State
Entergy conducts rolling blackouts because of ice storm
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you’re an Entergy customer, you may have noticed your power going out intermittently Tuesday evening.
WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTINUES SUSPENSION OF COLLECTION SERVICE IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
Northside Sun
Due to winter weather conditions and road closures, Waste Management continues suspension of all garbage and trash collection services for Central Mississippi area customers on February 17, 2021.
Boil water notice issued across city of Jackson
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Customers across the capital city are experiencing low or no water pressure, due to problems at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant.
State Government
Senate bill could politicize Mississippi archives and history board
Daily Journal
For more than a century, the board overseeing the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has quietly sought to preserve Mississippi’s past — from prehistoric artifacts, to Civil War documents, to Civil Rights-era exhibits.
Oil Spill
New MSU research center formally approved for coast location
NewsMS
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson County Board of Supervisors and Jackson County Port Authority have formally approved siting the center on four acres in the Sunplex Light Industrial Park, located on Mississippi Highway 57, approximately one mile from Interstate 10 and U.S. Hwy 90. The Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center is funded in part through the RESTORE Act, administered through the Mississippi Department of Environment Quality.
Regional
After EPA auditor urges public warning, DEQ reviews cancer risk data for accuracy
NOLA.com
It's been almost a year since the inspector general for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged agency officials to take "prompt action" to warn people living near 25 "high-priority" industrial facilities across the nation. Residents around five plants in Louisiana are still waiting.
Gov. Cooper names new DEQ secretary
WNCN
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced Dionne Delli-Gatti as the new Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.
National
Trump EPA ripped over approach to chemical risk evaluations in new report
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it is changing the way it evaluates risk from introducing chemicals, following a new report that criticized the agency's approach under the Trump administration.
15 states sue over Trump plan to limit automaker fines on emissions standards
The Hill
A group of 15 attorneys general is petitioning the courts to block the Biden administration from fulfilling automakers' last minute request to the Trump administration to limit penalties for those who do not meet emissions standards.
Press Releases
EPA: 2020 Power Plant Emissions Continue to Demonstrate Significant Reductions
Steady downward trend improves public health and delivers environmental benefits
02/16/2021
WASHINGTON (February 16, 2021) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released publicly available, annual data on 2020 emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and mercury from power plants in the lower 48 states.
EPA Commits to Strengthening Science Used in Chemical Risk Evaluations
02/16/2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing to act on the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to making evidence-based decisions and developing policies and programs that are guided by the best available scientific data.
