State
Turkey Creek flooding brings out lingering disputes in Gulfport
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s a familiar problem for Forrest Heights Missionary Baptist Church. Rising water from Turkey Creek threatening to flood the church.
Levee Board: Lawsuit led against Corps of Engineers is ‘disingenuous and dangerous’
Vicksburg Post
GREENVILLE — The Mississippi Levee Board released a statement late Wednesday in response to the lawsuit — Am. Rivers v. Army Corps of Engineers, D.D.C., — led in federal court against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to halt additional flood control efforts, including the backwater pumps project, in the Mississippi Delta.
Horn Lake to share cost of new sewer meter station with developers
DeSoto Times-Tribune
Horn Lake has agreed to split the costs with the developer of an 80-lot subdivision and the Interceptor Sewer District to build a meter station to service the new homes that will be built.
City of Meridian working to repair sewer line collapse
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The City of Meridian is working to repair a collapsed sewer line underneath railroad tracks near Bimbo Bakeries off North Frontage Road.
National
White House Considers Methane-Busting Vow Before Climate Summit
Bloomberg
The Biden administration is considering singling out methane for significant reductions as part of a pledge to cut greenhouse gases in advance of a climate summit next week, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Environmental Group Sues Over Protections for 20 Species
AP
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the federal government has failed to act on petitions to protect nine species under the Endangered Species Act and has failed to designate critical habitat for 11 other species that are already protected.
Judge: BP’s Indiana refinery violated soot emission limits
AP
WHITING, Ind. (AP) — A BP refinery in northwest Indiana repeatedly violated air pollution standards for soot emissions between 2015 and 2018, a federal judge ruled in a lawsuit brought by environmental advocates.
Opinion
Gulfport mayor: Race isn’t a factor in Turkey Creek project
Sun Herald
BY BILLY HEWES GULFPORT MAYOR
Once again, an outside group plays to stereotype and uses a term ill-suited to the character and conduct of our city in an attempt to sensationalize an issue.
Press Releases
Area 5 Approved growing waters closed for oyster harvest beginning at 12 p.m. April 15, 2021
MDMR
April 15, 2021
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that Approved Area 5 “C” growing waters are closed to the harvest of oysters beginning at 12 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, 2021, due to excessive localized rainfall.
Coopwood reappointed to the Mississippi Commission of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
MDWFP
Mr. Scott Coopwood of Cleveland, Mississippi, was sworn-in on April 14th, after being reappointed to the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks by Governor Tate Reeves. He will continue to represent the Mississippi Delta, on the commission.
