State
Judge signs consent decree in Hattiesburg wastewater settlement
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A federal judge signed a consent decree Wednesday between the city of Hattiesburg and state and federal agencies over a longstanding issue with the city’s wastewater system.
Future of Meridian lake uncertain because of high-hazard dam
Meridian Star
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is considering taking a dam in Meridian out of service, which would drain the water out of a neighborhood lake.
Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project gets $11.2 Million from Corps
Vicksburg Post
Yazoo Pumps Update
Delta News TV
The 2019 backwater flood put 548-thousand acres of land underwater, damaged hundreds of homes, and closed three highways.
Lawsuit aims to force federal action before the Pearl River's namesake fish goes extinct
NOLA.com
Dams and pollution long ago stripped the Pearl River of its namesake fish, the Pearl darter. An environmental group says the endangered fish could be reintroduced one day, but the federal government must first protect its remaining hideaways — a few creeks and stretches of smaller rivers in Mississippi — before there are no more darters to put back in the Pearl.
MDWFP asks hunters to submit deer for CWD testing
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – With the end of deer season approaching in Mississippi, officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) are asking hunters to continue to submit deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing.
Sea turtles nursed back to health on Gulf Coast
WLOX
GULF COAST. Miss. (WLOX) - It’s been a total of 40 days since 45 sea turtles were flown to Mississippi from Massachusetts to be nursed back to health, and 20 of those are here at Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.
Have you ever heard the Pascagoula River sing?
Sun Herald
The Pascagoula River Basin is one of the nation’s rarely acknowledged treasures.
Yet its beauty, amazing flora and fauna, vital environmental roles, history and countless opportunities for recreation and commerce are rarely trumpeted at the river’s doorstep, the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
State Government
18 projects receive grant funding through Dept. of Archives & History
NewsMS
The Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has awarded nearly $3 million through its ‘Community Heritage Preservation Grant Program’ to 18 preservation and restoration projects from across the state.
Regional
As proposal to split DHEC gains steam, some worry about damaging environmental protection
Post and Courier
South Carolina lawmakers will revisit an age-old question this year: whether to cleave apart the state’s largest agency, an almost 4,000-employee behemoth with responsibilities ranging from infectious disease to hospital permits to air quality to dam safety.
Air pollution settlement adds more monitoring for ABC Coke plant near Birmingham
Al.com
The Drummond Company, environmental groups and government regulators have all agreed to revise a settlement over air pollution violations at Drummond’s ABC Coke facility in Tarrant, just outside the Birmingham city limits.
Louisiana looks to streamline buyouts of oyster leases impacted by coastal work
NOLA.com
National
Biden EPA asks DOJ to hit pause on defense of Trump-era rules
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking the government to pump the brakes in its defense of Trump-era environmental rollbacks in court.
DuPont, Chemours, Corteva reach settlement on PFAS legal disputes
WECT
WILMINGTON, Del. (WECT) - DuPont, Chemours and Corteva announced Friday that they have reached an agreement to settle legal disputes over who is responsible for liabilities related to the use of per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
New Orleans native named to EPA position in President Biden’s administration
WVUE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WVUE) -Lakeview native Vicki Arroyo will join the Biden Administration as Associate Administrator of Policy for the Environmental Protection Agency.
