State
BOARD TAKES NO ACTION ON LANDFILL APPROVAL
Northside Sun
Despite opposition from the majority of those in attendance at last week’s meeting of the board of supervisors, the board took no action regarding the proposed North County Line Road landfill.
Waveland plans city improvements using tidelands funds
WLOX
WAVELAND, Miss. (WLOX) - The three coastal counties and cities along the Coast are making plans to use 2019 tidelands funds to enhance the quality of life.
Ross Barnett weed control in full swing
Daily Journal
Lake managers hoped they had eradicated invasive giant salvinia with spraying, burning and months on end of intentionally-low water levels, but the return to full pool in October revealed four small patches that had survived.
Reservoir Managing High Water as Pearl River Floods
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – With recent heavy rainfall and officially the wettest October on record (with 14.66 inches), the Reservoir Management is managing high water levels.
Eagle Lake to open up to the public Friday
Vicksburg Post
Eagle Lake will open to the general public Friday.
U.S. Interior Department activity contributes $1.7B to Mississippi economy
Daily Journal
U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today released the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic Report for Fiscal Year 2018.
Regional
Poor communities bear the brunt of Louisiana's toxic pollution, but wealthy ones aren’t immune
NOLA.com
Once a sleepy stretch of cane fields and plantation houses, Louisiana’s river corridor has been remade over the past century into a petrochemical powerhouse.
National
E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules to Control Toxic Ash from Coal Plants
NYT
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury into water supplies from the ash of coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans.
White House Backing Off Proposed Fuel-Efficiency Freeze
Trump administration plans for annual efficiency increases of 1.5%; rule likely to come by year’s end
WSJ
The Trump administration is backing away from a plan to freeze tailpipe-emissions targets for new vehicles through 2025, say people familiar with the process.
Press Releases
MDMR offering food safety workshop Nov. 6 – 8
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Seafood Technology Bureau is conducting a basic seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety workshop November 6 – 8 at the Bolton State Building in Biloxi.
MSU’s Vahedifard tapped Engineer of the Year by ASCE’s Mississippi Section
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State civil engineering faculty member is being recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers-Mississippi Section as Engineer of the Year.
