State
Lauderdale County plans cleanup of illegal dumpsites
Meridian Star
Lauderdale County will use state grant money to clean up several illegal dumpsites around the county.
MDEQ AWARDS $50,000 GRANT TO COUNTY
Press Register
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded Coahoma County a solid waste assistance grant of $50,000 that will be used by the county for a recycling program.
Jones County secures grant to help with dump-site cleanup
Leader Call
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality awarded Jones County a solid waste assistance grant of $33,707 that will be used by the county for an unauthorized dumpsite cleanup program.
Dump fire prompts Franklin County to reroute garbage
Franklin Advocate
Circuit Clerk Warren Walker, who oversees the county’s solid waste collection program, told the Board of Supervisors on Monday Riverbend Environmental Landfill in Jefferson County – where Franklin County dumps its garbage – had been given a 30-day extension to operate by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
Tanker with 8,500 gallons of fuel flips on Highway 603
WXXV
This morning the driver of a tanker was sent to the hospital with injuries and a section of Highway 603 in Hancock County was shut down as crews worked to contain a dangerous threat.
Truck on fire on Highway 49
WXXV
Harrison County Fire Rescue responded to a truck fire earlier this afternoon on Highway 49.
The truck was southbound when it began filling up with smoke and then flames.
State of the Mississippi Fishing Industry
WXXV
It’s been another year filled with uncertainty for Mississippi’s fishermen and some are sharing their concerns and hopes for the rest of the year.
Pearl River Clean Sweep set for Sept. 19
Copiah Monitor
This year’s Pearl River Clean Sweep event is scheduled for Sept 19. Cleanup teams will be deployed at over 25 locations along the Pearl River watershed, from its headwaters in Nanih Waiya, downriver through the Ross Barnett Reservoir, along the border of Mississippi and Louisiana, all the way to Pearlington on the Gulf Coast.
DECISION IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODING CASE COULD BE A YEAR AWAY
Northside Sun
A decision in an important lawsuit involving Mississippi River flooding in southwest Mississippi is in the discovery phase and likely won’t be going to trial before June 2021.
State Government
PERS INVESTMENTS REBOUND IN THE SECOND QUARTER DESPITE COVID-19 RECESSION
Northside Sun
The good news is that the investments made by Mississippi’s defined benefit pension system are on the rebound and, barring another market meltdown, will likely finished with a small return rather than a loss.
Regional
Gov. John Bel Edwards commits to 25-28% emissions cut by 2025, 'net zero' in Louisiana by 2050
NOLA.com
Louisiana will strive to reach a “net zero” level of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to play its part in a worldwide effort to limit the effects of global warming that threaten the state’s coast and its residents and businesses, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday before signing two executive orders that will guide the state’s efforts to both reduce emissions and deal with the effects of warming.
750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida Keys
CNN
A plan to release over 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022 received final approval from local authorities, against the objection of many local residents and a coalition of environmental advocacy groups. The proposal had already won state and federal approval.
National
Source: Michigan reaches $600M deal in Flint water crisis
AP
Michigan will pay $600 million to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water after the city heeded state regulators’ advice not to treat it properly, an attorney involved in the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Bay Area air quality worst in the world as wildfires rage in all but one county
ABC7
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Air quality in the Bay Area, particularly along the Peninsula, is the worst in the world Wednesday, as smoke from wildfires blows over the region.
