State
Flooding could soon be a thing of the past in Forest Heights community
WLOX
State Government
Dr. Dobbs believes we could be back to normal as early as summer
WCBI
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – At a briefing today, Dr. Thomas Dobbs and Dr. Paul Beyers say they are working as hard as they can to get as many people vaccinated as possible.
COVID-19 Press Conference (Video): Vaccine Distribution and More
MSDH
Mississippi lawmakers will conduct meetings by Zoom amid positive virus cases
Daily journal
The Mississippi Legislature will continue working amid a handful of positive coronavirus cases, though lawmakers will conduct meetings partly over videoconference for the next few weeks.
Oil Spill
Mississippi Aquarium receives ConventionSouth’s “Top New or Renovated Meeting Site” Award
WXXV
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) —The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, a national multimedia resource for planning events held in the South, presented Mississippi Aquarium with a 2021 Top New or Renovated Meeting Site Award.
National
Tracking Biden’s environmental actions
Washington Post
President Biden placed climate change squarely at the center of his White House agenda on Wednesday, using his first hours in office to rejoin the Paris climate accord and begin overturning more than 100 environmental actions taken by the Trump administration.
President Biden Quickly Rejoined Paris Climate Accord. Meeting the Emissions Goals Will Be Harder.
WSJ
President Biden’s move to rejoin the Paris climate accord within hours of his inauguration was welcomed by world leaders, but meeting the U.S.’s commitments to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions promises to be challenging.
Biden halts oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water
AP
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration announced Thursday a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters as officials moved quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment.
Biden to Name Obama Administration Veteran as EPA Chief of Staff
Bloomberg
The Biden administration is poised to name Dan Utech, who worked on climate change and energy issues during the Obama years, as the Environmental Protection Agency’s chief of staff, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Oklahoma Rep. introduces bill to create Bigfoot 'hunting season'
Fox News
There’s hunting season, and then there’s Bigfoot hunting season. An Oklahoma lawmaker has pitched a bill to create a bona fide Bigfoot hunting season in the Sooner State.
Press Releases
EPA Welcomes Members of the Biden-Harris Leadership Team
01/21/2021
WASHINGTON (January 21, 2021) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced key members of the agency’s incoming leadership team who will advance the Biden-Harris administration’s agenda to tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice and create clean energy jobs.
Interior Department Announces Members of Biden-Harris Leadership Team
1/20/2021
Washington, D.C — The Department of the Interior today announced key members of agency leadership who will advance the Biden-Harris administration’s agenda to build back better and address the four intersecting challenges of our time: COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change.
