State
Zeta weakens over land. Landfall tomorrow night. Warnings issued.
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - Zeta weakened to a tropical storm early Tuesday. Zeta produced strong winds and heavy rainfall across the northern portions of the Yucatan Peninsula earlier Tuesday. Zeta is expected to make a landfall tomorrow night either in or near South Mississippi.
Settlement in the works for West Rankin lawsuit
WLBT
RANKIN CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A long legal battle stemming from who should pay for problems at the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant could soon be coming to an end.
Jackson E-Waste Collection This Friday
State Government
Harrison County, 6 other counties added to coronavirus mask mandate, MS Gov. Reeves says
Sun Herald
Gov. Tate Reeves announced Monday the addition of seven counties that will be added to the mask mandate., including one Coast county.
Regional
EPA clears Durkeeville Superfund site after cleanup project in Jacksonville
WOKV
The head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency stopped in Jacksonville today to tour the Fairfax Street Wood Treaters Superfund site in Durkeeville.
National
U.S. EPA considering E15 labeling changes at gas pumps: sources
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering changes to labels for gasoline containing higher blends of ethanol, or E15, in an effort to appease the biofuel industry’s concerns that current labels discourage use of the fuel, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
Press Releases
Federal Partners Kick Off Workshop on Federal Government Human Health PFAS Research with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
10/26/2020
WASHINGTON (October 26, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) kicked off the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)’s Workshop on Federal Government Human Health Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Research.
