by Margaret Hermes, longtime MCE Member Our Park Is Not for Sale has to be one of the best campaign slogans ever. And, boy, did it work! In 2007, 69.74% of the voters in the April 3 municipal election of St. Louis City approved a change to the City charter so that no St. Louis park…
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During the 2025 session, the Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 4 (or SB4), which – among other things – introduced new accounting mechanisms through which utility companies in our state can more quickly raise their rates. SB4 also included some provisions relating to “large load consumers,” which include hyper-scale data centers and large scale manufacturers….
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By Maxine Gill, MCE Policy Coordinator Background Israel Chemicals Ltd., known also as ICL Specialty Products or simply ICL, has sited a new manufacturing facility in the North Riverfront neighborhood of St. Louis City– a neighborhood with some of the highest hospitalization rates from asthma in the city. This facility is a part of the…
Read MoreMissouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) celebrated our 56th birthday last week, and we have been reflecting on over 5 decades of impactful work to protect Missouri’s people and their environment. Every day we work hard to demonstrate what our name promises. Missouri → Advocacy Across the Entire State At MCE, our commitment stretches to…
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Photo by Tony Messenger, Post Dispatch By Elyse Schaeffer & Maxine Gill, MCE Policy Coordinators Missouri Coalition for the Environment has a proud history of advocating for and participating in civilian oversight of government and private operations. We monitor the Department of Natural Resources’ regulatory actions, testify at Public Service Commission hearings about utility issues,…
Read MoreBy Elyse Schaeffer Monday, June 23, 2025 was the third consecutive day in St. Louis where temperatures were over 90 degrees and the heat index was more than 100 degrees with humidity. Our community saw first hand how dangerous these conditions can be when Shauna Thomas, a 55 year old woman, was found dead in…
Read MoreBy Maxine Gill, MCE Policy Coordinator On Tuesday, Vice President J.D. Vance stepped in to tie-break a 50-50 vote split on the Senate’s version of the President Trump and Republican legislator-driven budget reconciliation bill. Today, the bill faces a vote in the House. The budget bill has gained national attention for the estimated $3.3 trillion…
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