State
RANKIN COUNTY JUDGE ORDERS GOLD COAST WASTEWATER PERMIT TO REMAIN REVOKED DURING APPEAL PROCESS
Northside Sun
Gold Coast won't be getting its permit restored while its appeal is heard in Rankin County Chancery Court.
EPA and Jackson mayor's office have a plan for fixing city's long-running water woes.
Clarion Ledger
The Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Jackson's mayor's office have come to an agreement over what the city needs to do – and when – to overhaul its troubled water system.
MDEQ Issues Three Beach Water Contact Advisories
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued three beach water contact advisories Tuesday for Bay St. Louis Beach, Pass Christian West Beach and Pass Christian Central Beach.
State Government
New occupational licensing law goes into effect this week
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new law goes into effect this week that allows people who move to Mississippi from out-of-state to maintain their professional licenses.
Oil Spill
Facebook for fish: New app aims to make citizens into marine biologists
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Want to help scientists identify Gulf Coast wildlife? There’s an app for that.
Regional
'At long last': EPA wraps last cleanup phase at CTS Asheville Superfund Site on Mills Gap
Asheville Citizen Times
After years of process and technical cleanup at the CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund Site on Mills Gap Road, the EPA is now waiting and checking to make sure it's working.
Fishermen watch red tide destroy another year of their livelihood on Tampa Bay
Fox 13
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Dead fish by the thousands are causing a smelly mess in the water and on the shorelines around parts of Tampa Bay.
National
U.S. Supreme Court rules PennEast pipeline project can use eminent domain to take N.J. state land
WHYY
In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the state of New Jersey cannot block construction of the PennEast natural gas pipeline on state lands.
Study: EPA underestimated methane emissions from oil and gas development
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underestimated methane emissions caused by oil and gas production by as much as 76 percent, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Researchers predict smaller Chesapeake Bay dead zones
AP
Researchers say the Chesapeake Bay likely will have a smaller than average oxygen dead zone this summer.
Randy Moore first African American tapped to lead Forest Service
The Hill
Randy Moore will be the first African American chief of the U.S. Forest Service, a 116-year-old agency that oversees 600 million acres of forestland.
