Monday, March 16, 2026

2026-03-13_Mississippi Environmental News

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The Meridian Star • March 13, 2026 • 7:36 PM
3:30 p.m. Guidelines established by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality would limit residents to five tires per trip and no
Sun Herald • March 13, 2026 • 3:47 PM
or sewers that leak through the stormwater system and into the Mississippi Sound. The Department of Environmental Quality tests every beach
NewsBreak • March 13, 2026 • 3:47 PM
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has issued three new water-contact advisories after tests found high bacteria levels
Heatmap News • March 13, 2026 • 11:42 AM
at NAACP, said in a statement referring to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. Sign up to receive Heatmap AM in your inbox
Azzet • March 13, 2026 • 5:55 AM
concerns for pollution. The ruling was made by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality earlier this week, granting xAI the go-
Mississippi
WTOK-TV • March 16, 2026 • 2:16 PM
Gusty winds took down more than 30 trees in the Silas area and left people without power – but thankfully no injuries or fatalities were reported.
WLBT-TV • March 15, 2026 • 6:24 AM
back into the environment and just help the whole situation. And we all do a little bit — it's good for everybody." The Central Mississippi
WXXV-TV • March 14, 2026 • 12:00 AM
development projects paid for by the BP settlement's Gulf Coast Restoration Fund. Lawmakers get recommendations from an advisory board and
Sun Herald • March 13, 2026 • 7:12 PM
investments provided in part by the Mississippi Legislature and the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, in collaboration with the city and Gulfport
Regional
WXXV-TV • March 15, 2026 • 11:00 PM
to restore deep coral habitats on the seafloor after the Deep-Water Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. Join the team as the endure life offshore
Medium • March 14, 2026 • 4:37 PM
Deery voted against SB277, saying that it would weaken regulations that protect the environment and human health. Shannon Anderson, director
MSN.com • March 13, 2026 • 9:33 PM
Public health and wildlife impacts appear nonexistent for the time being. No fish kills linked to red tide were reported to the FWC's Fish
Yahoo! News • March 13, 2026 • 7:43 PM
was "an anomaly ." Advertisement Advertisement Gulf County saw some fish kills, but it appears that there were no major mortality events
USA Today • March 13, 2026 • 10:02 AM
Florida as early as 1844, and may have been the cause of large fish kills noted by Spanish explorers . Caused by a group of organisms known
Community Impact Newspaper • March 13, 2026 • 7:23 AM
to previous Community Impact reporting . What they are saying "The wastewater plant is a corrosive environment. It's an old plant. ... We
National
Environment + Energy Leader • March 16, 2026 • 1:19 PM
and unresolved Clean Water Act jurisdiction — are creating a compliance environment that's harder to predict and faster to escalate than
The Reporter • March 16, 2026 • 11:00 AM
study surveyed all 49 of the state's solid waste landfills after loads of rock and other solid waste from oil and gas operations routinely
Substack • March 15, 2026 • 3:35 PM
world's militaries collectively have a bigger carbon footprint than all but three countries. Research on the Gaza conflict found that just
Yahoo! News • March 14, 2026 • 6:30 PM
Advertisement Pyrolysis uses high heat in a controlled, oxygen-limited environment to break down materials at the molecular level. The
NPR • March 13, 2026 • 7:59 PM
to warm. "We're concerned about potential algae blooms and fish kills this summer," Naujoks says. Michael Copley contributed reporting to
NewsBreak • March 13, 2026 • 4:35 PM
than the leaves attached to the same plants. Using wastewater for crop irrigation The research is part of a broader effort to understand how
Sun Herald • March 13, 2026 • 8:15 AM
tenacity," said Pike, 55, now the university's recycling and sustainability coordinator. "It was being so stubborn and thinking there has to
Medium • March 13, 2026 • 6:06 AM
microgrids rainwater harvesting greywater recycling composting and recycling centers. These systems lower household costs and create local
NewsBreak • March 13, 2026 • 5:10 AM
in Holland. Alina Hauter/FOX 17 The PADMOS Black River Recycling Center "We think that sustainability, one is great for the environment as a