The Biden Administration finalizing new rules today for power plants in one of the most significant environmental actions to date. It compels coal and new natural gas power plants to either cut or capture 90 percent of their climate pollution…
The Federal Government is launching an investigation into the water crisis in Jackson. The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Sunday that a team with the Inspector General’s Office will be…
It’s been just over three years since the Mississippi Phosphate Plant closed its doors in Pascagoula. Residents have voiced concerns about pollution for years and might soon have more answers than questions. Almost four years after the Mississippi Phosphates Corporation…
Pascagoula residents voiced their concerns at the EPA meeting tonight regarding the Mississippi Phosphate Plant. News 25’s Taylor Rubach attended the meeting and caught up with EPA members on what they plan to do with the site and also got…
Residents have a chance to speak their minds about the Mississippi Phosphate Plant in Pascagoula. Tonight, the Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a public meeting to explain the process of getting Mississippi Phosphates on the superfund national priorities list. News…
The Mississippi Phosphates Corporation plant has been shut down for years now, but according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, pollution in the area continues to be a problem and they want to add this site to its…
Today Senator Roger Wicker voted to confirm Scott Pruitt as the next Environmental Protection Agency Administrator. In a speech delivered to the Senate in support of Pruitt’s nomination, Wicker says he believes Pruitt can take on polluters and finalize multi-state…
For months, residents in east Pascagoula have expressed concerns about the city’s air quality, labeling it unsafe and toxic. Today, members of the Environmental Protection Agency will make a trip to Jackson County to tour the area and get a…
Pollution in Gulfport’s Turkey Creek has been an ongoing issue amongst residents, city officials and environmental organizations.
On Saturday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) Gulf of Mexico Program Director, Ben Scaggs, will be at the University of Southern Mississippi’s (U.S.M.) Gulf Coast Research Laboratory to launch the Gulf Awareness Patch program for Mississippi Girl Scouts.
Thirty-one students from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (M.G.C.C.C.) will each receive $1,000 Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association (P.R.V.E.P.A.) scholarships through the E.P.A.’s Round Up for Education program.