State
‘Dead, dead, dead’: MDEQ likely deals death blow to Madison County landfill
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Plans to build a third landfill in Madison County likely were dealt a final death blow Tuesday following a vote by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board.
MDEQ says no to third landfill in Madison County
WAPT
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality was met with cheers and applause after denying permit applications for a third landfill in Madison County, which was proposed near County Line Road.
MDEQ Permit Board denies permit for proposed Madison County landfill
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Permit Board voted unanimously to deny all permits relating to the proposed North County Line solid waste landfill during a Tuesday meeting.
Grant to beef up water park trail
Enterprise-Journal
Pike County supervisors authorized an engineering firm Monday to begin the design phase of a project to improve the walking trails at Bogue Chitto Water Park.
State Government
3 MS Coast cities vote in new mayors. Here are the full 2021 general election results.
Sun Herald
Three new mayors were elected in Tuesday’s municipal general election on the Mississippi Coast.
Regional
Offshore wind power in Gulf of Mexico? Possibility for areas off Mississippi, other states
AP
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration wants to know whether offshore wind companies want to move into the Gulf of Mexico.
National
It’s literally raining PFAS around the Great Lakes, say researchers
MLive
CLEVELAND, OH — Rain that fell on Ohio this spring contained a surprisingly high amount of toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to raw data from a binational Great Lakes monitoring program that tracks airborne pollution.
Dam operator fined $501K for polluting Puyallup River
AP
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Department of Ecology has fined dam operator Electron Hydro, LLC, $501,000 for discharging discarded plastic field turf into the Puyallup River.
Las Vegas bans 'non-functional' grass
AP
In Sin City, one thing that will soon become unforgivable is useless grass. A new Nevada law will outlaw about 31% of the grass in the Las Vegas area in an effort to conserve water amid a drought that’s drying up the region’s primary water source: the Colorado River.
Press Releases
Interior Department to Explore Offshore Wind Potential in the Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced its intent to assess potential opportunities to advance clean energy development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Marine economy in 2019 outpaced U.S. economy overall
NOAA
America’s marine economy contributed about $397 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product in 2019 and grew faster than the nation’s economy as a whole, according to the most current results of the first official Marine Economy Satellite Account released today by two Department of Commerce agencies.
