Make Your Vote Count: How to Recognize a Pro-Environment Political Candidate

Missouri Coalition for the Environment is dedicated to empowering individuals to make informed decisions at the ballot box, a mission we believe is critical to creating a sustainable future.  Your role in identifying the political candidates who align with your values and vision for a healthy, thriving environment is crucial.  To guide you in making…

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Make Your Vote Count: How to Recognize a Pro-Environment Political Candidate

Action Alert: Stop Ameren’s Proposed Castle Bluff Energy Center

Please help us stop Ameren from building another fossil fuel plant in Castle Bluff! Ameren Missouri is seeking to build a methane gas (or “natural” gas) plant facility at the former Meramec Energy Center in St. Louis County. This project would generate approximately 800 MW of fossil-fuel fired electricity. Ameren estimates the project to cost…

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Action Alert: Stop Ameren’s Proposed Castle Bluff Energy Center

Extreme Urban Heat Action Plan

The Rising Threat of Extreme Urban Heat in Missouri Residents in major Missouri cities are increasingly feeling the urgent and impactful effects of extreme urban heat.  This phenomenon, known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, occurs when urban areas experience significantly higher temperatures than their rural surroundings. The results that we all experience are…

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Extreme Urban Heat Action Plan

Kansas City Call to Action

Earlier this year, Ordinance 240434 Version 1 was referred to the KC City Council, aiming to amend certain sections of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC 2021) / KCMO Energy Code.  Ordinance 240434 Version 1: Version 2 of Ordinance 240434 states that this compliance path would align with strategies B-2 (improve the efficiency, affordability, and durability of homes)…

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Kansas City Call to Action

2024 Missouri Legislative Win

Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) is thrilled to see that Governor Parson signed HB 2134 into law on Tuesday, July 9, providing greater protections for residents near facilities that mix and store sludge and related wastes as well as near the properties where these materials are land applied.  The impetus for this bill was…

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