State
Water quality advisory in effect for parts of Pearl River, creeks in Jackson
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a water quality advisory on Tuesday, May 25 for areas of the Pearl River near the Savanna Wastewater Treatment Plant and for 11 creeks in Jackson.
17 Mississippi beaches under water contact advisories
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued two beach water contact advisories on Thursday for Station 11A (Edgewater Beach) and Station 20 (Pascagoula Beach East).
North Carolina company hired for Vicksburg tornado debris cleanup
Vicksburg Post
A North Carolina-based company has been hired by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to remove trash and debris in the city left from a May 4 tornado that hit Vicksburg and the rest of Warren County.
IT COULD TAKE 2022 BEFORE MOST REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE AT CITY'S TWO WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Northside Sun
It could be 2022 before the city of Jackson can correct all of the issues with its water treatment plants found in an inspection last year.
State Government
PEER report examines financial soundness of Mississippi pension system
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi’s pension fund is going through a routine financial checkup. The state’s legislative watchdog agency is looking at the system’s stability and what may need to change to keep it up.
Regional
State’s top environmental official resigns. He had been leading Piney Point response
Miami Herald
Florida’s top environmental official is stepping down. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Noah Valenstein’s resignation is effective June 4, according to a letter he sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
National
EPA restoring state and tribal power to protect waterways
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the latest reversal of a Trump-era policy, the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is restoring a rule that grants states and Native American tribes authority to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
Why Biden’s EPA chief stepped into a Chicago permit controversy
Chicago Sun-Times
A sustained protest by community activists, a civil rights investigation and data showing the Southeast Side is one of the most polluted areas in the country drew President Joe Biden’s administration into a city permitting controversy involving the relocation of car-shredder General Iron.
Press Releases
EPA Takes Action to Bolster State and Tribal Authority to Protect Water Resources
05/27/2021
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intent to revise the 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule after determining that it erodes state and Tribal authority.
EPA Announces $10 Million Available for States, Tribes and Territories to Address Environmental Challenges
$8.5 million available for D.C., states, and territories, and $1.5 million available for tribes
05/27/2021
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of Multipurpose Grant (MPG) funding to support states, Tribes and territories in addressing high-priority environmental issues, including PFAS, environmental justice and climate change.
