State
NCL WASTE SUES COUNTY OVER NO LANDFILL NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Northside Sun
Madison County is now facing a lawsuit following the board of supervisors’ decision to hold off on conducting an updated needs assessment in relation to the current solid waste plan.
Water park sues Oktibbeha County for not maintaining lake dam
Commercial Dispatch
Starkville water park Wet N Wild has sued Oktibbeha County for breach of contact, alleging county officials' failure to maintain the Oktibbeha Lake dam's levee violated its lease with the park.
Hundreds turn out for reopening of Trace Lake
Pontotoc Progress
Curt Owen caught a seven-pound bass, proudly got this picture taken, then, as a true sportsman, threw it back. That’s the kind of day it was for the reopening of the lake at the Trace State Park.
MDEQ Issues Beach Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory Thursday for Station 8 (Gulfport West Beach).
Regional
Deal reached for Chemours to stop remaining GenX chemical pollution of Cape Fear River
The Fayetteville Observer
North Carolina regulators and an environmental group reached a tentative agreement in their lawsuit with the Chemours Co. on how Chemours will curb its remaining PFAS and GenX “forever chemicals” contamination of the Cape Fear River, the parties announced Thursday afternoon.
Oysters, Forgotten: The race to save local wild oysters and the prosperous industry filling the gap
WCTV
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Oysters are as iconic to the Forgotten Coast as they are vital to the delicate Apalachicola Bay ecosystem. And yet, over the past eight years, the wild oyster population has been decimated.
Report: Three Escambia County water bodies land on list of bacteria hotspots
PNJ
Three Escambia County water bodies landed near the top of a list of Florida beaches that had the highest percentage of days with potentially unsafe bacteria levels.
Louisville Air Pollution Improving, But Ozone Problems Remain
WFPL
Louisville’s air quality officially met the national standard for sulfur dioxide this week for the first time since 2013, but it continues to struggle with unhealthy levels of ozone, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
National
Trump’s EPA dumps methane emissions rule for oil, gas fields
AP
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is undoing Obama-era rules designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields and pipelines, formalizing the changes Thursday in the heart of the nation's most prolific natural gas reservoir and in the premier presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Mercedes-Benz maker to pay $2.2B to settle US diesel emissions claims
AP
Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle US claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion.
Ultraviolet algae killer aids bid to help Lake Tahoe clarity
AP
Encouraged by three years of experimentation, scientists at Lake Tahoe plan to expand the use of ultraviolet light to kill algae and other invasive plants that eat away at the clarity of the mountain water.
US West faces reckoning over water but avoids cuts for now
AP
The white rings that wrap around two massive lakes in the U.S. West are a stark reminder of how water levels are dropping and a warning that the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River face a much drier future.
ADEQ launches a new high pollution watch air quality alert
KYMA
How bad is air quality in your neighborhood? The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issues a high pollution watch air quality alert to forecast areas with early notice of potential poor air quality conditions based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI).
Press Releases
In Pittsburgh, Administrator Wheeler Announces Final Air Regulations for Oil and Gas Removing Redundant Requirements, Streamlining Implementation, and Reducing Burdens
08/13/2020
PITTSBURGH (August 13, 2020) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced two final rules for the oil and natural gas industry that removes ineffective and duplicative requirements while streamlining others.
Trump Administration Outlines Comprehensive Strategy to Tackle $120 Billion Problem
DOI
WASHINGTON – Today, the Trump Administration released a draft strategic plan for combating an estimated $120 billion problem—invasive species. The Administration has taken significant actions to more effectively manage invasive species, which impact water supplies, impair hunting and fishing opportunities, interfere with energy production, exacerbate wildfires, damage America’s agriculture and drive native species to extinction.
