State
NOISE, LIGHTS CONCERN RESIDENT
South Reporter
Byhalia resident Kelly Crain met with the Marshall County Board of Supervisors recently to seek help with noise and light at a one million-square-foot warehouse facility going up behind his property.
...But the erosion of silt is the construction company’s responsibility to stop, he said.
“MDEQ (the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality) can do something that can be taken up at a higher level,” Britt said.
MDEQ Lifts Beach Water Contact Advisory in Biloxi, One Advisory Remains in Effect
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Wednesday for Station 12B (Biloxi East Central Beach).
Starkville to contract with Waste Pro for recycling
Commercial Dispatch
Starkville is getting back into the recycling business. The board of aldermen on Tuesday voted unanimously to authorize City Attorney Chris Latimer to negotiate a contract with Waste Pro USA in Columbus to begin hauling dropped-off waste from a central location beginning next year.
Jones makes request for assistance from the CCBOS for ditch clean up
Daily Times Leader
WEST POINT, MS Rainwater from the half mile ditch between Old Tibbee Road and Church Hill Road has been a problem with the rain water going to the Waste Water Treatment Facility.
State Government
MS health dept. urges court to do away with Initiative 65, medical pot. Here’s why.
Sun Herald
The state agency charged with setting up Mississippi’s medical marijuana program under Initiative 65 is arguing in court that it shouldn’t have to complete “such a Herculean feat.”
Regional
Florida taking wetlands permitting role from federal government; only 3rd state to do so
Florida Times-Union
Florida halts oyster harvesting near Apalachicola for five years
Tampa Bay Times
TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials said Wednesday they hope a full five years won’t be needed to restore conditions in Apalachicola Bay as they suspended wild-oyster harvesting in the bay.
National
Biden picks deal-makers, fighters for climate, energy team
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is picking deal-makers and fighters to lead a climate team he’ll ask to remake and clean up the nation’s transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically possible.
Biden Taps Brenda Mallory for Environmental Quality Council
Bloomberg
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Brenda Mallory to lead the Council on Environmental Quality, a role that would have her coordinating government-wide efforts to combat climate change and promote sustainable development.
