2026-01-19_Mississippi Environmental News

MDEQ in the News WDAM-TV • January 20, 2026 • 4:10 AM Chevron's Pascagoula refinery looking to boost production, seeks permit a Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in order to install air WHBQ-TV • January 19, 2026 • 11:46 PM xAI files application to use 41 turbines at Southaven power plant in Southaven. According to documents filed with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, xAI wants to use 41 turbines powered

Mississippi WJTV-TV • January 20, 2026 • 3:19 PM Mississippi Children's Museum nominated as Best Children's Museum in US WLOX-TV • January 20, 2026 • 12:38 AM Volunteers honor MLK Day with tree planting, community service in Gulfport hurricanes and that planting fruit trees helps the scenery and the environment. "Building a vision for future generations is very important WLOX-TV • January 19, 2026 • 11:15 PM Mississippi Power volunteers clean Turkey Creek for MLK Day of Service WXXV-TV • January 17, 2026 • 6:00 PM South Mississippi oyster growers hopeful for new legislation WLBT-TV • January 17, 2026 • 12:49 AM Solid Waste removes more than 1,000 illegally dumped tires, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The maintenance team will take the illegally dumped rubber waste to Mississippi Tire Recycling. Jackson residents can call the Solid Waste

Regional Yahoo! News • January 20, 2026 • 2:21 AM 2 arrested for illegal dumping in Northeast Houston as neighbors call for long-term solutions top priority. In a statement, the Solid Waste Management Department said: "The Solid Waste Management Department would like to commend the WCPO-TV • January 19, 2026 • 10:01 PM 1 dead, over 30 sickened in Tennessee histoplasmosis outbreak spores of the fungus Histoplasma from the environment. It's commonly found in soil in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys, which includes Florida Today • January 19, 2026 • 10:02 AM Why stopping lagoon restoration now would be a costly mistake more than 40 years of experience in coastal zone management and environmental restoration, I am not aware of any alternative strategy or Yahoo! News • January 18, 2026 • 1:57 PM Mableton honored by Atlanta Regional Commission for environmental impact efforts Preservation and Beautification Ordinance, the Night Sky Ordinance, a Solid Waste Ordinance and a citywide Green Resolution. The city said MSN.com • January 16, 2026 • 8:54 PM Red tide resurfaces: Bloom concentrations and fish kills reported in northwest Florida level concentrations observed in Northwest Florida waters and reports of fish kills surfacing in Bay County. According to the latest status

National The Good Men Project • January 20, 2026 • 6:00 AM The US Used to Be Really Dirty – Environmental Cleanup Laws Have Made a Huge Difference including from the Environmental Protection Agency – the federal government agency created in 1970 to protect the environment . The agency Substack • January 19, 2026 • 1:34 PM Trash Talk: How Government Turns Pollution Into Progress Philadelphia from contracting with companies that incinerate the city's solid waste or recyclables. Philadelphia is using science the old The Cedar Rapids Gazette • January 19, 2026 • 11:30 AM Researchers find Iowa's farm ponds are filling with sediment faster than expected journalism collaborative focusing on the Mississippi River Basin. Sign up for our curated, weekly environment & outdoors newsletter . MSN.com • January 18, 2026 • 3:43 PM Smart machines are changing recycling in America Are Changing Recycling in America Smart Machines Are Changing Recycling in America ©Victoria Green Recycling in America is entering a quiet WHYY-AM • January 18, 2026 • 2:25 PM Temple researchers hope to remove PFAS, microplastics with sustainable treatment method of PFAS and microplastics to almost zero. The team's next steps are to partner with local wastewater utilities to conduct more research. The Orange County Register • January 16, 2026 • 7:14 PM EPA has options for cleaning up contaminated water in north OC, public meetings this month to take input addressing some of the nation's most contaminated hazardous waste sites — and has been added to the EPA's National Priorities List , because Substack • January 16, 2026 • 6:50 PM 405. BREAKING: A NEW WAY TO GET RID OF ALUMINUM, OUR WORST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISASTER inert edaphic stores into the aquatic environment," causing forest declines and fish kills in regions affected by acid rain. Chris Exley's