State
What to know about the Pearl River: Where it's safe to fish, swim, where it's not and options
Clarion Ledger
MDEQ Lifts Three Beach Water Contact Advisories
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted three beach water contact advisories Thursday for Station 4 (Bay St. Louis Beach), Station 6 (Pass Christian Central Beach), and Station 7A (Long Beach).
COUNTY ACTS ON ROSENWALD PROJECT BIDS
South Reporter
…The board also signed a stormwater permit to be approved by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, MDEQ, relating to Storm Water Pollution Prevention. The board approved that document as well.
EMAILS BETWEEN CITY, MSDH, EPA INDICATE INFIGHTING AND POOR MORALE
Northside Sun
Analysis of documents obtained by the Northside Sun about the ongoing problems with the Jackson water system show that the city tried to circumvent drinking water safety standards during the ice storm that crippled the city’s water for weeks.
Hotels for tiny catfish: frecklebelly madtoms get VIP treatment, check in and check out
Clarion Ledger
It's a tiny fish most have never heard of and fewer have encountered, but, in Mississippi, frecklebelly madtom catfish get the VIP treatment. Researchers build tiny "hotels" for the black and orange spotted catfish and are alerted electronically when the fish check in and out.
Brookhaven Fire Department fights GP chip mill fire
Daily Leader
The Georgia-Pacific chip mill on Auburn Road caught fire Wednesday evening.
Catalytic converter thefts on the rise in Northeast Mississippi
Daily Journal
Criminals looking to make easy money have been crawling under vehicles across Northeast Mississippi with saws and stealing catalytic converters.
Catalytic converter thefts in Lamar County have businesses speaking out
WDAM
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - In Lamar County, both City Glass and Brighter Beginnings Child Development Center are speaking out after thieves stole car parts from business vehicles this past Saturday night.
Regional
Citgo to pay $19.7M for Louisiana spill environmental damage
AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Citgo Petroleum Corp. of Houston has agreed to pay $19.7 million for environmental damage from a 2006 spill at a Louisiana refinery, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
Florida red tide prompts cleanup of dead fish from Gulf Coast beaches: reports
Fox News
Scores of dead fish were being cleaned up from beaches in Pinellas County, Florida, this week, the result of "red tide" conditions in the area, according to a report.
National
EPA chief reinstates science advisory board he dismantled
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he has fully reinstated one of two key advisory boards he dismantled earlier this year in a push for “scientific integrity” at the agency.
Senate confirms Biden pick for No. 2 role at Interior
The Hill
The Senate confirmed President Biden’s pick for the No. 2 role at the Interior Department on Thursday with broad bipartisan support, but opposition from one progressive and a handful of Republicans.
West Risks Blackouts as Hydroelectric Power Dries Up
WSJ
States across the West are at risk of electricity shortages this summer as a crippling drought reduces the amount of water needed to generate hydroelectric power.
Press releases
Richard W. Spinrad confirmed to lead NOAA
Richard (Rick) W. Spinrad, Ph.D., an internationally renowned scientist with four decades of ocean, atmosphere, and climate science and policy expertise, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today as the under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and the 11th NOAA administrator.
