State
Paradise Ranch meeting tonight
Enterprise-Journal
Paradise Ranch Resort will hold a public meeting at 6 tonight to discuss plans to build a wastewater treatment system that would discharge into the Bogue Chitto River.
Debris removal picks up speed in Meridian
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Leaves, limbs and parts of trees are piling up on the street curbs throughout the city of Meridian. Tuesday, the Council did something that would help get rid of debris more quickly.
Barnes Crossing Auto Group Goes Green At Several Dealerships
WTVA
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – A North Mississippi car dealer is going green at several of its businesses and a locally owned company is helping make it happen.
Brothers use algebra to find fish at Sardis, Enid
Panolian
When Dan Shell IV and his brother William went into isolation and quarantined at their home in Oxford, they needed an outlet and that outlet became them sitting on a lake and fishing.
State Government
Mississippi Governor: Masks Recommended but Not Mandated
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says that as of Wednesday, he is getting rid of most mask mandates that he had imposed to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Mississippi bills alive: Athletes, alcohol, criminal justice
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Bills to allow college athletes to earn money from their own name, likeness and image are still alive at the Mississippi Capitol.
Oil Spill
Shoofly Magazine
Hate those ugly storm water drainage pipes on our beach? They're called "outfalls." Now a more environmentally-friendly – and more attractive – option is slated to replace one in a pilot project.
‘Old Pass’ reopening feasibility study moving forward
WMBB
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Bay County Commissioners are taking another step forward with the East Pass reopening feasibility study.
Regional
Near Byhalia pipeline planned connection point, Valero leaked 800 gallons of crude oil in 2020
Commercial Appeal
An 800-gallon leak of crude oil and 10-pound release of benzene, a chemical compound the World Health Organization classifies as carcinogenic, occurred in January 2020 near the planned destination of the Byhalia pipeline, National Response Center and Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration records show.
Ocala among first in Florida to test electric garbage trucks
Star-Banner
Ocala is one of the first cities in Florida poised to clean up its garbage pickup, replacing diesel-powered sanitation trucks with zero-emission electric-powered vehicles.
National
Steel Dynamics agrees to upgrade emissions equipment, pay EPA settlement fee
WPTA
CHICAGO (WPTA21) – A northeast Indiana steel producer agreed to upgrade their air pollution control equipment and pay a settlement fee to the state and federal governments.
Press releases
Governor Tate Reeves Releases New Executive Order
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves signed Executive Order 1549. This order will go into effect at 5:00 PM on March 3rd and stay in effect until March 31st.
EPA Announces Availability of Up to $6 Million in Annual Environmental Justice Grants
03/02/2021
HYDE-SMITH NAMED LEAD REPUBLICAN ON ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE
Miss. Senator Lands Ranking Member Spot on Senate Energy Committee’s Water & Power Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today became the lead Republican on the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
