State
Will the pumps get finished? Engineers' report bolsters proposed flood control project
AP
JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday published a draft of a new environmental impact statement that supports a proposal for massive pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta — a reversal of a previous federal report that said the project would hurt wetlands.
There’s a 975-acre coral reef hidden deep underwater off the MS Gulf Coast
Sun Herald
Ocean researchers had known for a few years that something rose from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico about 70 miles southeast of Gulfport.
Mississippi Coastal Cleanup continues along the Gulf Coast
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, Miss. (WLOX) - COVID-19 has changed a lot of things, but many organizations are finding new and creative ways to carry on with their events.
Starkville could bring back recycling but currently a work-in-progress
WTVA
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - The City of Starkville recently suspended its recycling program, but there is talk of a collaboration between Mississippi State University (MSU) and the city to bring the program back.
Clarke County household hazardous waste day this weekend
WTOK
CLARKE COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK) - Household hazardous waste day is Saturday in Clarke County.
Diesel tanker catches fire on Hwy 49 south of Magee
WDAM
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Traffic was disrupted and Saturday afternoon after a tanker truck carrying diesel fuel caught fire on U.S. Highway 49 near the Covington County/Simpson County line.
Area of Debuys Road to close to thru traffic for sewer repairs
WXXV
Gulfport, Mississippi– The area of Debuys Road between East Pass Road and Switzer Road will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.
Belhaven Creek contract could be awarded this month
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Belhaven Creek won’t have to be re-bid after all, thanks to a recent vote by Jackson’s one-percent oversight commission.
Regional
Lake Charles company to permanently store millions of tons of greenhouse gases 10,000 feet below ground
NOLA.com
A Lake Charles company has embarked on an ambitious plan to create a vast repository 10,000 feet beneath the Earth's surface for the permanent storage of up to 80 million tons of carbon gas now released into the air by Louisiana industrial plants.
'Like Christmas in October.' Deep-sea corals get new protections in the Gulf of Mexico
NOLA.com
The federal government has approved new protections for 500 square miles of deep-sea coral habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.
National
EPA Letting Some Hazardous Coal Ash Ponds Stay Open Longer
AP
ASHVILLE, Tenn.: The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds to stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced Friday.
Research indicates Mississippi River is older than thought
THE SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN
Research by a Southern Illinois University instructor and her graduate student indicates the Mississippi River is more than three times older than previous records suggested.
Press releases
USACE releases Draft Supplement No. 2 to the 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project Final Environmental Impact Statement
Published Oct. 16, 2020
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its Draft Supplement No. 2 to the 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, today, Oct. 16, 2020.
EPA Finalizes Procedures for Alternate Liner Demonstrations, Allows for More Site-Specific Management of Coal Ash
10/16/2020
WASHINGTON (October 16, 2020) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the alternate liner demonstration procedures for unlined surface impoundments of coal combustion residuals (CCR), commonly known as coal ash.
Trump Administration Welcomes Amazon to the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
10/16/2020
WASHINGTON (Oct. 16, 2020) — Today, on World Food Day, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue welcomed Amazon as a new member of the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions.
