State
Community support desperately needed to ‘Finish The Pumps’
Vicksburg Post
For some it is a slogan they share on Facebook. For others, it is a saying that adorns a bumper sticker placed on their back window. And yet for others, like Stormy Deere, Victoria Darden and the hundreds who have battled floodwaters far longer than they ever should have, “finish the pumps” is part of their everyday lives.
Giant catfish: Where do they go and how fast do they grow?
Clarion Ledger
Catfish, especially blue catfish, can grow to enormous sizes. The Mississippi state record is 95 pounds and was caught in the Mississippi River near Natchez. Flatheads, another popular species, can grow in excess of 70 pounds. Channel catfish don't grow as large as its blue and flathead cousins, but can still weigh over 50 pounds.
Mississippi shrimp season to open May 28
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The opening date for this year’s shrimp season is marked for Thursday, May 28.
Sales tax ‘surprisingly strong,’ spending-freeze suggestion shot down
Laurel Leader-Call
In other business, the council moved forward with issuing $4.5 million in bonds that’s for work on the “eight-plex” of softball fields and other additions and improvements at the SportsPlex.
“We’re in a unique situation because we have the money to do the work, but we’re waiting on an agency before we can do it,” Magee said. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality still has to do site approval where an old landfill was located, Magee said.
“We met a while back … why can’t we get anything done?” Wheat asked.
Magee said that DEQ officials have told him they’re not in the office and are working from home during the shutdown.
MDEQ LIFTS BEACH WATER CONTACT ADVISORY IN GULFPORT
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Monday for Station 11 (Gulfport East Beach). Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. There is one other advisory in effect.
Oil Spill
Popp’s Ferry Causeway Park getting attention from crowd-weary outdoor enthusiasts
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Many public places are crammed full of people for the Memorial Day weekend, but there’s a natural haven in Biloxi that offers an alternative for those worried about COVID-19.
Regional
'We're screwed': The only question is how quickly Louisiana wetlands will vanish, study says
NOLA.com
Because of increasing rates of sea level rise fueled by global warming, the remaining 5,800 square miles of Louisiana's coastal wetlands in the Mississippi River delta will disappear. The only question is how quickly it will happen, says a new peer-reviewed study published Friday in Science Advances.
National
Coal company sues EPA over power plant pollution regulation
The Hill
A coal company has challenged an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power plant pollution regulation in court after the agency recently finalized changes that weaken the standards' legal underpinnings.
Coronavirus Threatens to Hobble the U.S. Shale-Oil Boom for Years
WSJ
American shale drillers helped turn the U.S. into the world’s top oil producer, topping 13 million barrels a day earlier this year. It likely will be years—if ever—before they reach such heights again.
