State
Algae bloom in water closes 4 more spots along South Mississippi beaches
Sun Herald
It hasn’t gone anywhere.
The algae has closed the waters along beaches in South Mississippi. Coming in contact with the toxic blooms can be harmful to humans, according to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
More Gulf Coast beaches flagged for toxic algal bloom
WVUE
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - Four more beaches on the Gulf Coast have been flagged due to harmful blue-green algal bloom, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said Tuesday (Aug. 6).
‘Avengers’ stars fight climate change by giving money to 2 Coast women
Sun Herald
Two women of color on the Mississippi Coast have been named leaders in the fight against climate change, and they will get $10,000 each from a nonprofit backed by celebrity actors Mark Ruffalo and Don Cheadle.
State Government
Election results for 2019 Mississippi primary races
Clarion Ledger
Biloxians’ battle comes down to 33 votes. Here’s the House, Senate results for the Coast.
Sun Herald
List of winners, runoffs in Coast races in 2019 Mississippi primary election
Sun Herald
Daily Journal
Legislative races
Daily Journal
Here are the results of legislative races in Northeast Mississippi as of midnight Tuesday:
Regional
Tennessee Valley Authority Ups Nuclear Output, Cuts Carbon
AP
ATHENS, ALA. (AP) — THE Tennessee Valley Authority says it's completed a $475 million upgrade at its oldest nuclear power plant in a move that helped boost the amount of electricity it produces without carbon emissions.
Gov. Edwards announces partnership to extend shoreline protection project in Cameron Parish
KATC
BATON ROUGE – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced three additional miles of unique rock breakwaters to the shoreline that protects the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Cameron Parish is being made possible by an $18 million partnership between the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the Cameron Parish Police Jury.
National
Wood Pellets Draw Fire as Alternative to Coal
A lawsuit says European policy on using pellets will increase greenhouse-gas emissions; ‘burning gas would release far less carbon dioxide’
WSJ
The wood-pellet business is thriving based on the argument that trees are a clean-energy alternative to coal, but the science behind it is facing challenges from researchers who say cutting and burning trees takes a heavy environmental toll.
Chamber Tries to Save Trump Power Plant Rule With or Without Him
Bloomberg
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has gone to court in defense of the Trump administration’s plan to ease limits on power plant emissions, a move that would ensure the nation’s top business lobbying group has a say on the matter even if President Donald Trump loses reelection next year.
From contamination to commercial hubs, how EPA Superfund sites are being transformed
Deseret News
MIDVALE — A 700-acre site in Midvale was once home to five smelters processing lead and copper ore, covered with blast furnaces, baghouses and smokestacks.
Press Releases
Enviva Announces Execution of Lease Option at Port of Pascagoula
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enviva Holdings, LP (“Enviva” or “the Company”), the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, today announced that it exercised an option with the Jackson County Port Authority to lease property in the Bayou Casotte Harbor in the Port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, where it plans to build and operate a deep-water marine terminal.
