State
Landfill opponents demand county supervisors speak for citizens
Madison County Journal
RIDGELAND — A bi-partisan coalition of Madison County community leaders called Thursday on the Madison County Board of Supervisors to speak for the county’s citizens and ask the MDEQ permit board to delay permitting until the County has re-examined the need for another solid waste landfill.
Freak fire at county landfill
Grenada Star
A strange and freakish occurrence is taking place at the Grenada County Landfill, with flames and fumes seeping up through the ground and local and state officials rushing to put an end to it.
Drivers urged to use caution around fuel spill cleanup
WTVA
UNION COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) — Union County emergency management director Curt Clayton urged drivers to be cautious Thursday evening while workers cleaned up a diesel fuel spill along Highway 15.
Gulf of Mexico Alliance talks storm surge effects on historic buildings
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Even though the 2019 hurricane season is over, the Gulf of Mexico Alliance talked storm surge levels Thursday at its meeting.ance’s 2020 Embrace the Gulf campaign.
Oil Spill
Millions flowing in for ecosystem
Apalachicola Times
If you thought the $8 million Triumph Gulf Coast Inc. granted Florida State University last spring, to fund a five-year effort to restore the health of the Apalachicola Bay’s oyster fishery, was nice, consider it a stocking stuffer compared to what’s coming down under the tree from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Regional
Judge Sides With Georgia Over Florida in Water-Use Dispute
Supreme Court to review the long-running dispute over management to Flint and Chattahoochee rivers
WSJ
Florida DEP approves exploratory oil drilling permits in Apalachicola River Basin in Calhoun County
WMBB
APALACHICOLA, Fla. — Residents and environmentalists are responding after a Texas-based oil company gained approval by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to move forward with exploratory oil drilling wells in the Apalachicola River Basin.
National
Lawmakers cheer bid to ease Air Force contamination impact
AP
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A defense spending bill that's close to clearing Congress is getting praise from members of New Mexico's congressional delegation, who say it includes some relief for communities affected by contamination at Air Force bases in the state and elsewhere around the country.
Buying 87,000 Acres of Land Was Easy. Giving It Away Was a Lot Harder
Bloomberg
It’s like that philosophical question about whether a tree falling in the forest makes a noise if no one’s there to hear it. In this case, does an 87,500-acre recreational area in Maine’s North Woods exist if there are no road signs to help visitors find it?
$245M cleanup of Kalamazoo River Superfund site: ‘It’s a huge deal’
MLive
KALAMAZOO, MI — A $245 million cleanup for the Kalamazoo River Superfund site is a “huge deal,” a Michigan Department of Natural Resources official said.
Trump administration opens 1 million acres in California to fracking, drilling
Sacramento Bee
The Trump administration signed off on an order Thursday that’s intended to open up more than 1 million acres of land in California, from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley, to fracking and conventional oil drilling.
Chevron will write down assets by at least $10 billion
AP
Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will book a charge of at least $10 billion because lower long-term prices for oil and natural gas will reduce the value of its assets.
Opinion
No state tax dollars used to purchase the Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area
Alex Littlejohn, Guest Columnist
Clarion Ledger
Not a single dime of the state’s tax dollars was used to purchase the nearly 18,000 acres of iconic Mississippi Delta river bottoms now known as the Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area.
Press Releases
U.S. Senate Confirms Aurelia Skipwith as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
First African American to Ever Serve in the Position of Director
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Aurelia Skipwith as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a bipartisan vote of 52-39. Skipwith has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior since April 19, 2017.
