State
Supervisors discuss stronger litter ordinance
Picayune Item
Pearl River County’s Board of Supervisors is working with the county’s code enforcement officer to make it easier to consistently enforce county codes concerning littering and derelict property.
State Government
MS Gov. Tate Reeves to announce school reopening plan Tuesday. Here’s what we know
Sun Herald
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he has spent the last three days reviewing 598 pages of school district plans — “every letter of them” — and will have an announcement at his 2:30 p.m. news briefing Tuesday about the return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cities, counties could see COVID-19 relief through MEMA and FEMA
WDAM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - Counties and municipalities can apply for assistance through the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of COVID-19-related relief programs.
Regional
Appeals court: NOAA can’t make rules for offshore fish farms
AP
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a decision that throws out rules regulating fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Groups sue Trump administration to protect Gulf of Mexico whales
Houma Today
Environmental and conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against federal agencies claiming the Trump administration has missed deadlines to protect an endangered Gulf of Mexico whale.
Trump fires TVA chair, cites hiring of foreign workers
AP
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority, criticizing the federally owned corporation for hiring foreign workers.
National
Researchers hope to spot algae blooms in Idaho’s waters from space — an early warning system
Idaho Statesman
Detecting algae blooms is not an easy task, especially in regions with as many small and remote bodies of water as Idaho. According to Idaho’s Department of Water Resources, the state has more than 2,000 lakes and about 93,000 miles of streams and rivers.
From Yellowstone to Yosemite, National Parks to Get Long-Awaited Overhaul
WSJ
At the busiest part of the Grand Canyon, the South Rim, site to millions of tourists every year, sometimes water is a little hard to come by.
BP will slash oil production by 40% and pour billions into green energy
CNN
Opinion
U.S. Fish, Wildlife director, a Mississippi native: Great American Outdoors Act critical
Aurelia Skipwith
Guest columnist; Clarion Ledger
Spanning at least the past couple of decades, no president has done more for conservation than President Trump. The Great American Outdoors Act alone is one of the greatest conservation achievements in U.S. history, and it would not have happened without the steadfast leadership of President Trump and Secretary of the Interior Bernhardt.
Press Releases
EPA Celebrates 50 Years of Research for a Healthier Environment
08/03/2020
WASHINGTON (August 3, 2020) — As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is kicking off a month-long observance of its progress in conducting innovative research to protect human health and the environment.
EPA Awards $4 Million to Develop New Approaches for Evaluating Chemical Toxicokinetics
08/03/2020
WASHINGTON (August 3, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,980,782 in funding to five academic research teams to develop New Approach Methods (NAMs) for evaluating chemical toxicokinetics, an important aspect of evaluating the impacts of chemicals on human health and the environment.
