State
Lee County schools receive new buses with MDEQ grant
WTVA
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - With help from a grant, the Lee County School District received new school buses.
Tenn-Tom Waterway still closed in Tishomingo County after oil spill
WTVA
NEW SITE, Miss. (WTVA) - The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway remains closed as of Tuesday.
GAUTIER RESIDENT RAISES CONCERN ABOUT RAW SEWAGE ISSUES
WXXV
‘Raw sewage:’ the phrase alone is unpleasant to the ear, but what about having it flow into a bayou near your home? One Gautier residents says that is exactly what’s happened in his area for what he says has been a while.
City proposes increasing sanitation fund
Daily Journal
TUPELO • Mayor Jason Shelton’s administration is asking the City Council to vote to increase the city’s sanitation fund, which would lead to a small increase in how much money citizens pay for trash disposal services.
Military Matters: Solar comes to NAS Meridian
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - There's a new push at Meridian Naval Air Station to use renewable power, including solar energy.
Mississippi Hills celebrates 10 years, unveils rebranding and next plans
Daily Journal
TUPELO • The Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area – one of only three in the state and 55 nationwide – celebrated its 10-year anniversary Tuesday.
Hattiesburg announces $120,000 grant for Duncan Lake trail
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Hattiesburg is moving ahead with a project for the Duncan Lake trail after receiving a $120,000 grant.
David Burchfield Obituary
Oil Spill
With Coast projects competing for millions in BP money, which ones survived the first cut?
Sun Herald
Gulfport residents would finally get the indoor swimming pool so many want, Gautier could develop its town center, and the state port could bring back frozen chicken with projects an advisory committee green-lighted for BP funds the state Legislature controls.
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board discusses $730 million in grant requests
WLOX
Initially, the board eliminated all but 40 projects from further consideration and went back to take a closer look at those, ultimately eliminating more.
Crabs and shrimp are flocking to the Deepwater Horizon spill site to mate, and it's making them sick
CNN
The site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has become a popular mating ground for deep-sea crabs and shrimp.
Regional
EPA drops state haze plan, approves Arkansas' version
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Federal officials have discarded their plan for reducing Arkansas' air pollutants that impede visibility at national wilderness areas, three years after finalizing the plan over the protests of utility companies.
What's porous paving? All new commercial parking lots are now required to use it
The Advocate
New Orleans is a city often inundated by water and, just as often, a city frustrated in its attempts to deal with it. Now, joining a movement that supporters say will help mitigate flooding and soil subsidence, the City Council has decided that all new commercial parking surfaces in New Orleans must be porous.
National
EPA Chief Pledges To Severely Cut Back On Animal Testing Of Chemicals
NPR
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will aggressively reduce the use of animals in toxicity testing, with a goal of eliminating all routine safety tests on mammals by 2035.
Lawmakers grill manufacturers over 'forever chemicals' contamination
The Hill
Lawmakers on Tuesday expressed frustration with major manufacturers behind chemicals that have contaminated drinking water across the country, demanding answers on how they plan to deal with toxic "forever chemicals."
National Wildlife Federation Releases Recommendations To Address PFAS Contamination
Wisconsin Public Radio
Opinion
Extravaganza boycott: This is why I resigned from the Mississippi Wildlife Federation
Lindsey Lemmons
Clarion Ledger
Regarding the Mississippi Wildlife Federation and its preparation for the 2019 Wildlife Extravaganza, I feel it's important for readers to hear my side of the story for some clarification.
Press Releases
USM and LUMCON Selected to Lead Consortium to Operate New NSF Regional Class Research Vessel
USM
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the Gulf – Caribbean Oceanographic Consortium, cooperatively led by The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), to operate the third new oceanographic research ship to carry out regional scale research in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
EPA Seeks Comment and Commitment on Draft National Water Reuse Action Plan
09/10/2019
SAN DIEGO — Today, at the 34th Annual WateReuse Symposium in San Diego, California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft National Water Reuse Action Plan that identifies priority actions and the leadership and collaboration that is needed between governmental and nongovernmental organizations to implement these actions.
EPA Awards Nearly $1 million to Vanderbilt Medical Center and Vanderbilt University to Advance Research on Alternative Methods to Animal Testing
Grants are part of $4.25 million to universities on heels of memo from Administrator Wheeler to prioritize Agency efforts to reduce animal testing
09/10/2019
Nashville, Tenn. – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $848,924 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and $850,000 to Vanderbilt University in Nashville as part of a total of $4.25 million in funding to five universities to research the development and use of alternative test methods and strategies that reduce, refine and/or replace vertebrate animal testing.
