State
MDEQ RECEIVES CONFLICTING LETTERS IN NCL LANDFILL CASE
Northside Sun
NCL, LLC has sent conflicting letters to MDEQ regarding their position in developing a third landfill in Madison County.
Landfill developers drop lawsuits
Madison County Journal
RIDGELAND — A company seeking to open a third solid-waste landfill here had a change of posture and dropped lawsuits against the county Board of Supervisors along with opposition to an annexation by the city.
NCL Waste abandons landfill project in Madison Co.
WLBT
MADISON CO., Miss. (WLBT) - NCL waste has abandoned a huge landfill project in Madison County.
Opponents drop challenge to Ridgeland annexation bid
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The last major hurdle blocking the city of Ridgeland’s plans to annex a 4.89-square-mile swath of land west of its current city limits has been voluntarily removed.
NCL Waste decides to abandon landfill project in Madison County
WJTV
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A temporary victory tonight in Madison County for opponents of a new dumping landfill proposal. The permits and applications brought forth by lawyers for the company have been canceled.
Little Dixie fixes odor
Madison County Journal
Mayor Gene F. McGee said that the City of Ridgeland has received multiple inquiries regarding a gas-like odor generated from the area of Little Dixie landfill. McGee said that he is pleased with the actions taken by Republic Services, owner of Little Dixie landfill, to fix the problem.
Successful deer hunting season at NAS Meridian
Meridian Star
Deer hunting for the 2020-2021 season ended in east-central Mississippi and on NAS Meridian Jan. 31. Hunters harvested a total of 71 deer on NAS Meridian during the season, compared to 48 deer the previous hunting season.
Fitch, Marshall join AGs asking Biden to resume Keystone XL Pipeline
WTOK
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/WTOK) - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Alabama Attorney general Steve Marshall added their names to a list of attorneys general around the country who are calling on President Joe Biden to reverse his order on the Keystone XL Pipeline.
National
Air pollution caused 1 out of 5 deaths in 2018 — that’s more than 8 million, study says
Sun Herald
Microscopic, and sometimes larger, particles of soot, smoke and dust that spew out of gas-guzzling factories, ships, cars and aircraft were responsible for 18% of total global deaths in 2018 — that equals more than 8 million people, a new study found.
Biden EPA dumps PFAS assessment over ‘political interference’
MLive
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden has yanked back the health assessment of a notable “forever chemical,” alleging the document was compromised by “political interference” in the final days of the Trump administration.
With PFAS everywhere, Minnesota calls for big new crackdown on the 'forever chemicals'
StarTribune
Minnesota is rolling out an ambitious statewide strategy to tackle the toxic cancer-linked "forever chemicals" polluting the state's rivers, lakes and drinking water.
EPA: Some doorknobs, handrails made of copper alloys can 'continuously kill' coronavirus
KMOX
LENEXA, KS (KMOX) - The US Environmental Protection Agency says some copper surfaces kill coronavirus.
Texas oil company agrees to pay $1.9M for Wyoming spills
AP
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Texas oil company has agreed to pay almost $2 million for spilling crude oil and wastewater at two central Wyoming oilfields.
Shell pays $191K fine for 2015 refinery incident
AP
Shell Oil Products U.S. has paid a $191,000 fine for the release of pollutants from its Shell Puget Sound Refinery north of Seattle in Skagit County.
