State
MDEQ awards almost $300,000 to help school districts buy new buses
WTVA
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The state has awarded more than $150,000 to help local school districts buy more environmentally-friendly school buses.
West Jasper School District awarded funding for new buses
WDAM
JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - West Jasper School District was awarded with more than $43,000 for funding on three new buses.
MDEQ AWARDS GRANT TO HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION DEPT.
WXXV
The Harrison County School District Transportation Department was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to purchase two new school buses.
Mid-South schools to receive thousands in funding for eco-friendly buses
WMC
JACKSON, Miss. (WMC) - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has awarded more than $296,000 to 12 Mississippi school districts for funding to buy new schools buses.
MDEQ provides grant for new Enterprise school bus
Meridian Star
Enterprise School District received a grant from the Mississippi Environmental Quality to purchase a new school bus.
State to host hazardous material day at Eagle Lake
Vicksburg Post
In an effort to help residents cleaning up from the recent historic floods, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has scheduled a household hazardous waste collection day for Saturday.
Congressman Bennie Thompson Announces $591,181 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
WJTV
United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson announces the Federal Emergency Management Agency awards $591,181 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality through the Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams program.
Spill closes traffic on Tenn-Tom Waterway
WTVA
Waste Management refutes statements made by City of Jackson about recycling services
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Waste Management is refuting what they call ‘false statements’ made by the City of Jackson regarding its recycling services in the city.
Environmental conservation festival headed to Gulf Coast
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, the BP Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina all had long-lasting impacts on the Gulf Coast, many to be felt for years to come.
Saltillo water switch moving ahead of schedule
Daily Journal
If things go as planned, Saltillo water customers could have surface water coming out of their taps by mid-November.
Regional
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler visits Chattanooga, releases national report and touts work at Southside Lead Site
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Speaking in Chattanooga Monday, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler released the final report of the national Superfund Task Force, detailing the U.S. government's official plan to remediate America's most toxic locations.
Mosaic temporarily halts production at St. James plants; some staff will remain for maintenance
The Advocate
Mosaic Co. is idling its Louisiana phosphate operations, including a once troubled complex near Convent, for the next three months to cut production and reduce an oversupply of agricultural fertilizer in the North American market.
Senator estimates South Carolina will spend millions in debris fire cleanup
WTOC
Jasper County, S.C. (WTOC) - It could cost about $4.5 million to remove a smoldering debris pile that caught fire weeks ago in rural Jasper County, South Carolina.
Breakdown: Why air quality alerts matter
WMC
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - In the summer months, air quality alerts get issued more than any other time of the year. In this episode of the Breakdown, we will explain why air quality alerts matter and how they get issued.
National
Watchdog faults EPA response to lead paint hazards
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not effectively using a rule meant to protect against exposure to lead-based paint, an agency watchdog found.
Fix For Algae? Invention Shows Promise
Northern Valley Press
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—With several of New Jersey’s largest freshwater lakes and ponds closed most of the summer—due to harmful algal blooms caused by nutrient-rich stormwater runoff—an invention created and patented by five North Jersey teens to help prevent algal blooms could not be more timely.
Opinion
The South Delta region deserves the Yazoo pumps: Column
Paige Adock
Clarion Ledger
The Yazoo Backwater Flood of 2019 has finally receded but not before floating up some new fallacies from extremist environmental groups opposing completion of the Congressionally authorized Yazoo Pump Project.
Press Releases
MDEQ Awards $296,000 to 12 School Districts for New School Buses
(Jackson, Miss.) — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded $296,992 to 12 school districts to assist in the purchase of new school buses.
Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward
09/09/2019
Chattanooga -- (September 9, 2019) Today in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the completion of the Superfund Task Force and issued the Task Force’s final report outlining significant accomplishments over the past two years at Superfund sites across the country.
