State
Jackson Jambalaya
The Gold Coast Commodities wastewater lagoon in Rankin County produced a strong cloud of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) gas in July that sickened neighbors, knocked out employees, and sent some employees to the hospital.
Traffic Alert: Several accidents on I-10W near Hwy 613 causing delays
WLOX
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WLOX) - A Monday afternoon accident, and several crashes that followed, are causing some significant delays for drivers on westbound I-10 between the two Moss Point exits.
...The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality was called in after first responders realized the big rig was leaking diesel.
Fire breaks out in oceanography building at USM Gulf Coast Research Lab
WLOX
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - We are working to learn more about a fire that broke out late Monday at the USM Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs.
State Government
Gov. Reeves joins Trump for “gamechanging” rapid test announcement
NewsMS
Governor Tate Reeves joined President Trump at the White House this afternoon as the administration announced that the rollout of over 100 million rapid tests to states has begun.
Regional
Floating fish farms in Gulf of Mexico could get green light with Congressional bill
NOLA.com
A new bill in Congress would open the Gulf of Mexico and other federal waters to offshore fish farming, a controversial idea backed by President Donald Trump’s administration but opposed by environmental groups and elements of the seafood industry that depend on wild fisheries.
Oil washes up along five-mile stretch of Florida beach in wake of Hurricane Sally
PNJ
National
EPA Raises Legal Questions About California’s Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars Starting in 2035
WSJ
Agency proposes protections for 2 Eastern US mussel species
AP
Federal regulators Monday proposed listing as threatened two freshwater mussel species native to many eastern U.S. rivers and streams.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality file a lawsuit against the City of Corpus Christi
KIII
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Friday a federal agency along with the state of Texas filed a lawsuit against the city of Corpus Christi. The lawsuit accusing the city of violating the Clean Water Act and the Texas water code.
Press Releases
EPA Announces $5 Million in Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring Grant Winners
09/28/2020
WASHINGTON (September 28, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 11 air toxics monitoring projects to receive $5 million in funding under the agency’s Community-Scale Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring grants program.
