2026-09-08 Mississippi Environmental News

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MDEQ in the News Sun Herald • September 05, 2026 • 11:00 AM What MS Coast beaches are under water-contact advisories for Labor Day weekend? beach under a water-contact advisory. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality team in Biloxi has tested beaches under federal

Mississippi WLBT-TV • September 06, 2026 • 11:54 PM Manatees confirmed mating in Mississippi waters for first time mating in Mississippi waters, as more boaters head out on the Mississippi Sound for Labor Day weekend. Researchers have documented for the DredgeWire • September 08, 2026 • 5:01 AM Harrison County Beach Restoration Project County, Mississippi, is part of a long-term coastal restoration effort designed to reduce erosion, strengthen coastal resilience and restore SuperTalk Mississippi Media • September 07, 2026 • 7:10 PM 'Animal Super Powers' exhibit with LEGO bricks coming to Mississippi Museum of Natural Science - SuperTalk Mississippi The LEGO scene in Mississippi continues to grow, with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science's newest exhibit coming later this month and using the popular WLOX-TV • September 08, 2026 • 2:44 PM Wandering 60-pound tortoise found in Biloxi yard, sanctuary seeks owner A resident found a 60-pound sulcata tortoise in his yard, and the Gulf Coast Tortoise Sanctuary is now looking for the animal’s owner. DredgeWire • September 07, 2026 • 11:21 PM CPRA Completes Dredging and Maintenance Work on Six Mississippi River Crevasses The Delta Wide Crevasses Project is a great example of how coastal restoration can work with natural processes, using the river itself to The Meridian Star • September 04, 2026 • 9:49 PM Meridian to host Household Hazardous Waste Day Oct. 3 - Meridian Star your Trinity Audio player ready... The City of Meridian, Mississippi will host Household Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 8 a. Mississippi Today • September 08, 2026 • 2:35 PM Fifth Circuit upholds dismissal of Jacksonians’ lawsuit against city over lead in water

Regional The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate / NOLA • September 08, 2026 • 1:00 PM Awards for an ‘alligator ambassador’ and a coastal advocate showcase 'the very best of Louisiana' federal attention on the Mississippi River Delta brought more funding for environmental restoration, Muth said. He realized it would be The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate / NOLA • September 07, 2026 • 10:00 AM Big expansion approved for New Orleans area landfill, making it Louisiana's largest on supplying still-developing innovative renewable energy projects. Municipal solid waste wouldn't come from areas farther than 200 miles Modern Campground • September 06, 2026 • 4:00 PM Alabama State Parks Opens $5.6 Million Fort Morgan Trail Extension at Gulf State Park Clean Water Act by companies responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to support coastal environmental and economic restoration MSN.com • September 05, 2026 • 3:45 PM Texas may have a way to help roads last longer, especially in extreme heat plastic could be on the horizon. Dr. Sahadat Hossain with the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability at the University of Texas (UTA) at WABG-TV • September 04, 2026 • 11:38 PM Arkansas Delta approaches exceptional levels of drought, hurting livestock production and bringing burn bans

National The Washington Post • September 04, 2026 • 2:40 PM We can create the recycling system Americans deserve wrappers and plastic tubs used to keep food and household products safe. Advanced recycling does not replace traditional recycling — it The Eldorado Success • September 08, 2026 • 1:07 PM Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water effects are increasingly visible in the form of algal blooms, fish kills and contamination of drinking water supplies. Farmers can measure Associated Press • September 04, 2026 • 7:10 PM How discarded oyster shells get a second life Discarded oyster shells can be reused instead of thrown away, giving them a second life in coastal restoration projects. MSN.com • September 05, 2026 • 1:12 PM How Rhode Island's Central Landfill became a modern marvel horizon to the south. The entire landfill campus today, with recycling center and composting grounds, sits on a 1,200-acre footprint. Some WDAM-TV • September 08, 2026 • 2:46 PM The northern lights could be visible this week. Here’s where Aurora activity tends to be more common around the equinoxes due to the orientation of Earth’s magnetic field. Philly Metrowire • September 04, 2026 • 11:36 AM New Disaster Novel Highlights Vulnerability of U.S. Infrastructure economic and environmental damage would dwarf Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, leading to tens of thousands of deaths