State
Eagle Lake levels to drop as Corps opens Muddy Bayou Control Structure
Vicksburg Post
Supervisors name new county code enforcement officer to address litter, debris
The Panolian
Hunter Lawrence is on a mission to clean up Panola County, and the Board of Supervisors have passed an ordinance to help him.
State Government
‘Major disaster’ looms as Mississippians ignore COVID-19 rules, top health official says
Sun Herald
State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs warns that hospitals will be overrun in the fall at the rate COVID-19 is spreading because so many Mississippians fail to follow simple public health guidelines.
Jackson County native named as 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judge
WLOX
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLOX) - Judge Cory T. Wilson, a Jackson County native, has been confirmed as judge to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Oil Spill
Two million-dollar fishing pier project set to begin in Fort Morgan
WKRG
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — Time and the elements have not been a friend to the fishing pier in Fort Morgan.
Regional
The group that saved Lake Pontchartain is changing its name, logo
NOLA.com
The group that led the effort to “Save Our Lake” is dropping “lake” from its name. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation is rebranding itself the Pontchartrain Conservancy in a move that aims to emphasize the 31-year-old group’s focus on the wider, coastal region east of the lake.
National
EPA won't defend policy blocking grantees from serving on boards after court losses
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will no longer defend a policy that blocked scientists from serving on its committees if they receive agency funding for their research.
Farm group calls EPA a 'barrier' for emissions reduction in biofuels
The Hill
The head of a major farm group on Wednesday blasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a “barrier” for reducing greenhouse gases in biofuels.
Bayer To Pay More Than $10 Billion To Resolve Cancer Lawsuits Over Weedkiller Roundup
NPR
Bayer will pay more than $10 billion to end tens of thousands of lawsuits filed over its Roundup weedkiller, the company announced Wednesday. The settlement also resolves many other cases over the herbicide dicamba as well as water contaminated with toxic chemicals called PCBs.
Monsanto to pay $95M over PCB pollution in Washington state
AP
SEATTLE — The agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to pay Washington state $95 million to settle a lawsuit that blamed it for pervasive pollution from PCBs — toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades.
Projects to Stash Carbon Dioxide Underground Get a Boost
NYT
WASHINGTON — Carbon capture, a rarely tested strategy to fight climate change, is attracting growing interest in the United States after the Trump administration began clearing a longstanding roadblock to subsidizing the technology.
Blood-sucking ‘vampire fish’ now spawning in Vermont’s coastal rivers, state says
Sun Herald
Imagine a 2-foot eel with a circular mouth and rows of jagged teeth, like a shark. That’s a sea lamprey.
Court rules Montana family owns dinosaur fossils worth millions
AP
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on a Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land’s surface rights, not the owners of the mineral rights, a U.S. appeals court ruled.
Press Releases
Howard re-elected to PERS Board of Trustees, McCoy voted vice chair
Chris Howard, of Madison and executive director of the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, has been re-elected to the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) Board of Trustees as one of its two state employee representatives.
