State
Tempers flare over contract renewal
Enterprise-Journal
Tensions rose Tuesday over the McComb city board’s continued tabling of a wastewater treatment plant maintenance contract, with one selectman calling out another for being “childish.”
Desoto County Earns Keep America Beautiful Recognition
DeSoto Times-Tribune
The ongoing efforts in Desoto County to keep its roads and streets litter free has been recognized nationally by Keep America Beautiful.
Happening Saturday: City of Jackson hosts roll-off dumpster day
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Saturday, the City of Jackson will host its monthly Roll-Off Dumpster Day at the Old Pepsi Building located at 2550 Medgar Evers Boulevard, Jackson, MS 39213.
Covington Dist. 4 residents remove trash from roadsides
WDAM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Some residents of District Four in Covington County are stepping up efforts to clean up roadsides in their community.
MFC approves Yazoo County burn ban
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC), at the request of the Yazoo County Board of Supervisors, has approved a county-wide burn ban, effective immediately.
Dolphins Awareness Month: The rescue story of Apollo and Turner at IMMS
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Women aren’t the only ones who are highlighted in the month of March. This month dolphins are also recognized. Dolphins Awareness Month is celebrated to help protect and conserve their well-being, something the Institute For Marine Mammals Studies strives to do.
A CONVERSATION WITH BAILEY ON PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Northside Sun
Brent Bailey, a Madison County resident, has served as the Mississippi Public Service commissioner for the Central District, since Jan. 2, 2020.
Ask Rufus: The Lost World of Plymouth Bluff
Commercial Dispatch
I have often written about John Pitchlynn and Fort Smith at Plymouth Bluff during the Creek Indian War of 1813-14 and the French army that camped there in 1736, but what fascinated me about the bluff when I was a child was fossils.
State Government
Coronavirus vaccine eligabiity could soon be expanded in Mississippi
MPB
More than 50% of Mississippians over the age of 50 have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine according to health officials.
Regional
In settlement, power plants to shut by '30
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Entergy Arkansas will close the state's two largest coal-fired plants and a 50-year-old natural-gas plant by the end of 2030, according to a settlement agreement approved Thursday by a federal judge.
EPA releases Lexington from part of historic 2011 consent decree. What that means.
Herald Leader
Federal environmental regulators say Lexington no longer needs federal oversight of its stormwater program, which was required under a decade-old agreement to fix problems with the city’s storm and sanitary sewers.
National
Biden EPA Ponders ‘Hail Mary’ Move on Greenhouse Gas Air Limits
Bloomberg
The Biden administration likely will face a tough climb in the courts and on the ground if it tries to push for national ambient air limits on greenhouse gases, experts and lawyers say.
Countries Tried to Curb Trade in Plastic Waste. The U.S. Is Shipping More.
NY Times
When more than 180 nations agreed last year to place strict limits on exports of plastic waste from richer countries to poorer ones, the move was seen as a major victory in the fight against plastic pollution.
Judge rules Maryland must regulate chicken farm air pollution
Bay Journal
A Maryland judge has dealt a blow to the state’s poultry industry, ordering regulators to impose limits for the first time on air pollution emanating from the sprawling indoor facilities where chickens spend most of their lives.
Budweiser going 'green' on St. Patrick's Day with plans to pledge Renewable Energy Certificates
Fox News
Budweiser is going green. The King of Beers is turning all of its beer "green" on March 17 for St. Patrick’s Day, but the brand isn't planning on using any green food dye. Instead, the beverage company, as part of its St. Patrick’s Day campaign, will pledge "enough Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to cover the estimated electricity used to brew beer in the U.S. in one day," it announced Friday.
Governments delay access to public records during pandemic
AP
As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and health officials influenced their decisions.
