State
MDEQ awards solid waste assistance grant to Ridgeland
WJTV
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded the City of Ridgeland a solid waste assistance grant of $34,905. The award will be used by the city for a recycling program.
18-wheeler fire temporarily closes part of Interstate 22 in Lee County
WTVA
An 18-wheeler caught fire Tuesday morning on Interstate 22 in Lee County.
Gulfport readies streets and sidewalks for aquarium visitors
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - There is a lot of pouring and paving going on in downtown Gulfport.
Regional
No cleanup planned as millions of plastic pellets wash up along Mississippi River and flow to the Gulf
NOLA.com
It’s been more than two weeks since a cargo ship in New Orleans spilled millions – possibly billions – of tiny plastic pellets into the Mississippi River, but state and federal agencies have issued no penalties and are not yet sure who’s responsible for the mess or which agency, if any, should clean it up.
National
14 states sue Trump administration over gas transportation rule
The Hill
Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration over a new rule that would allow for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail, citing health and safety risks.
Trump officials greenlight hunting expansion at nearly 150 wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries
The Hill
The Trump administration on Tuesday opened up or expanded hunting and fishing at nearly 150 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries, expanding hunters' ability to kill big game, migratory birds and other animals.
EPA criticized, wants to declare state's largest coal-fired plant met air quality rule
AP
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some St. Louis-area environmental watchdogs are criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to declare that Missouri's largest coal-fired power plant has met a key air quality regulation.
5,000 dead fish wash up on Rhode Island beaches. Experts blame something unexpected
Sun Herald
Press Releases
Vicksburg District reopens dam roads at Arkabutla Lake
Aug. 18, 2020
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has reopened the upper and lower dam roads on Arkabutla Dam at Arkabutla Lake, located in Tate and DeSoto counties in north Mississippi, after successful equipment installation and precautionary repairs.
Secretary Bernhardt Announces Historic Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on Public Lands
New hunting and fishing opportunities across 2.3 million acres at 138 national wildlife refuges and nine national fish hatcheries
8/18/2020
SAGINAW, MI – Continuing the Trump Administration’s unprecedented efforts to increase recreational access on public lands, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced today at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge the historic opening and expansion of over 850 hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 147 national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries. This rule is the single largest expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in history.
