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