State
MDEQ awards $354K to 15 school districts for new school buses
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded $354,700 to 15 school districts to apply to the purchase of new school buses for the upcoming school year.
MDEQ AWARDS $354,000 TO 15 SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR NEW SCHOOL BUSES
Northside Sun
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded $354,700 to 15 school districts to apply to the purchase of new school buses for the upcoming school year.
Hyde-Smith: Not finishing pumps project is ‘one of the most egregious environmental injustices’
Vicksburg Post
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) Tuesday identied the uncompleted Yazoo Backwater Area pumps as “one of the most egregious environmental injustices” as she sought continued Environmental Protection Agency cooperation on the project under the Biden administration.
Bonnet Carré Spillway disaster relief could be on the way soon
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s been two years since the Bonnet Carré Spillway opened, dumping trillions of gallons of fresh water into the Mississippi Sound, resulting in an environmental and economic disaster on the Gulf Coast.
Commission of Marine Resources returns to in-person meetings
WXXV
The Commission of Marine Resources returns to in-person meetings after 12 months of online zoom meetings.
Well Water Testing for Well Owners in Pearl River County and Surrounding Counties
Picayune Item
The Mississippi Well Owner Network, a program of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, will hold a Well Water Testing Workshop in Pearl River County on May 12-13.
Festival to mark Earth Day with music, art
Enterprise-Journal
Art, music and the environment will be in the spotlight at the Bo Diddley Pavilion in downtown McComb on Saturday as Pike School of Art-Mississippi hosts it inaugural Earth Day Fest.
Regional
Opposition grows to the state’s coastal restoration plan
WGNO
CHALMETTE, La. – Opposition is growing to the state’s plan to restore the coast with the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project.
Report criticizes offshore oil and gas environmental agency
AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal agency in charge of offshore oil and gas environmental enforcement doesn’t have a strong inspection program for working pipelines and doesn’t adequately make sure companies clean and bury those no longer in use, a federal watchdog office says.
City Council delays vote protecting Memphis aquifer as threat of lawsuit from pipeline company looms
WMC
Biden nominates 4 for Tennessee Valley Authority board
AP
President Joe Biden has nominated four people for the board of a federal utility.
National
Biden to Propose Cutting U.S. Emissions in Half by 2030
WSJ
President Biden is expected this week to call for cutting U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions roughly in half by 2030, according to people familiar with the matter, as he pushes to jump-start global efforts to tackle climate change.
Over 4 of 10 Americans breathe polluted air, report says. And people of color 61% more likely to be affected.
USA Today
The air we breathe continues to be unhealthy for many Americans, according to a new report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association.
Diesel emissions cheating case involving Stellantis gets bigger as more managers charged
Detroit Free Press
Prosecutors have charged two more senior managers in a growing diesel emissions scandal for Stellantis, the company formed from the merger earlier this year of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot maker PSA Group.
Taco Bell to recycle, reuse hot sauce packets
WTOK
Taco Bell wants to give its sauce packets a second life.
Press Releases
MDEQ Awards $354,000 to 15 School Districts for New School Buses
Posted: April 20, 2021
(Jackson, Miss.) — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded $354,700 to 15 school districts to apply to the purchase of new school buses for the upcoming school year.
EPA Awards $80,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Mississippi
Nationally, EPA Awards $10.5 Million to Clean Up 473 School Buses in 40 States
04/20/2021
ATLANTA (April 20, 2021) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $80,000 to replace 4 older diesel school buses in Mississippi. The new buses will reduce pollutants that are linked to asthma and lung damage, better protecting health and air quality in communities across the country.
HYDE-SMITH CONFIDENT OF EPA COMMITMENT TO YAZOO PUMPS AS ‘ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE’ PROJECT
April 20
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today identified the uncompleted Yazoo Backwater Area pumps as “one of the most egregious environmental injustices” as she sought continued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cooperation on the project under the Biden administration.
