Supreme Court Lets Stand Obstruction of State Renewable Energy Law

For release: April 26, 2017 Contacts: Henry Roberts, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, 314.231.4181 – www.greatriverslaw.org Heather Navarro, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, 314.727.0600 x. 110 – www.moenvironment.org On April 25, 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court refused an opportunity to enforce the state’s Renewable Energy Standard (RES), passed by voters in the 2008 election as…

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Energy & Utility Rates

Since 2004, Ameren Missouri has given 4,624 gifts to legislators and their staff totaling nearly $300,000. The money Ameren spends in Jefferson City is meant to get bills filed that erode consumer protections or hurt our environment. Help MCE balance out the money being spent by monopoly utilities throughout the last election and during the current legislative…

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JCAR Suit Headed to the Supreme Court

November 14, 2016 Great Rivers Environmental Law Center 319 No. Fourth St., Ste. 800 St. Louis, MO 63102 Henry Robertson, 314.231.4181 greatriverslaw.org Missouri Coalition for the Environment 3115 S. Grand Blvd., Ste. 650 St. Louis, MO 63118 Heather Navarro, 314.727.0600 x. 10 CITIZENS’ BATTLE AGAINST OBSTRUCTION OF STATE RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW WILL HAVE ITS DAY…

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What do we talk about when we talk about climate change?

What do we talk about when we talk about climate change? by Caitlin Zera What do we talk about when we talk about climate change? Our conversations often turn on the irresistible paradox of our desire to find solutions to reverse climate change effects and our need to totally grasp the crushing realities of what…

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From Paris to Missouri: Taking Action on Climate Change

By Tamara Slater, J.D., Harris Institute Fellow, Washington University In the finals weeks of 2015 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, 195 nations adopted a global climate change agreement in Paris, France that has the potential to save humanity from the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change. The so-called Paris Agreement and accompanying decision is…

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