State
Water contact advisory issued for Dry Creek near Pelahatchie
WJTV
PELAHATCHIE, Miss. (WJTV) — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued a water contact advisory Wednesday for a segment of Dry Creek near Pelahatchie.
State Government
Governor urges Labor Day safety; Dobbs confirms child COVID-19 death
NewsMS
Governor Tate Reeves is urging caution ahead of the upcoming holiday weekend.
While the state’s 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases continues to drop, the governor expressed that Mississippi’s positive momentum could be undone if Labor Day festivities go on as they have in years past.
Mississippi Department of Insurance receives grant to help train first responders
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Department of Insurance received more than half a million dollars to help train first responders at the State Fire Academy.
Regional
SC environmental groups sue over Trump changes to Clean Water Act
Charleston Post and Courier
Six environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration change to the Clean Water Act, arguing the reinterpretation of the environmental law will hobble states’ abilities to protect streams, lakes and wetlands.
National
EPA Office to Focus on Western Lands Cleanup, From the West
Bloomberg
The EPA announced a new Colorado-based office on Wednesday that will oversee Western land cleanup.
Justice Department Environment Chief to Lead Civil Division
Bloomberg
The head of the Justice Department’s environmental team will helm the agency’s Civil Division starting next week.
EPA chief announces projects to address border sewage spills
LA Times
SAN DIEGO — Federal investments in Tijuana River Valley infrastructure to address problems with sewage runoff could mean an end to beach closures that have plagued the South Bay in recent years, officials announced Wednesday in San Diego.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-09-02/border-sewage-spills-epa-commissioner
DEQ fines companies for illegally dumping 2.5 million pounds of radioactive waste near Columbia River Gorge
OPB
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined two companies for illegally dumping 2.5 million pounds of radioactive waste in an Oregon landfill.
Press Releases
Trump EPA Launches Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains to Effectively Address Abandoned Mine Lands, Accelerate Cleanup Across the West
09/02/2020
Colorado Springs, Colo. (September 2, 2020) — Today, at a press conference at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the creation of the Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains located in EPA’s office in Lakewood, Colo.
