State
Zeta debris clean up in Pass Christian
WXXV
What a difference a week makes! Last week, we showed you how Hurricane Zeta debris clean up had begun in Pass Christian and now just a little more than a week later sections of the city streets and sidewalks are clearly debris free.
Massive fire at coal plant
Kemper County Messenger
A massive fire at the Kemper County coal plant caused major damage last Wednesday morning.
Work resumes at Cooper Tire plant after fire
Daily Journal
Workers began returning to Cooper Tire & Rubber less than 24 hours after a fire in the roof of the plant Tuesday morning sent all employees home.
New Mississippi Aquarium mural welcomes dolphins
WXXV
While taking a cruise along Highway 90 in Gulfport, make sure to keep an eye out for the Mississippi Aquarium’s newest mural.
Mississippi Aquarium launches ‘Aquarium in Motion’ program
WKRG
GULFPORT, Miss. (WKRG) — The Mississippi Aquarium has continued to grow since it opened back in August.
TVA seeks comments on proposed transmission line
Kemper County Messenger
MACON – The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking for public input on upgrades to its transmission system that involve building up to 34 miles of 161-kilovolt transmission line to meet growing power demand and increase power reliability in the Macon, Scooba, and DeKalb, Mississippi, areas.
Construction of solar facility in Carroll County to begin
MBJ
Cubico Buffalo Holdings I, LLC, has acquired the Delta’s Edge Solar facility near Greenwood in Carroll County, development of which was begun by RES America Developments.
Biomass research expanding at two southern universities
Delta Farm Press
Mississippi State University and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture both recently announced major grants to fund research of potential sources of biomass energy. hway and Chattanooga, Birmingham and Atlanta for the logging residues pathway.
REED NEW HEAD OF EMERGENCY
South Reporter
Leland Reed has accepted the positions of Mashall County Emergency Management director and Fire Service coordinator.
State Government
Governors renews, extends restrictions amid continued COVID-19 growth in state
Daily Journal
Gov. Tate Reeves is restricting crowd sizes statewide while also increasing the number of counties under a face covering requirement, even as health authorities reported another record-setting total for new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi.
State agencies may face budget cuts, lawmakers set sights on fully funding education
MPB
State agencies in Mississippi are expected to see budget cuts as lawmakers try to navigate the effects of the coronavirus and their commitment to fully fund public schools.
Regional
Louisiana aims to create national estuarine research reserve on coast
NOLA.com
Louisiana has kicked off an effort to identify part of its coastline that can be added to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastwide National Estuary Research Reserve program.
National
Trump EPA finalizes rollback making it harder to enact new public health rules
Washington Post
The Trump administration finalized a rule Wednesday that could make it more difficult to enact public health protections, by changing the way the Environmental Protection Agency calculates the costs and benefits of new limits on air pollution.
Asian carp gauntlet project gets nod in water infrastructure bill
MLive
WASHINGTON, DC — Reconstruction of a chokepoint dam that would prevent invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes has moved closer to reality with passage of a water infrastructure bill that authorizes the project and commits the federal government to paying a larger share.
Opinion
Always properly dispose of deer carcasses after hunting
Kemper County Messenger
By James L. Cummins
With the passing of each year, there appears to be an increasing number of deer carcasses appearing on roadsides and in streams or rivers. These dumping practices are not only illegal, but unsightly and unhealthy.
Press Releases
Governor Tate Reeves Announces Additional COVID-19 Measures
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced additional COVID-19 measures in an effort to keep Mississippians safe. The Executive Orders that are in place are set to expire on Friday, December 11th.
EPA Finalizes Benefit-Cost Analyses Procedures to Increase Consistency, Honest Accounting in Future Clean Air Act Rulemakings
12/09/2020
WASHINGTON (December 9, 2020) — Today, at a virtual event with the Heritage Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the finalization of a rule to improve the rulemaking process under the Clean Air Act by establishing requirements to ensure that high-quality analyses of benefits and costs are developed for all significant Clean Air Act rules, and considered to the extent allowed by law.
EPA Seeks Information on Beneficial Use and Piles of Coal Ash
12/09/2020
WASHINGTON (December 9, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a notice seeking information and data related to the beneficial use and piles of coal combustion residuals (CCR, commonly known as coal ash).
