Reclaiming Democracy
[metaslider id=1801] View our Corporate Personhood Timeline Page for a history of Corporate legislation. Corporate influence in our government impacts our ability to protect and restore the environment. The Democracy in Action program develops a strategy to engage and organize a coalition of citizens and organizations to promote an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Recent surveys and polls have indicated…
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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…
Read MoreMo Leg Update 2016
MCE worked with the Missouri Parks Association and Audubon Missouri to stop many bad bills and to support a few good ones that were proposed this year in Jefferson City. MCE often traveled to Missouri’s capitol to testify on various bills, and we coordinated a citizen lobby day for people to meet their legislators. Our…
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MCE Rapid Response Fund Because Nothing is Protected Forever. The Rapid Response Fund is a critical resource for addressing emerging threats to our environment and public health that allows MCE to mobilize quickly and effectively. With your support, we can have an impact when and where it matters most. What Rapid Response looks like: Challenging…
Read MoreMissouri Legislature Impacts Our Environment
Why We Engage How We Engage How You Can Help Why We Engage Missouri Legislature The right to clean water, healthy food access, and public land are a few of the environmental and social justice issues MCE has worked on during our 50 years of service to Missouri. Of elected officials at the local, state,…
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