State
Fifth earthquake recorded in Madison County
WLBT
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - You may have felt the ground shake overnight in the Madison area. It was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake and the epicenter was recorded just off Yandell Road.
WEATHER DELAYS COSTCO CONSTRUCTION
Northside Sun
Four years after developers announced a Costco Wholesale would be coming to Ridgeland, the store has yet to be built and the opening date has again been pushed back.
GROUNDBREAKING FOR ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECT AT KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE
WXXV
Today, Keesler Air Force Base held a groundbreaking ceremony to announce their latest project. A nearly six million dollar solar energy project is coming to the base to help conserve energy.
USDA DISASTER AID APPROVED FOR MISSISSIPPI FARMERS
MPB
Help is on the way for farmers in Mississippi who have been affected by rain, flooding and freezing conditions. MPB’s Alexandra Watts reports on what the US Department of Agriculture is offering for more than half the counties in the state.
Engineering schools in Mississippi produce graduates vital to state’s work force
MBJ
Mississippi industries have a big demand for workers with engineering degrees, a fact that puts graduates from engineering schools in the state in a good position to land jobs that earn far above the state’s average salaries.
State Government
2 Mississippi cooperatives are first to set internet plans
AP
Two Mississippi electric cooperatives are announcing plans to create subsidiaries to offer high-speed internet, months after state legislators passed a law allowing the rural electric providers to enter the business.
Oil Spill
Waveland looking to Restore Act to fund city’s first marina
WLOX
WAVELAND, Miss. (WLOX) - Waveland leaders are looking to BP money to build the city's first marina.
Study cites oil spill health issues
The Advocate
NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard members exposed to oil while responding to the 2010 BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico were twice as likely to experience headaches and dizziness than those who were not, a new study has found.
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, haven for nature lovers, to benefit from shoreline protection project
The Advocate
For years, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that hugs 26 miles of Gulf of Mexico shoreline in remote southwestern Louisiana has been a haven for nature lovers and researchers.
But the refuge has been eroding at an alarming rate. So state and local officials are teaming up to extend a large breakwater in Cameron Parish to better protect the wildlife sanctuary from the Gulf's destructive wave action.
Kayaking group offers 'Monday therapy' on Dog River
AP
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — "Where are we going?" asks somebody in a loose flotilla of kayaks pulling away from the bank of Dog River late on a Monday afternoon.
Regional
Environmental agency says putting out fire chief goal in SC
AP
The leader of South Carolina's health and environmental agency says putting out a trash fire that has been smoldering for months is the department's top priority.
A warning to pet owners: toxic algae kills three dogs in matter of hours
WECT
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A hot summer evening in Wilmington was made a little cooler for three dogs when their loving owners brought them to a nearby pond to play and swim Thursday night. Just hours later — all three dogs were dead, their owners’ lives now shattered.
National
EPA 'exceeds' goals on cutting back environmental regulations, according to internal watchdog
CNN
The Environmental Protection Agency "exceeded" its goals in cutting back environmental regulations during the first two years of the Trump administration, according to an internal watchdog report.
EPA Proposes Changes to Clean Water Act Rules
The measure tries to rein in states that have cited the law to block or delay pipeline projects
WSJ
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a change in Clean Water Act regulations aimed at streamlining the approval process for permits that are often a sticking point for pipelines and other major infrastructure projects.
EPA proposes rolling back states' authority over pipeline projects
The Hill
Democrats, environmentalists and state officials have lambasted a new proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would limit states’ ability to stall the construction of pipelines.
The Leaks That Threaten the Clean Image of Natural Gas
U.S. energy companies are scrambling to reduce methane emissions—both unintended and deliberate—that equate to exhaust from 69 million cars a year and contribute to global warming
WSJ
Energy companies are producing record volumes of natural gas, thanks in part to the U.S. fracking boom. They have ambitious plans to make the cleaner-burning fuel a big part of the global energy mix for decades to come by sending tankers of liquefied gas around the world.
But growing public concern over leaks and intentional releases of gas and its primary component, methane, threaten to derail the dominance of gas in the new energy world order.
Trump's EPA grants 31 small refinery waivers from biofuel laws, angering corn lobby
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted 31 small refinery biofuel waivers for 2018 on Friday, infuriating the ethanol and corn producers who blamed the Trump administration for bailing out the oil industry when U.S. farmers were suffering due to trade tariffs and low prices.
EPA won’t approve warning labels for Roundup chemical
AP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration says it won’t approve warning labels for products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed at California as it fights one of the world’s largest agriculture companies about the potentially cancer-causing chemical.
Farmers cry foul over foam from Cannon AFB
Albuquerque Journal
Clovis farmer and Curry County Commissioner Seth Martin was told by the Air Force late last summer that his water might be contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foam used at nearby Cannon Air Force Base.
Giant Batteries Supercharge Wind and Solar Plans
Utilities are investing in large units that make it more affordable to store renewable energy and deploy it when needed.
WSJ
A global wave of investment in high-capacity batteries is poised to transform the market for renewable energy in coming years, making it more practical and affordable to store wind and solar power and deploy it when needed.
Press releases
Mississippi State hosts summit on informal STEM learning
August 9, 2019
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Statewide leaders met recently at Mississippi State to discuss opportunities to broaden participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, learning by rural Mississippi K-12 students.
