater fishing seasons is reopening.
USM Professor testifies before Congress on blue economy
NewsMS
Southern Miss Professor Dr. Monty Graham recently testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather. During the meeting, Graham who serves as the Associate Vice President for Research, Coastal Operations at USM, testified on the topic of America’s waterfronts.
Smelly Situation for local Jackson Residents
WAPT
People living in one North Jackson neighborhood say they're tired of smelling the raw sewage flowing behind their homes.
Delta State University gets Fossil Grant
DeltaNewsTV
The Division of Mathematics and Sciences at Delta State University are excited after receiving a special grant to expose middle and high school students to the Mississippi sites that are packed with historic fossils.
Charger for electric cars installed downtown
Commercial Dispatch
Downtown Columbus' first charging station for drivers of plug-in electric cars was installed Wednesday.
MDOT completes State Route 43 project ahead of schedule
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A project to replace two State Route 43 bridges across the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Madison County with precast box culverts is nearly complete and will open ahead of schedule.
Canton Nissan releases statement, says they will not be affected by upcoming workforce cuts
WLBT
CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - Nissan is slashing 12,500 jobs or about 9% of its global workforce to cut costs and achieve a turnaround amid tumbling profits.
Oil Spill
Louisiana environmental group sues over rollback of offshore drilling rules created after BP spill
The Advocate
A Louisiana-based conservation group has filed a lawsuit in federal court in California challenging a rollback of offshore drilling regulations by President Donald Trump’s administration that relaxed the requirements on blowout preventers and real-time monitoring.
Healthy Gulf, formerly known as the Gulf Restoration Network, is one of 10 environmental groups that filed suit last month against Scott Angelle — a former lieutenant governor of Louisiana and a leading gubernatorial candidate in 2015 — in his current role as director of the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
Regional
Tyson granted changes for mineral standards
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission approved Friday the final adoption of new mineral standards for some Arkansas waters, as petitioned by Tyson Foods.
Arkansas panel backs effort on hog-farm ban; Buffalo watershed is focus of proposed rule
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Environmental regulators are moving forward with a plan that would prevent a farm like C&H Hog Farms from building again in the Buffalo National River's watershed.
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission on Friday approved, without opposition, the beginning of a rule-making process to permanently ban hog farms of a federally classified medium or large size from the watershed.
Coastal project to complete line of breakwaters protecting the bay side of Grand Isle
The Advocate
Jefferson Parish will build 17 rock jetties along the northern shore of Grand Isle, completing a project designed to help protect the island from storm surge and reduce coastal erosion.
Federal agency to assess oil and gas development's impact on endangered species in the Gulf
The Advocate
A federal lawsuit filed last year calling on the National Marine Fisheries Service to assess the impacts of oil and gas development on federally protected species and critical habitat in the Gulf of Mexico ended last week with a settlement agreement under which the service agreed to finish an assessment by November.
Toxic algal bloom: Lake Okeechobee levels are high near Belle Glade, low near Port Mayaca
Treasure Coast Newspapers
Algae blooms in Lake Okeechobee continue to be widespread, mobile and toxic — even when you can't see them.
National
Michigan may become 1st state to regulate GenX chemicals
MLive
Michigan’s efforts to advance PFAS regulation broadened this summer when it added a newer form of the toxic chemical family to its drinking water scrutiny.
State admits it was wrong to resist federal crackdown on oil tank pollution
Portland Press Herald
Maine was wrong to fight a federal crackdown on hazardous emissions from petroleum storage tanks in South Portland and Searsport, a state official now admits, but there is still no consensus on how to safeguard the public from air pollution produced by oil facilities across the United States.
Officials discover dangerous algae bloom along Charles River, warn swimmers to stay out
Boston Herald
State officials are asking people to avoid contact with parts of the Charles River in the city because of a dangerous algae bloom.
Dan River resource trustee seek public input on restoration plan, environmental assessment
WSET
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) trustees, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are seeking the public’s input on the draft restoration plan and environmental assessment related to the 2014 Dan River coal ash spill.
