State
Residents express concerns over proposed landfill
WAPT
RIDGELAND, Miss. — North County Line Waste, LLC is at odds with the City of Ridgeland and some residents over plans to open a new landfill.
Another landfill could be coming to Madison County
WJTV
The mayor of Ridgeland asked people to come out in unity against a proposed landfill, but in 2011 he was on board with that same project.
Citizens voice concerns over proposed NCL Landfill in Ridgeland at Tougaloo College
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you’re concerned over a new landfill possibly coming to Ridgeland, Tougaloo College was the place to be Thursday night.
Clubs encouraged to help fight littering
Picayune Item
About a year ago, a member of American Legion Post 73 in Picayune decided to pay for an additional sign to be installed along Union School Road alerting motorists to the penalty for littering.
City of Brandon breaks ground on two new water towers
WLBT
BRANDON, Miss. (WLBT) - The City of Brandon broke ground on a $3 million water project Thursday morning.
CDC: Deer with TB can transmit bacteria to humans
WLBT
(WWBT) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning this month that deer with tuberculosis can transmit the bacteria to humans.
Regional
EPA: 3M discharged chemicals without required permit, took years to disclose reporting errors
WHNT
DECATUR, Ala. - An Environmental Protection Agency inspection report is shedding more light on the type, volume and company management of chemical discharges by Decatur's 3M plant into the Tennessee River.
EPA considering first fish farm in Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay Times
A Hawaii-based company wants to open the first offshore fish farm in the Gulf of Mexico about 45 miles west of Sarasota. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which approved a draft permit in August, is seeking public comment on issuing a final permit on the project through Sunday.
In first for energy industry, Freeport-McMoRan to settle Louisiana lawsuits aimed at restoring coast
The Advocate
Southern drought deepens; 11 million affected
AP
Weeks of dry, hot weather have plunged the Deep South further into a drought that's affecting more than 11 million people and threatening crops across the region, a new assessment showed Thursday.
National
Trump nominates Peter Gaynor for FEMA administrator
The Hill
EPA to California: You’re also ‘failing’ to meet water pollution standards
LA Times
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration warned California officials Thursday that the state is “failing” to meet federal water quality standards, the latest move in the president’s escalating political feud with the state’s liberal leaders.
Press Releases
EPA announces Mississippi Power Company as 1st Place 2019 Gulf Guardian Winner in Gulfport, Mississippi
09/26/2019
GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept. 26, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division announced the Mississippi Power Company as a 1st Place Gulf Guardian award winner for its Renew Our Rivers Conservation Program which helps to improve water quality, habitat and environmental education in the gulf.
EPA announces Bayou Town Productions, LLC in Kiln, Mississippi, as 1st Place 2019 Gulf Guardian Winner
09/26/2019
KILN, Miss. (Sept. 26, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division announced Bayou Town Productions, LLC as a 1st Place Gulf Guardian award winner for its Environmental Education and Outreach Mobile Classroom, which helps improve water quality, habitat and environmental education in the gulf.
EPA announces 2019 Gulf Guardian Winners from Biloxi, Mississippi
09/26/2019
BILOXI, Miss. (Sept. 26, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division announced the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, MS DMR and Allen Engineering and Science, and the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain as Gulf Guardian award winners for projects that help improve water quality, habitat and environmental education in the gulf.
