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MDEQ and Environmental News from the past 24 hours
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Note: MDEQ did receive coverage from WLBT, WAPT, and WJTV on the Mississippi Opal this week but none have been posted yet from a shareable source
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Long Beach citizens push to preserve historic downtown oak tree
https://www.wlox.com - Jan 20, 2023
The planning commission voted to save the oaks until developers submit their building plans.
Progress made on Mississippi bridge cleanup after December collapse
Magnolia State Live - Jan 20, 2023
Gerald Blessey from the Mississippi Sound Coalition discusses Bonnet Carré Spillway
WLOX-TV - Jan 19, 2023
Gerald Blessey from the Mississippi Sound Coalition discusses Bonnet Carré Spillway ...
Water-Main Breaks in Mississippi and Across U.S. Can Be Stopped
The Mississippi Free Press - Jan 19, 2023
... of chlorinated water into rivers, streams and lakes to cause fish kills. For example, a water-main break caused a fish kill in Leakin ...
City of Louisville learned a few things after losing water
Home - WCBI TV | Your News Leader - Jan 19, 2023
In an update to a story we've been following since December, people who live in Louisville are back under full pressure.
Ingalls awards $100,000 in grants for STEM education initiatives - WXXV News 25
WXXV News 25 - Jan 19, 2023
Ingalls Shipbuilding announced their 2022 academic year STEM grant recipients today during a special breakfast. The Ingalls Shipbuilding Division awarded 26 schools in Mississippi and Alabama with a check toward their STEM-related initiatives. Ingalls makes this annual investment
Boy catches great white shark
wapt.com - Jan 19, 2023
Pearl River County man finds decades-old message inside bottle
WLBT-TV - Jan 19, 2023
Court rules Army Corps of Engineers violated law, damaged marine life in Miss. Sound
WLOX-TV - Jan 19, 2023
200-year-old Oak Tree on Jeff Davis Ave in Long Beach to be cut down - WXXV News 25
WXXV News 25 - Jan 19, 2023
Long Beach Aldermen decided to allow developers to cut down a nearly 200-year-old tree to make room for an $8 million development, but there's been pushback. The removal will make room for a new boutique hotel across from the town green on Jeff Davis Avenue. Developers wanted to
Jackson resident says water problems so frequent they bought own tank
wapt.com - Jan 19, 2023
Greater Jxn Chamber Annual meeting addresses water issues
wapt.com - Jan 19, 2023
January 2023 tornado activity way ahead of normal
WTOK-TV - Jan 19, 2023
New year ushers in new businesses, economic development for George County
WLOX-TV - Jan 19, 2023
Corps ordered to confer on effects of Bonnet Carre Spillway openings
Capital City Press LLC - Jan 19, 2023
... diversion's freshwater and nutrients to disrupt fishing in Mississippi Sound. Guirola said the plaintiffs in the case "have ...
Gerald Blessey from the Mississippi Sound Coalition discusses Bonnet Carré Spillway
WLOX-TV - Jan 19, 2023
Gerald Blessey from the Mississippi Sound Coalition discusses Bonnet Carré Spillway ...
Charter boat captains speak on Bonnet Carre Spillway's impact on tourism
WLOX-TV - Jan 19, 2023
... who come to Biloxi to fish. He takes daily tours into the Mississippi Sound. In recent years, toxins from the spillway have decreased ...
Federal judge rules against Army Corps in Bonnet Carré lawsuit
Mississippi Today - Jan 19, 2023
... opens the spillway, the river's water eventually reaches the Mississippi Sound, and can impact the salinity in a way that kills off ...
West Biloxi infrastructure project construction estimated to last until 2028
WLOX-TV - Jan 18, 2023
Regional
Alabama mom arrested over garbage
wjtv.com - Jan 20, 2023
ADEM: Alabama's pollution watchdog won't bark. It just likes to watch
AL.com - Jan 20, 2023
... Pillion , tires and other non-green materials – "unauthorized solid waste," as ADEM puts it – have been found in the current blaze. ADEM ...
Houston-based oil company in hot water over leaking industrial waste
KPRC-TV - Houston Life - Jan 19, 2023
... wastes and/or pollutants are being discharged into the environment and into or adjacent to a stormwater drainage system," wrote ...
After Years of Waiting, Southern Dallas Neighbors See Toxic Waste Site Demolished
D Magazine - Jan 19, 2023
... addresses abandoned hazardous waste sites.) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the federal agency found evidence in 2016 ...
LIVE: Court rules Army Corps of Engineers violated law, damaged marine life in Miss. Sound
WLOX-TV - Jan 19, 2023
Several cities, counties and businesses across the Mississippi Gulf Coast sued the Corps, claiming the more frequent, lengthier openings of ...
Georgia regulators release plans for mine near Okefenokee
E&E News - Jan 19, 2023
National
Study finds disparities in state's distribution of federal funds for water systems
The Center for Public Integrity - Jan 20, 2023
Scientists say pollution not cause of UK mass crab deaths
Associated Press - Jan 20, 2023
Plane Wastewater Study Shows How COVID Travel Restrictions Failed
WABG-TV - Jan 20, 2023
Best Buy wants to haul away your old appliances for $199: 'Stepping up to fill a service gap'
MSN.com - Jan 20, 2023
... and Staples also offer in-store recycling options. Some corporate recycling providers that pick up e-waste from large businesses are ...
Types of Pollution and How to Reduce Them
Entrepreneur - Jan 19, 2023
... , and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment . Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as ...
Los Angeles residents are now required to compost food scraps
KTLA-TV - Jan 19, 2023
. You can simply place all organic waste into your regular green bin for recycling. Some tips to prevent pests, odors, and messes ...
A New Report Outlines a Vision for National Wastewater Surveillance
The New York Times - Jan 19, 2023
... the public and to maintain a strong firewall that precludes use by law enforcement."Wastewater surveillance is not a panacea and may be ...
EPA Proposes to Add Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and PFAS to National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for FY 2024-2027
EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency - Jan 19, 2023
. EPA is proposing to return these two current NECIs to the core enforcement and compliance programs: EPA is proposing to return these ...
Dead whale washes up in Maryland as environmental activists call for offshore wind investigation
cbsnews.com - Jan 19, 2023
Rep. Andy Harris is calling for a moratorium on windmill construction following this week's discovery of a dead whale on Assateague Island.
10 Interior staffers to watch on natural resources
E&E News - Jan 19, 2023
