State
Will Madison County get a third landfill? MDEQ holding meeting before inauguration
Clarion Ledger
On Tuesday, the state is expected to decide whether a new landfill will be allowed in south Madison County.
MDEQ to vote on NCL landfill
WJTV
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) – On January 14, 2020 at 9:00 am, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality will vote on the proposed NCL landfill.
DeSoto County officials focused on debris clean up
WMC
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - DeSoto County officials met with Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality about debris management Sunday.
Houlka aldermen award $1.725 million bid for sewage lagoon improvements
Chickasaw Journal
Houlka is now one major step closer to beginning state-mandated improvement work on its sewage lagoon.
Mississippi: Up to 40 deer tested had deadly brain disease
AP
A deadly brain disease has been found in or is suspected in 40 Mississippi deer, and the state is asking hunters to continue providing samples through the deer season.
TRACKING SEA TURTLES
WXXV
Every day the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies works hard to rehabilitate sea creatures to send them back to their natural habitats.
State Government
BOTH PARTIES IN NEW MISSISSIPPI SENATE LEADERSHIP ROLES
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's new Republican lieutenant governor is putting together a bipartisan leadership team in the state Senate for the new four-year term.
Regional
Colfax waste complex's open burning of explosives could be halted after state says it will deny permit
NOLA.com
State regulators are threatening to deny a vital permit to a company that burns and detonates explosive material in the open air in North Louisiana — unless the company considers other, more environmentally safe ways of doing business.
National
House passes sweeping bill to target spread of toxic 'forever chemicals'
The Hill
The House on Friday passed legislation to broadly regulate a cancer-linked chemical over objections from the White House that Congress is sidestepping agencies.
State: Air Force illegally discharging ‘forever’ chemicals
Albuquerque Journal
The New Mexico Environment Department has levied a $1.7 million penalty against the Air Force for discharging chemicals into groundwater at Cannon Air Force Base without a valid permit.
Press Releases
MFC PROJECT RECEIVES US FOREST SERVICE AWARD
Winston County Journal
JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) recently received an award from the U.S. Forest Service for its Pascagoula River Conservation Lands Project.
The project was awarded at the 2019 Regional Forester’s Honor Awards in the “Delivering State and Private Forestry Program” category.
