State
Ruptured fuel tank led to spill from derailed train
Daily Corinthian
Cleanup crews were busy Monday making final checks on the response to Saturday’s train derailment which dumped around 2,400 gallons of diesel fuel from a locomotive.
State Government
Hattiesburg Clinic physician named State Board of Health chairman
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A local physician was elected chairman of the board for the Mississippi State Board of Health Tuesday.
Regional
Public can weigh in on levee, floodwall projects in 7 states
AP
The Army Corps of Engineers says levee and floodwall projects in seven states from Missouri to Louisiana include 101 areas where levees are an average of 2 feet below the recommended height and 22 where floodwalls are too low or need stabilizing.
In Arkansas, Backlash Against Pesticide Regulation Gets Personal
NPR
Twice in the past two months, vandals have struck Terry Fuller's farm, destroying tractor engines and burning stacks of hay. Each attack came immediately after Fuller appeared before Arkansas's state legislature on behalf of a state agency that's investigating farmers suspected of illegally using a herbicide called dicamba.
National
No ‘Carte Blanche’ at EPA on Downwind Air Pollution, Lawyers Say
Bloomberg
The EPA won’t have unlimited leeway to rewrite a rule to tackle upwind sources of air pollution as it responds to a lower court ruling, despite the discretion the U.S. Supreme Court gave the agency six years ago, attorneys say.
EPA questions science linking widely used pesticide to brain damage in children
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday diminished studies linking a widely-used pesticide associated with brain damage in children, a move that could enable years of continued use of controversial chlorpyrifos.
EPA head questions connection of climate change to natural disasters
The Hill
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler said on Tuesday that there is “scientific debate” on whether hurricanes and other natural disasters are exacerbated by climate change.
Virginia, North Carolina DEQs finalize settlement agreement for 2014 ash spill
Star-Tribune
Officials with the Virginia and North Carolina Departments of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service have filed a motion in federal court requesting the judge approve and enter a consent decree to resolve claims for natural resource damages resulting from a 2014 coal ash spill on the Dan River.
Press Releases
EPA Honors 2020 Green Power Leaders
09/22/2020
WASHINGTON (September 22, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 20th annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing 12 Green Power Partners across the country, including Aldi; Equinix; Fifth Third Bank; Lundberg Family Farms; Microsoft; QTS Realty Trust; and Target Corporation.
