State
Tanker carrying diesel fuel overturns in Madison County
WLBT
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Troopers and emergency crews were on the scene Friday of a one vehicle crash in Madison County on Highway 43 near Quail Road.
The crash was reported at 8 a.m.
OVERLOAD: UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT ERODING PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH
Northside Sun
When Ken Adcock built his Carolwood Drive home two decades ago, White Oak Creek was a meandering stream, lined with trees and a sloping creek.
RECYCLING
Northside Sun
The Rotary Club of Jackson welcomed Jennifer Milner, state recycling coordinator from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MSDEQ) as speaker.
Reservoir lowered in preparation for Giant Salvinia eradication
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Managers at the Ross Barnett Reservoir have begun lowering the lake levels in their fight against Giant Salvinia.
Families learn more about wildlife at 2019 Crane Fest
WLOX
GAUTIER, Miss. (WLOX) - It was a fun-filled day for families out at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge.
Name of new Gulf research ship to honor Mississippi civil rights leader
NOLA.com
The Gulf of Mexico’s largest research ship will be named after a doctor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Gulf Coast beaches during the 1960s.
Oil Spill
Cook Road connector gets official kickoff with hopes of economic growth
WLOX
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s been decades in the making.
Finally, the $30 million, fully-funded infrastructure project that officials said will be one of the biggest for economic development for Jackson County, is about to begin.
Regional
FBI: 1 in custody for questioning in Houston mercury spill
AP
A person has been taken into custody for questioning after dozens of people were decontaminated as a precaution due to trace amounts of mercury spilled at three locations in Houston, the FBI said Monday.
Truck driver sentenced for illegally dumping diesel fuel
WALB
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The driver of a diesel fuel truck who dumped thousands of gallons of diesel fuel onto land draining into a Thomasville creek in 2018, shutting down a school and causing a federally-led clean-up, was sentenced for his crime on Thursday, according to Charles “Charlie” Peeler, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Report shines light on decade of budget cuts for NC environmental regulators
WRAL
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's environmental watchdog agency took some of the biggest budget cuts in the country over the last 10 years, according to a state-by-state look at pollution control funding.
National
EU Pledges to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions to Net-Zero by 2050
WSJ
BRUSSELS—European Union leaders agreed to cut the bloc’s greenhouse-gas emissions to net-zero by 2050, coupling efforts to fight climate change with a massive economic transition poised to test EU unity.
DEP, EPA working together on addressing ethylene oxide
WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday it is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a strategy over a flammable chemical.
