State
FUNDS SQUARED AWAY FOR RESTORATION ON SHIP ISLAND
WXXV
Federal funds have been landed to continue restoration work on Ship Island.
Lafayette County Planning Commission vote to not remove Punkin Water Association moratorium
Oxford Eagle
A moratorium that was placed on the Punkin Water Association by the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors last summer will remain in place.
State senator on board with Canton leaders’ plans to stop flooding
WJTV
Canton has not been a stranger to flooding, and now the city is working on plans to deal with all the water.
State Government
MDOT worker killed, second in two weeks
Daily Journal
A tractor accident in the southwestern corner of the state claimed the life of a Mississippi Department of Transportation worker Tuesday.
Oil Spill
Oil money sought for park upgrades
NWF Daily News
DESTIN — City officials are looking forward to the holiday season in more ways than one.
City Manager Lance Johnson told the city council last week that the Okaloosa County Commission recently approved the final applications for federal money to pay for amenities at Clement Taylor Park and development of the future Capt. Royal Melvin Heritage Park.
Regional
Memphis working to complete city’s first climate action plan
WMC
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A United Nations Climate Action Change Summit has the world talking about how to save the environment. Meanwhile, right here at home, the City of Memphis is finishing up it’s first ever climate action plan.
Another artificial reef now in place in the Gulf of Mexico
KATC
Another artificial reef is now in place in the Gulf of Mexico.
An old oil platform was transformed into the reef as part of The Coastal Conservation Association's efforts to restore natural reefs.
Louisiana representatives ask for more offshore oil royalties for coastal restoration
The Advocate
The four Gulf Coast states that produce oil offshore want a bigger cut of the royalties the federal government gets from drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf to be put toward hurricane protection and coastal restoration.
Representatives from the four states — Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas — formed a coalition in August to take up the cause.
UGA Scientist: There Is Oil In Marshes Near St. Simons
Georgia Public Broadcasting
There is definitely oil in the marshes near St. Simon’s island where a shipping vessel capsized this month..
National
EPA’s Wheeler on dangers of climate change: ‘I don’t know what the tipping point is’
McClatchy
President Donald Trump’s top environment official acknowledges the growing risks posed by climate change – but blames Congress for restricting the administration’s ability to respond.
Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, told McClatchy in an interview this week that the Trump administration is “statutorily” limited by Congress to respond to Americans’ reliance on fossil fuels, amid its protracted campaign to roll back regulations on earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions put in place by former President Barack Obama.
New climate report: Oceans rising faster, ice melting more
AP
Due to climate change, the world’s oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting even more ice and snow, a grim international science assessment concludes.
EPA nears removal of Wyoming, Utah sites from Superfund list
AP
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Environmental regulators are close to removing two sites in the western U.S. from a list of polluted places in need of long-term cleanup.
EPA says New England air quality improving
AP
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New England has met air quality standards for sulfur dioxide after improvements were seen in parts of New Hampshire, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.
Millions to fund electric school bus initiative
WCAV
RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Virginia is going to dedicate several million dollars to fund a new initiative aimed at accelerating the deployment of electric school buses across the Commonwealth.
Press Releases
EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Waterway Trash Reduction Projects in the Gulf
Applications are due no later than November 22, 2019
09/24/2019
BILOXI, Miss. (Sept. 24, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division announced the availability of grant funding for innovative projects focused on reducing the amount of trash in our waterways through trash prevention and/or removal. The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $5 million.
EPA Announces Water Workforce Initiative to Help Recruit and Prepare the Next Generation of Clean Water Professionals
09/24/2019
WASHINGTON (September 24, 2019) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Water Workforce Initiative to help cities and communities across the country that are facing critical staffing shortages for the operation and maintenance of essential drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.
