To educate, organize, and advocate in defense of Missouri’s people and their environment.
Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) is Missouri’s independent, citizens’ environmental organization for clean water, clean air, clean energy, and a healthy environment.
We are a trusted, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) state-level environmental advocacy organization, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a state-wide partner supporting allied organizations and initiatives around the state. We deliver vital information to thousands of Missourians on issues that affect our water, air, food, health, and the environment.
With the help of our members and allies, we are making the world a better place. We believe our air, water, and land are gifts to sustain all life, and that these resources should be available to serve the public interest today and for all future generations and not be sacrificed for short-term gain. This work requires vigilance, stewardship, advocacy, compassion, and a heck of a sense of humor. We hope you will join us.
St. Louis Toxic Waste Alliance
Mission Statement: To educate and activate St. Louisans around toxic waste contamination in their communities. About Us Just Moms STL and Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) have partnered to create the STL Toxic Waste Alliance. We believe it is every person’s right to know the communities in which they live, work, worship, or play […]
Timeline of Pro-CAFO Policies in Missouri
MCE’s Policy Team and Cedar County resident Cheryl Marcum compiled this timeline below of CAFO activities and policy changes over the decades. 1975 Missouri passed a corporate farming law that banned large corporations from owning land and operating industrialized farms within the state. (1) 1993 “[D]uring the final exhausting hours of the Missouri legislative […]
DNR Opens Door for Weaker Regulation of Missouri’s Largest CAFOs
On Friday, June 3, 2022, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR or “the Department”) issued a weak and outdated general permit to Smithfield’s South Meadows complex in Sullivan County, MO. The South Meadows facility is one of the largest concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Missouri – confining over 50,000 thousand hogs – and […]