State
Asbestos removal underway at Sun-N-Sand Motor Hotel
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Sun-N-Sand Motor Hotel is currently being cleaned for asbestos removal.
State Government
Do I have to wear a mask to vote in MS because of COVID-19? What to know
Sun Herald
Secretary of State Michael Watson said Friday he will be wearing a mask when he votes in November but he can’t make others do the same.
Oil Spill
'Only way to describe them is massive': Two BP-funded coastal restoration projects get underway
NOLA.com
The state is undertaking two “record-breaking” restoration projects aimed at reviving 7 square miles of coastal habitat and bolstering natural storm defenses east of New Orleans and near Venice in lower Plaquemines Parish.
Regional
MR-GO closure improving environment, but more wetlands, swamp restoration needed: report
NOLA.com
The rock dam built in 2009 across the deauthorized Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet to block the flow of Gulf saltwater at Bayou la Loutre has aided in the recovery of oysters, Rangia clams and baldcypress trees that will populate restored swamps throughout the Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne basin, according to a new report by the MRGO Must Go Coalition.
National
Supreme Court to decide whether climate suit can be moved to federal court
The Hill
The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over whether the city of Baltimore’s lawsuit against several oil companies can be moved to federal court.
Army requests to collect water samples around Fort Riley
WIBW
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Army is requesting to collect water samples around Fort Riley to test the quality of residents' drinking water.
Water management companies to pay $3.4 million for Clean Air Act violations
NorthCentralPA.com
Scranton, Pa. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that two water management companies have entered resolutions with the government requiring the payment of a combined $4.3 million in penalties in addition to enacting an enhanced environmental compliance program after violating the Clean Air Act.
Complaint: Missouri DNR Allowed Excessive Air Pollution In South St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
The Environmental Protection Agency will review a complaint that Missouri officials have allowed excessive air pollution in low-income and minority neighborhoods in south St. Louis.
Opinion
Iowa farmers help fight dead zone in Gulf of Mexico
Ft. Dodge Messenger
The Gulf of Mexico is hundreds of miles south of Iowa, but actions now being taken by the state’s farmers will, over a period of years, help to improve that body of water.
