State
Wicker sends letter to USACE in support of completing Yazoo Area Pump Project
Vicksburg Post
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Tuesday submitted a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers detailing his support for the Yazoo backwater pumps.
Birds. Nutria. Debris. 26 miles of Coast beaches now closed after Cristobal
Sun Herald
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors has closed 26 miles of sand beach because of health hazards Tropical Storm Cristobal created, board president Connie Rockco said Tuesday.
Beaches in Jackson and Hancock County remain open with certain restrictions
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - Following Tropical Storm Cristobal, counties across the Coast were faced with the decision on whether or not to open their beaches to the public.
Marsh birds blown in by Cristobal, out of place on the beach
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mother Nature can be cruel.
Tropical Storm Cristobal brought about a thousand birds known as clapper rails onto the Harrison County beaches. They are a long way from home.
Wildlife Care and Rescue teams work to save animals after Tropical Storm Cristobal
WLOX
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Wildlife experts spent the day on Coast beaches working to save birds and other animals battered by Tropical Storm Cristobal.
Rare, giant find: Mississippi man catches 70-pound alligator snapping turtle
Clarion Ledger
A Caledonia man was driving near his home on June 6 when he had an encounter with a prehistoric-looking creature bigger than any he'd ever seen in the wild.
Regional
Bill spending Gulf oil revenue on national parks must devote money to coastal restoration, protection: Sen Cassidy, state
NOLA.com
The U.S. Senate this week is debating the wildly popular Great American Outdoors Act, which would divert a greater share of outer continental shelf energy revenue – mostly from Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production – to permanently guarantee $900 million a year to support improvements to national and local parks and wildlife refuges, and an additional $11.9 billion over five years to chip away at an enormous backlog in deferred maintenance on public lands.
Man gets $1,200 bill after he says people illegally dump trash on his property
WMC
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - At the corner of Benjestown and Klinke in north Memphis, is a little fixer-upper that Dennis Scott and his wife call their dream home.
National
Court Ruling On Popular Weedkiller Dicamba Upends Midwestern Agriculture
NPR
A federal court ordered farmers to stop spraying one of the country's most widely used herbicides. But the Environmental Protection Agency says farmers can use chemicals that they've already bought.
Congress Told to Take Holistic Approach to Environmental Justice
Bloomberg
The environmental injustice that disadvantaged communities suffer affects the country’s overall health and economic bottom line, witnesses told House lawmakers Tuesday.
States File Bevy of Bills to Regulate Toxic PFAS Chemicals
Bloomberg
The coronavirus pandemic that has brought the nation to a standstill hasn’t stopped state legislatures from moving to regulate PFAS compounds, also known as “forever chemicals.”
Press Releases
EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prevent and Minimize Releases during Hazardous Weather Events
06/09/2020
ATLANTA (June 9, 2020) – As hurricane season approaches, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Hazardous Weather Release Prevention and Reporting alert to remind facility operators of certain requirements that call for preventing, minimizing and reporting chemical releases.
Area 5 Approved growing waters closed for oyster harvest effective immediately
June 9, 2020
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that Area 5 Approved growing waters are closed to the harvest of oysters effective immediately due to heavy rainfall and adverse conditions caused by Tropical Storm Cristobal
