State
City asks for patience with cleanup
Daily Corinthian
With the federal disaster declaration in hand, Corinth is moving through the process of hiring a contractor to assist with storm cleanup.
...The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has given approval for the city to have a site to burn the enormous amount of debris. The city's landfill site on Westview Drive is near capacity.
Decision on Eagle Lake debris cleanup delayed, pushed to new supervisors
Vicksburg Post
A decision to handle huge amounts of debris left behind by home demolitions in the Eagle Lake community will be decided by the new Warren County Board of Supervisors after the current board decided Monday to delay a decision.
County opening waste disposal site
Neshoba Democrat
Neshoba County residents will soon have a safe, clean area where they can dispose of garbage, discarded metals and old tires.
LIST: Recycle Christmas trees instead of throwing them away
WLOX
HARRISON/JACKSON COUNTIES, Miss. (WLOX) - Christmas trees are one of the most known symbols of the holidays, but they can also become a dangerous hazard when the holidays end and they dry out. So, what can residents do to protect themselves and their homes?
Christmas tree disposal and reuse
Picayune Item
Picayune residents will be able to dispose of their live Christmas trees through curbside pickup.
Poultry, timber remain Mississippi’s top crops in 2019
AP
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Poultry and timber remain atop Mississippi’s agricultural economy.
Flooding throughout county proves costly
Madison County Journal
The Board of Supervisors voted last week to spend $500,000 to fix flooding issues on Way Road, but that could just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the county’s water woes.
R’land water gets perfect score
Madison County Journal
The City of Ridgeland has earned the maximum score of 5 from the Mississippi State Department of Health for the city’s drinking water supply according to an inspection conducted in october.
Grassfed animal production can be a way to save the family farm
MBJ
Many grassfed animal producers turned to that production method because of evidence that it is healthier for the environment, the animals and people. But another big factor is cost. It can be less costly than purchasing or even growing the grains.
Regional
For a decade Alabama regulators asked top state doctor to identify PFAS human health risks
WHNT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Newly discovered letters between Alabama's environmental chief and top doctor reveal their concerns about potential health risks from PFAS chemicals, a position they have not embraced publicly.
Oyster Farmers Bring Back A Once Prominent Florida Industry
WUSF
Florida's oyster business is making a slow comeback. Apalachicola Bay in the Panhandle used to be known for its oyster fisheries until it all collapsed less than a decade ago. Growers are having some success using a new way to farm.
EPA to conduct hearing on offshore aquaculture project near Sarasota
Herald Tribune
SARASOTA COUNTY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public hearing next month on a discharge permit that would allow for an aquaculture net pen demonstration project to be built about 45 miles southwest of Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico.
Denka air monitoring will continue in 2020, but using different method, EPA says
NOLA.com
Federal air monitoring around a LaPlace chemical plant the EPA says emits a “likely carcinogen” will continue in 2020, quieting some environmentalists’ and nearby residents' fears that the agency would pull the plug on the program next year.
Arkansas water project progressing, funding needed
Delta Farm Press
The Bayou Meto Water Management District is addressing a water shortage problem in eastern Arkansas that, if not rectified, could endanger agricultural row crop production, a wildlife habitat, and impact consumer drinking water by the middle of the century.
System maximizes lay flat pipe
Delta Farm Press
Lay flat pipe has become increasingly popular in the South as a way to move water into flood irrigation areas. And the system is moving into other parts of the country where flood irrigation is used, due to the convenience of rolling out the material rather than using standard pipe setups.
Alabama ups deer disease checks; CWD in neighboring states
AP
Alabama is increasing checks for a lethal deer disease because chronic wasting disease has been found in neighboring Mississippi and Tennessee.
National
Trump admin shuts down pollution-tracking map
The Hill
A federal database tracking pollution in the United States was retired earlier this month, drawing criticism from environmental advocates.
HUD spends millions on lead abatement. Why are public housing authorities still struggling?
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON Many public housing residents are facing lead-related dangers in their homes, mostly from lead-based paint and pipes, but also in the surrounding soil and in the playgrounds where children play.
When Some Municipalities Stopped Recycling, This Iowa County Processed More
WSJ
Cities and counties around the U.S. suspended parts of their recycling programs this year after China tightened import restrictions, and prices for recyclables plummeted. But Scott County, Iowa, is collecting more than ever.
Toxic ‘ooze’ onto Detroit-area highway raises questions about $2M EPA cleanup and oversight
MLive
Environmental investigators once found toxic green water in an unlined pit in the basement of a factory deemed so contaminated that the state closed it in 2016.
West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’
AP
A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the U.S. West Coast.
Opinion
EDITORIAL/Taxpayers are ‘partners’ in a dump?
Madison County Journal
An attorney for the proposed third landfill in Madison County has declared that taxpayers are “partners” by way of a host fee agreement.
Madison County landfill: Who will stand up for residents against unneeded landfill?
Gary Parker and Katie Warren, Guest columnists
Clarion Ledger
Surely, someone will stand up for us before it’s too late.
Madison County finds itself in an episode of the Twilight Zone, hurtling toward a point of no return that virtually no one here wants — a regional waste dump in our backyard that takes in garbage from outside Madison County.
Press releases
Commercial, recreational fishing seasons opening, closing
December 23, 2019
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that commercial fishing seasons for Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) and Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) opened in Mississippi territorial waters on January 1, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. local time.
