State
EVIDENTIARY HEARING SET CONCERNING GOLD COAST’S WASTEWATER DISPOSALS
Northside Sun
A sample of waste from a Brandon-based chemical plant dumped into the city of Jackson’s sewer system and taken by a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality inspector exploded in a lab in 2017, according to documents obtained by the Northside Sun.
Jackson Jambalaya
Gold Coast may be down but it's not yet out as it fought back against MDEQ's efforts to shut down the company's troublesome wastewater lagoon near Pelahatchie.
Supes grant incentives for possible $60M solar farm
Commercial Dispatch
For the second time in nine months, Lowndes County supervisors have tentatively approved a fee-in-lieu of taxes (FILOT) agreement with a solar power provider.
Hurricane Zeta cleanup: The latest on power outages, beaches and debris pick-up
Sun Herald
Mississippi Power announced Monday that 99 percent of its customers who can receive power following Hurricane Zeta now have electricity, as others in South Mississippi still wait for their lights and heat to come on.
Boats scattered across Long Beach’s shores as Zeta cleanup efforts continue
WLOX
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) - Coast communities are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Zeta ripped through the Coast last week.
Pearl River County residents asked not to leave debris by roadways
Picayune Item
County officials do not believe enough damage from Hurricane Zeta occurred in Pearl River County to qualify for federal assistance to be reimbursed for debris cleanup.
State Government
Rundown of 2020 Mississippi Election Results
Y’all Politics
The following is the latest results Y’all Politics has as of 7:00am on Wednesday, the morning after Election Night 2020.
Regional
President Donald Trump signs bill making nutria eradication a nationwide effort
NOLA.com
President Donald Trump has signed a nutria eradication bill that will make Louisiana's fight against the wetland-devouring rodent a national one.
EPA finally lifts consent order on Dothan after $100 million in improvements to sewerage system
Dothan Eagle
Loud claps and words of praise could be heard inside Dothan’s city commission chambers on Tuesday as Dothan Utilities Director Billy Mayes delivered news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency consent order has finally been lifted.
National
Study: ‘Nearly ubiquitous’ cancer-linked chemicals in US water
AJC
A recent study has found a “nearly ubiquitous” level of synthetic chemicals in the predominant source of drinking water in the U.S. — surface water.
Pipeline Company Agrees To Pay $800,000 In Fines, Road Fixes
WBUR
A natural gas pipeline company and one of its contractors has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle allegations that they violated Massachusetts environmental protection laws during the construction of a natural gas pipeline in 2017, and another $500,000 to repair a stretch of road damaged during the project, the state attorney general’s office said.
Koppers to pay nearly $1 million to settle environmental claims
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Koppers will pay nearly $1 million to the federal government and two states to resolve charges it didn’t properly contain leaks from three chemical facilities located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
