2026-08-06 Mississippi Environmental News

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MDEQ in the News MSN.com • August 04, 2026 • 3:52 PM SpaceXAI will finally remove methane gas turbines from Memphis data center… over the next year tech. Now, in accordance with an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, SpaceX and xAI have agreed to take them

Mississippi WDAM-TV • August 04, 2026 • 4:36 AM Hattiesburg Transportation and Engineering Department outlines FY 2027 budget priorities funded through the Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program (MCWI) and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Mississippi Today • August 04, 2026 • 7:09 PM Mississippi Aquarium receives accolades after hosting marine veterinary medicine workshop species and the marine environment. Gulfport and the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast should be incredibly proud of the Mississippi Aquarium. WCBI-TV • August 04, 2026 • 12:28 AM MS Museum of Natural Science says farewell to a slithery friend about his species and the important role that kingsnakes play in the environment. The Mississippi Museum for Natural Science is the state’s The Mississippi Free Press • August 05, 2026 • 3:32 PM Gulf Coast ‘Toxic Beauty’ Exhibit Turns Pollution Into Message About Environmental Harm

Regional Springer • August 05, 2026 • 6:33 PM Simulating Water Quality Benefits of Conservation Practices Using ArcAPEX in a Northeastern Arkansas Agricultural Watershed Northeastern Arkansas counties, including Mississippi and Poinsett, are part of Arkansas’s Mississippi River Delta region and are The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate / NOLA • August 04, 2026 • 12:30 PM La. National Guard team executes a new coastal project external-load training for aviators while supporting an environmental restoration effort that benefited local communities. Conducting Yahoo! News • August 06, 2026 • 1:00 PM The Gulf of Mexico’s Reefs Have Suffered for Years. Local Communities Are Saving Them—by Recycling Oyster Shells overconsumption, and ecological disasters, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Local communities and restaurants have been Yahoo! News • August 03, 2026 • 6:47 PM Florida's Dumped Food Waste Is Having An Unexpected Effect In The Gulf Of Mexico by extreme storms worsened by climate change and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of oil and Yahoo! News • August 05, 2026 • 4:59 AM 120 fish dead in Monastery Lake as New Mexico anglers alarmed by warming rivers waterbodies throughout New Mexico, though the Department has not seen other fish kills this year on the level of what was seen at Monastery

National Associated Press • August 06, 2026 • 11:17 AM Economic Impact Analysis of Utilizing a Reliable Ultra Purity Ammonia Recovery System For Solar Cell Manufacture and extensive wastewater treatment burdens for the facility. At the same time, tightening hazardous chemical emission regulations impose Associated Press • August 04, 2026 • 12:27 PM The Smurfs Have Arrived in Talking Tom & Friends: World while helping care for the village by collecting litter, recycling, composting, and planting flowers. Designed around storytelling and Yahoo! News • August 04, 2026 • 7:38 PM DNR investigating wastewater discharge into Mississippi River from Keokuk was diverted to a combined sewer outfall into the Mississippi River near the wastewater treatment plant and upstream of a public boat ramp

2026-08-03 Mississippi Environmental News

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MDEQ in the News WTOK-TV • July 31, 2026 • 11:56 PM xAI announces fourth data center; turbines to be removed from Southaven site is expected to wrap up by July 2027. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has outlined rules xAI must follow going forward: WHBQ-TV • July 31, 2026 • 11:42 PM Turbines can continue operating in Southaven as SpaceXAI construction faces delays, docs show docs show An agreed order between Space XAI and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) reveals the company's Southaven SuperTalk Mississippi Media • July 31, 2026 • 5:25 PM SpaceXAI removing temporary turbines from Southaven data center SpaceX and xAI, has reached an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to begin the process of removing the 69 Gizmodo • August 01, 2026 • 2:55 PM SpaceX Agrees to Remove Temporary Gas Turbines at Colossus Data Center By 2027 that it had entered into an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality establishing a timeline for removing all 69 Mississippi Today • July 31, 2026 • 7:39 PM State sets dates to retire temporary xAI turbines but allows some to go past original deadline Sun Herald • July 31, 2026 • 7:49 PM Be careful which MS Coast beach you go to. 6 are now under water-contact advisory or sewers that leak through the stormwater system and into the Mississippi Sound. The Department of Environmental Quality tests every beach MSN.com • August 02, 2026 • 12:50 PM SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators seems that SpaceXAI has finally settled into an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. It’s if the 1.2GW power

Mississippi Associated Press • July 30, 2026 • 5:32 PM ArcelorMittal Calvert Joins Alliance Gulf Star Program By combining hands-on STEM education with meaningful environmental restoration projects, this program gives students the opportunity to

Regional Yahoo! News • August 03, 2026 • 9:41 AM New Mexico pueblos land $2.1M to expand recycling and composting in communities where disposal options are limited. Better recycling and composting infrastructure can reduce the amount of material that Yahoo! News • August 02, 2026 • 10:55 AM Alabama county opens a 3rd hard-to-recycle center, with plans for 3 more Photo Credit: Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Baldwin County Baldwin County, Alabama, is taking a simple approach to boost recycling: The Meridian Star • July 30, 2026 • 7:53 PM CCA Louisiana, ConocoPhillips and LDWF Launch Habitat Restoration at Historic Pelto Island "Sulphur Mine" to strengthen Louisiana's coast. By contributing our coastal restoration expertise and working alongside CCA Louisiana and other partners,

National Yahoo! News • July 31, 2026 • 1:00 AM Feds turn over Alaska hazardous waste management to state government for hazardous waste regulation and management. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Alaska is now in charge of hazardous waste