State
Ridgeland leaders pass resolution to oppose proposed landfill
WJTV
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mayor of Ridgeland and the Board of Alderman passed a resolution Tuesday night, opposing the proposed landfill on North County Line Road.
A record $11.7 million in new waterfront projects, improvements coming to Coast, state says
Sun Herald
A record $11.74 million from the Tidelands Trust Fund is coming back to the Coast for new boardwalks, boat ramps, waterfront parks and other improvements in South Mississippi.
SEC. OF STATE PRESENTS TIDELANDS FUNDS TO DMR
WXXV
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann along with local leaders presented a check for nearly 12 million dollars to the Department of Marine Resources today to help fund projects along the Coast.
WATER CONTACT ADVISORY LIFTED FOR ONE BEACH, REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THREE OTHERS
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Wednesday for Gulfport West Beach from Marie Avenue east to Camp Avenue.
LAMAR CO RECEIVES $50K GRANT FOR WHITE GOODS DISPOSAL
Hub City Spokes
For the past several years, Lamar County officials have offered Saturday drop-off sites for white goods – household appliances – at different locations around the county.
Those efforts will be helped along with a recent $50,000 solid waste assistance grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality that will go toward bulky waste collection.
Forest Heights residents angry over land clearing along Turkey Creek in Gulfport
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Over the last week, 80 acres of woods along Turkey Creek in Gulfport have been cleared.
Levee repair nearing completion at Trace State Park
Pontotoc Progress
If you’re married to a fisherman, you might want to put a good umbrella on your Christmas wish list.
How your water works
Itawamba County Times
Recent water rate increases for the Town of Mantachie coupled with the partnering of the Public Service Commissioner’s office and Mississippi Rural Water Association to resolve the long-standing moratorium against Northeast Itawamba Water Association have opened the door to asking exactly who holds what responsibility when it comes to local residents having safe drinking water.
Group pitches in to clean streets, build pride
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — One small group of citizens is building community pride one bologna wrapper and broken beer bottle at a time.
Please, shoot them: 12 bucks on MSU Deer Lab's most wanted list. Here's why.
Clarion Ledger
As a study of mature bucks winds down, multiple malfunctions in tracking collars have prompted the Mississippi State University Deer Lab to ask hunters to target bucks wearing the orange collars.
'This is a game changer’: Grand opening held for Continental Tire plant in Clinton
WLBT
CLINTON, Miss. (WLBT) - It has been four years in the making, but now a dream of a tire manufacturer being located in central Mississippi is a reality.
Oil Spill
Design team chosen for new learning facility in Gulf Shores
WKRG
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) – A design team has been selected to build the new Gulf Coast Center’s Ecotourism & Sustainability facility.
Regional
POTENTIAL CARCINOGEN RELEASED INTO THE CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN
AP
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — North Carolina environmental officials are investigating a report by Greensboro that a carcinogenic chemical was released during wastewater treatment by a company.
Venomous fish with painful sting was presumed extinct in Smoky Mountains. It’s back
Sun Herald
A venomous catfish long believed extinct is “back from the dead” in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is not so good news for people walking in streams. “Smoky Madtoms have venomous spines which they use as a defense mechanism against other species that may eat them,” the National Park Service said in an Oct. 14 Facebook post.
National
Inspector general to review DOD's use of PFAS
The Hill
The inspector general at the Department of Defense (DOD) agreed in a letter released Tuesday to review the agency’s history with a class of cancer-linked chemicals that have leached into the water supply near military bases across the country.
Despite Their Promises, Giant Energy Companies Burn Away Vast Amounts of Natural Gas
NYT
When leaders from Exxon Mobil and BP gathered last month with other fossil-fuel executives to declare they were serious about climate change, they cited progress in curbing an energy-wasting practice called flaring — the intentional burning of natural gas as companies drill faster than pipelines can move the energy away.
Plastic bottles vs. aluminum cans: who'll win the global water fight?
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Global bottled water giants are ramping up trials of easily recyclable aluminum cans to replace plastic that pollutes the world’s seas. Sound like a slam-dunk for the environment? Not entirely.
$6.6M cleanup could mark end of Muskegon Lake’s polluted past
MLive
MUSKEGON, MI – The planned $6.6 million cleanup of a Muskegon Lake tributary is considered the last step toward delisting the Lake Michigan inlet as an “area of concern” due to contamination.
Old landfill in Maryland transformed into state's first large-scale community solar farm
The Hill
A swath of land in Fort Washington, Md., that was once home to a landfill has been transformed into the state’s first large-scale community solar farm, NPR News reports.
Press Releases
THE GREAT CENTRAL U.S. SHAKEOUT’ EXERCISE SET FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH
October 16, 2019
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is encouraging everyone in the state to take part in ‘The Great Central U.S. Shakeout’ exercise, Thursday morning, at 10:17.
USDA Invests in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in 31 States
Investments will Benefit Nearly 300,000 Rural Residents
