State
Mississippi among worst states for dams rated in bad shape
AP
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — Maybe it’s in a subdivision in Olive Branch, on a hill above Interstate 20 in Meridian, or in rural Carroll County. But across Mississippi, there are dams waiting for one inch too much of rain, or one year too many of neglect.
Thousands face life-threatening floods from aging dams
AP
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house.
Just a little over a quarter-mile upstream, the 92-year-old Spencer Dam was straining to contain the swollen, ice-covered Niobrara River after an unusually intense snow and rainstorm.
New federal grant program allots $10M for dams in 26 states
AP
Built for irrigation in 1884, Smith Reservoir in Colorado no longer can hold as much water as it once did.
County moves debris collection site in Eagle Lake community
Vicksburg Post
The Warren County Board of Supervisors Monday were asked to open a new debris collection point as work continues in the Eagle Lake community to recover from the year’s historic flood.
HARRISON COUNTY AT TOP OF THE HEAP WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING
WXXV
Harrison county residents and the Harrison County Utility Authority (HCUA), are a cut above and tops when it comes to recycling in our state.
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR USM’S OCEAN ENTERPRISE FACILITY
WXXV
State leaders were on hand in Gulfport today for the groundbreaking ceremony for USM’s Ocean Enterprise Facility.
Lamar County couple recognized as Miss. Tree Farmers of the Year
WDAM
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A sense of serenity as you step inside one of nature's habitats. Welcome to Turkey Pine Plantation.
Regional
EPA to require reduced emissions of carcinogenic ethylene oxide, produced at 13 Louisiana plants
NOLA.com
New rules proposed this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could mandate a reduction in emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing compound produced by many chemical manufacturers in Louisiana that has come under increasing scrutiny.
‘Fish fence’ being tested in Kentucky to stop Asian carp
AP
Kentucky officials are hoping a noise-making, bubbling "fish fence" will help stop the spread of destructive Asian carp.
Texas petrochemical plant fire environmental impact unclear
AP
Researchers are uncertain about the environmental impact of toxic chemicals used to extinguish a three-day blaze at a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility after some leaked into a busy commercial waterway.
National
EPA proposes testing methods for five additional kinds of PFAS
Star Tribune
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed new testing methods that will eventually measure the toxicity of five additional kinds of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known collectively as PFAS. They are often called "forever chemicals" because they remain in the body for years.
Cruise company announces it will be carbon neutral by 2020
The Hill
MSC Cruises on Friday announced that it hopes to become carbon neutral by 2020.
Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago said in a statement that the company will commit to make sure that "our fleet makes no negative contribution to climate change, starting January 1, 2020."
Press Releases
Bio-acoustic fish fence now operational at Lake Barkley
USFWS
November 8, 2019
Grand Rivers, Kentucky — An experimental project designed to keep invasive Asian carp from moving farther up the Cumberland River was unveiled Friday at Lake Barkley. A bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) was deployed on the downstream side of Barkley Lock. U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and U.S. Congressman James Comer along with project partners, ceremonially inaugurated the BAFF system as part of a three-year evaluation to deter Asian carp from migrating through the navigation lock.
