Monday, December 7, 2020

News Clippings December 7, 2020

State

EPA says flood control project not subject to previous veto
AP

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta, a regional administrator for the agency says.

MS Secretary of State presents check to MS Department of Marine Resources
WXXV

Each year the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reels in millions of dollars from Tidelands Funds, money generated since 1994 from leases of land, such as tidelands and submerged lands, owned by the state.

MDEQ Issues Beach Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport
WXXV

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory Friday for Station 8 (Gulfport West Beach).

‘Massive effort’ underway to collect storm debris in Harrison County
WLOX

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Storm debris removal is in full swing in Harrison County. Crews have been busy the last few weeks, picking up thousands of cubic yards of debris in the unincorporated areas of Harrison County.

Debris removal update in unincorporated Harrison County
WXXV

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors has released an update on debris removal in unincorporated areas of the county following Hurricane Zeta.

Waste Pro employees clean up trash along U.S. 61
Natchez Democrat

NATCHEZ — Employees of Waste Pro picked up trash along U.S. 61 South in Adams County on Saturday morning from the Natchez city limits south approximately 3 to 8 miles to the landfill.


State Government

Congressman and soldier Trent Kelly new two-star general in Mississippi National Guard
WTVA

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi National Guard will hold a ceremony in Jackson to promote Congressman and longtime soldier Trent Kelly to the rank of Major General.


Regional

A Louisiana utility hopes to get more time to close its 4 coal ash ponds under a new rollback
NOLA.com

A new federal rule aimed at providing more flexibility for coal-fired facilities may give one Louisiana utilities company several more years to close its coal ash storage ponds.

On A Tour Of 'America's Amazon,' Flora, Fauna And Glimpses Of Alabama's Past
NPR

On a bright November morning, the writer and photographer Ben Raines launches his fishing boat into Mobile Bay, the city's skyline visible in the distance.


National

EPA proposes reapproving uses of pesticide linked to brain damage in children
The Hill

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to continue to allow uses of a pesticide that’s been linked to brain damage in children. 

State To Study Level Of PFAS Toxins Reaching Colorado’s Crops
CBS 4

State agencies are assessing new data compiled by Colorado researchers that suggests a family of toxic chemicals could be reaching the state’s vegetables – and thus potentially consumers – through contaminated irrigation.