2023-05-10 Mississippi Environmental News

MDEQ IN THE NEWS   Judge says he expects to place Jackson sewer under control of third-party manager WLBT-TV - May 9, 2023 ... submitted a priority project list to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection Agency for ... Jackson waterways that have been deemed unsafe The Clarion-Ledger - May 9, 2023 ... Pearl River from Jackson. According to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality it remains at levels unsuitable for human ...   MISSISSIPPI   Jackson's troubled sewer system could soon see a new manager wapt.com - May 10, 2023 As a monster tornado bore down, many in the Mississippi Delta had no chance of finding a shelter MSN - May 10, 2023 After a deadly tornado hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, NBC News found that there were no public storm shelters nearby. Many Delta communities can't afford one. Governor signs bill to create the Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant program  Daily Journal - May 10, 2023 ... receive $68,000. These funds are in addition to the $5 million in ARPA funding that was allocated to Main Street communities last year. ... Meridian's household hazardous waste to be collected May 20 WTOK-TV - May 9, 2023 Meridian's household hazardous waste to be collected May 20 ... Invasive termite species swarms through South Mississippi WLOX-TV - May 9, 2023 Flash Flood Watch issued for 6 Mississippi counties as Arkabutla Dam could fail SuperTalk Mississippi - May 9, 2023 'Explosion of unpaid water bills' leads to concerning financial situation for City of Jackson, auditor says Magnolia State Live - May 9, 2023 Delta Danger: Corps on watch for dam breach WABG-TV - May 9, 2023 Harrison County team bites into mosquito population WLOX-TV - May 8, 2023 Nearly 4.7B gallons of wastewater dumped in Pearl River, court documents show WLOX-TV - May 8, 2023   REGIONAL   What's inside this secret Florida warehouse? Possible clues related to the BP oil spill Sun Herald - May 10, 2023 Inside the containers, large and small, are samples from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010 — the largest oil spill in ... We need an area the size of Texas for wind and solar. Here's how to halve it. The Washington Post - May 10, 2023 ... land impacts. A smarter strategy, they found, could slash that footprint by more than half, to 114,642 square miles — a little bigger ... Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities: report WWNO-FM - May 9, 2023 US agency to participate in deeper study of dredging threats to sea turtles Fox News Channel - May 9, 2023 Can Mississippi River currents generate zero-carbon electricity? Project aims to find out Capital City Press LLC - May 8, 2023 ... to market the generators to other potential users along the Mississippi, including in New Orleans and locations north of Louisiana, ... Florida may study use of radioactive waste in building roads Associated Press - May 8, 2023 ... liters) of polluted water into Tampa Bay and caused massive fish kills. The EPA regulates phosphogypsum because the material contains ...   NATIONAL   Interactive map: Top 5 most common invasive animals and insects in Ohio MSN - May 10, 2023 This interactive map shows every state's most common invasive animal and insect. Here are the species that plague Ohio. NASA launches new mission to improve hurricane forecasting - WXXV News 25 WXXV News 25 - May 10, 2023 NASA has launched a new mission aimed at improving hurricane forecasting. The first two CubeSats, nicknamed 'Rocket like a Hurricane,' lifted off from New Zealand Sunday evening. They are about the size of a loaf of bread and weigh about 12 pounds each. In about two weeks, two ad The pink river dolphins of the Amazon have a warning for humans MSN - May 10, 2023 The beloved pink river dolphins are canaries in the Amazonian coal mine, warning of the threat the heavy metal poses to humans. New study reveals America's surprising most-littered item: 'The largest single type of litter' MSN - May 10, 2023 9.7 billion of them are littered in the country annually. New study reveals America's surprising most-littered item: 'The largest single type of litter' first appeared on The Cool Down. Scientists Uncovered Evidence of What Could Be Earth's First Mass Animal Extinction MSN - May 10, 2023 Since the Cambrian explosion 538.8 million years ago – a time when many of the animal phyla we're familiar with today were established – five major mass extinction events have whittled down the biodiversity of all creatures great and small. Last year, researchers from the US publ One Johnson County city is trying out composting. Could it spread across Kansas City? The Kansas City Star (Premium) - May 10, 2023 ... compost. Olathe charges residents a flat fee of just over $20 per household per month for all solid waste services. These include trash and ... Anaergia Wins 'Net Zero Carbon Champion of the Year' at 2023 Global Water Awards Associated Press - May 10, 2023 ... and cleaning water. Our customers are in the municipal solid waste, municipal wastewater, agriculture, and food processing ... Magnetic Bacteria: Filigree Sewage Plants Water Online - May 9, 2023 Microorganisms can help to extract dangerous heavy metals from wastewater A researchteam at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf ( ... Maine legislature considers pause in landmark landfill law WABI-TV - May 9, 2023 ... and to accept a surge of wet PFAS-laden sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Another law passed last year bans the ... Study: Reclaimers discharge ample microplastics  Resource Recycling - May 9, 2023 ... microplastics into water systems and suggested both further research and stronger wastewater filtration systems to address the ... EPA Releases Draft of National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution JD Supra - May 9, 2023 ... efficient and effective waste management, including both recycling and compostinginfrastructure providing funding and technical ... How A Mushroom-Based Solution Could Detoxify Construction Waste Forbes - May 9, 2023 ... waste annually, which is more than twice the amount of municipal solid waste produced per year. And with landfills at 85% capacity and ... Canada's E-waste Has More Than Tripled in the Last 2 Decades - New Study Tech Times - May 9, 2023 ... useful insights to policymakers for setting up targets for e-waste reduction and recycling to recover valuable resources from e- ...