Sally
Gulf Coast residents brace for Sally, possible new hurricane
AP
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught Monday as Tropical Storm Sally slowly churned toward them, with forecasters predicting landfall as a hurricane.
State of Emergency declared as Tropical Storm Sally approaches Miss. coast
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed a State of Emergency for the State of Mississippi as Tropical Storm Sally heads closer to the state.
State
Taxpayers continue to pay more for trash disposal as landfill’s future remains up in air
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — The City of Natchez, Adams County and the Town of Vidalia each have waste disposal contracts with a Jefferson County landfill company that has since filed bankruptcy beginning in October 2019.
MDEQ issues Beach Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory Friday for Station 8 (Gulfport West Beach).
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies releases Elvis the Sea Turtle
WXXV
Elvis the Sea Turtle put on his blue suede shoes and made his way back to his natural habitat thanks to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.
State Government
MSDH answering COVID-19 questions from the public on Tuesday
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - You will be able to send the Mississippi State Department of Health any COVID-19 questions on Tuesday.
Regional
Another Alabama utility sues 3M over water pollution
Al.com
The water works for the small city of Guin in Marion County is suing 3M, one of the area’s largest employers, over chemical pollution that was discovered in the city’s drinking water source this summer.
NC getting tough on PFAS polluters, researchers say more action needed
Fayetteville Observer
North Carolina is getting tougher on industries that pollute the state’s air and waterways with potentially carcinogenic per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.”
Lawmakers want tougher rules on PFAS
Fayetteville Observer
Months after DuPont bought the rights to produce Perfluorooctanoic acid (known as PFOA or C8) from Minnesota’s 3M Corp. in 2002, DuPont discovered that the suspected carcinogen used to make Teflon had leaked into the groundwater under the company’s Fayetteville Works plant.
Oil pollutes Chattahoochee River after fire at Smyrna power plant
WXIA
SMYRNA, Ga. — Something between hundreds and thousands of gallons of oil were discharged into the Chattahoochee River as a result of the explosion and fire at a Smyrna power plant last weekend.
Population of prized tuna species decline as protections ease in the Gulf of Mexico
NOLA.com
The recent easing of tuna protections in the Gulf of Mexico and fishing restrictions elsewhere in the Atlantic Ocean may be contributing to rapid and widespread declines for one of the most highly prized but critically threatened tuna populations.
National
Study links coronavirus mortality to air pollution exposure
The Hill
A new study published Friday is the latest linking pollution exposure to a greater risk of dying from the coronavirus.
DOD is spending millions, getting rid of toxic foam by burning it near where people live
WJLA
COHOES, N.Y. (SBG) — The military stopped using firefighting foam that contains toxic PFAS chemicals because of documented health risks. To get rid of its massive stockpile, Spotlight on America discovered the Department of Defense is spending millions of taxpayer dollars, burning the toxic foam in residential areas.
U.S., California to unveil Daimler diesel emissions settlement - sources
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. and California officials will on Monday disclose the terms of Daimler AG’s $1.5 billion settlement to resolve a long-running government investigation into its use of software to cheat diesel emissions tests, four people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Two U.S. cities have the worst air quality in the world as fires burn across the West
Sacramento Bee
Portland and Seattle have the worst air quality in the world as major wildfires burn across the West.
South Pasadena sues Dow Chemical, Shell Oil after cancer-causing contaminant found in water supply
Orange County Register
The city of South Pasadena is suing The Dow Chemical Co. and Shell Oil Co., alleging that for more than four decades both firms willfully manufactured a pesticide containing a cancer-causing chemical that has contaminated the municipality’s drinking water supply.
Lower Valley dairies challenging EPA study blaming them for groundwater pollution
Yakima Herald-Republic
A dispute between Lower Valley dairies and the Environmental Protection Agency over groundwater contamination is making its way through the federal court system.
Press Releases
Governor Tate Reeves Declares State of Emergency in Preparation for Tropical Storm Sally
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency in preparation and response to Tropical Storm Sally, which is expected to make landfall on Tuesday of this week.
