State Government
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO CONTROL THE VIRUS SPREAD IN MISS.
MPB
The state department of health is now reporting 12 positive cases of the coronavirus or COVID-19 in Mississippi.
Gov. Reeves maps out plan to combat coronavirus
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and Mississippi Department of Health are urging people to take precautions as the coronavirus spreads across the globe.
Oil Spill
Idea to build Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame in Gautier seeks traction
WLOX
GAUTIER, Miss. (WLOX) -The City of Gautier has plans to pump $7 million of RESTORE Act money into the old Singing River Mall property.
New life comes to a Louisiana island
WVUE
Queen Bess Island, La. (WVUE) - The first of the next generation of brown pelicans will hatch soon on Queen Bess Island, an important nesting spot a few miles north of Grand Isle.
National
DOJ ends practice of allowing polluters to pay for environmental projects
The Hill
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer allow polluting companies to reduce their fines by footing the bill for environmental projects, putting an end to a tool that's been popular with both industry and government agencies.
Military sees surge in sites with 'forever chemical' contamination
The Hill
The military now has at least 651 sites that have been contaminated with cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” a more than 50 percent jump from its last tally.
Asbestos Warnings Grow With Penn State Lawsuit, National Push
WSJ
PITTSBURGH—Peter Labosky Jr. had been retired for 12 years from his job as a professor of wood sciences at Penn State University when he was diagnosed in 2014 with mesothelioma. He died five months later.
Adviser behind controversial EPA policies returns as agency chief of staff
The Hill
A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official who worked on some controversial administration actions is returning to the agency Monday.
Opinion
Wicker: Backwater pumps have been blocked by ‘bureaucracy and misinformation’
Vicksburg Post
Press Releases
New Geoelectric Hazard Map Shows Potential Vulnerability to High-Voltage Power Grid for Two-Thirds of the US
USGS
MARCH 16, 2020
The research, featured in Space Weather, includes a map of voltages that would be induced on the national electric power grid by a geomagnetic superstorm.
