Oil Spill
$6.67M grant awarded for PRCC’s workforce training in Hancock County
WLOX
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Pearl River Community College is receiving a $6.67 million RESTORE Act grant to support the school’s workforce training in Hancock County. Governor Tate Reeves announced the grant Monday.
Governor Tate Reeves Announces U.S. Treasury Approves $6.6 Million Grant to Support PRCC
Sea Coast Echo
Governor Tate Reeves on Monday announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved a RESTORE Act grant award of $6.67 million to support Pearl River Community College's (PRCC) workforce training in Hancock County.
Governor Tate Reeves announces U.S. Treasury approves $6.6 Million Grant to Support PRCC
WXXV
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved a RESTORE Act grant award of $6.67 million to support Pearl River Community College’s (PRCC) workforce training in Hancock County.
U.S. Treasury approves $6.6 Million grant to support PRCC
WJTV
POPLARVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury approved a RESTORE Act grant award of $6.67 million to support Pearl River Community College’s (PRCC) workforce training in Hancock County.
State
Greater Amberjack, Gray Triggerfish fishing season opens Aug. 1 in Miss.
WXXV
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that the recreational fishing season for Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) will open in Mississippi territorial waters on Aug. 1, 2020, at 12:01 a.m.
A ‘yes’ vote in special election means more Mississippi Power money for Coast cities
Sun Herald
Voters in South Mississippi will soon decide whether to approve decisions in each of their cities to adopt new franchise agreements with Mississippi Power.
State Government
Mississippi’s COVID-19 cases dip Monday. ‘I wouldn’t be too comfortable,’ Dobbs says.
Sun Herald
New COVID-19 cases dipped below 700 in Mississippi for the first time in two weeks with 653 reported Monday by the state health department.
Skeptical of COVID-19 stats? If there are errors, ‘we want to correct them,’ Dobbs says
Sun Herald
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs and his staff are busy busting a COVID-19 myth that sprung up — surprise — on Facebook.
Lawsuit against Barnett Reservoir board claims at least 200 landowners had land taken
Clarion Ledger
John Adams and his wife were living on 2 acres of land in Rankin County that was conveyed in 1960 to the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District under threat of condemnation for the Ross Barnett Reservoir project.
National
Feds to limit water pollution enforcement where states have taken action
The Hill
The federal government will not pursue civil enforcement actions in Clean Water Act (CWA) matters where states have already taken action, according to a new Justice Department memo.
EPA watchdog kicks off probe after agency slashed fuel efficiency regs
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog will probe “potential irregularities” in how the agency crafted a rule that drastically rolls back the mileage standards automakers must meet.
Volkswagen, Porsche Paid Out $9.5 Billion To Defrauded Dieselgate Drivers
NPR
One chapter of the Dieselgate saga has come to a close: Volkswagen and Porsche have finished paying out $9.5 billion in compensation to defrauded U.S. car owners.
Toxic algae resembling ‘green cottage cheese’ may be spreading in Rhode Island waters
Sun Herald
A 30-acre reservoir in western Rhode Island has been declared off limits after state health officials discovered it was rife with a toxic blue-green algae linked to illness and nervous-system damage in humans.
It was inevitable: Harmful algae confirmed on Lake Hopatcong
NJ Herald
A year after Lake Hopatcong was shut down by one of the largest algal bloom outbreaks in state history, the harmful bacteria has resurfaced.
‘Magic ion’ in public drinking water linked to lower suicide rates, study finds
Sun Herald
An element commonly found in aircraft and some batteries is said to have an anti-suicidal effect when consumed via public drinking water, new research has found.
Press Releases
Governor Tate Reeves Announces U.S. Treasury Approves $6.6 Million Grant to Support PRCC
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved a RESTORE Act grant award of $6.67 million to support Pearl River Community College's (PRCC) workforce training in Hancock County.
MISS. LAWMAKERS CELEBRATE $6.67 MILLION GRANT FOR PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKFORCE CENTER
RESTORE Act Funding to Support Workforce Development in Hancock County
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today celebrated the award of $6,670,007 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to complete infrastructure work at the Pearl River Community College (PRCC) Phil Bryant Aviation and Aerospace Academy in Kiln.
EPA at 50: Transforming Communities: Cleaning Up America’s Most Hazardous Land Contamination
07/27/2020
WASHINGTON (July 27, 2020) — This week, as part of its 50th anniversary commemoration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management is highlighting how work under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) have transformed communities across America by cleaning up some of the country’s most hazardous and uncontrolled waste sites and spills.
EPA, Federal Family, and the National Academies Collaborate on Public Workshop to Review Federal Research on PFAS
Public Workshop is the latest action by Trump Administration to aggressively address PFAS
07/27/2020
WASHINGTON D.C (July 27, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it has engaged the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to coordinate a Workshop on Federal Government Human Health Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Research. Aggressively addressing PFAS has been an active and ongoing priority for the EPA and entire federal family.
