CALL TODAY: Stop Pay-to-Play for Water Pollution Permits Governor Greitens has overwhelmingly stacked the Clean Water Commission with members representing corporate factory farms; literally putting people in power to regulate the industries they represent. Even worse is that he created the opportunity for pay-to-play for water pollution permits by appointing the top Missouri Republican Party…
Read MorePresident Trump & Governor Greitens Attempt to Undermine Clean Water Standards for Missouri Lakes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 20, 2017 Contacts: Alicia Lloyd, Clean Water Policy Coordinator, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, alloyd@moenviron.org Peter Goode, Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic Engineer, pwgoode@wustl.edu Heather Navarro, Executive Director, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, hnavarro@moenviron.org St. Louis, MO: President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is considering the implementation of a Missouri…
Read MorePesticides
What are pesticides? It is hard to imagine modern agriculture without pesticides, but agriculture’s dependence on these substances can have a impacts on our water’s safety. Pesticides are “any substance used to kill, repel, or control certain forms of plant or animal life that are considered to be pests”[1]. This includes herbicides which control weeds,…
Read MoreMCE Request Prompts EPA Release of 17,000+ Pages of Draft Documents
Ed Smith: Policy Director 11-6-17 The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a vital tool MCE uses to request documents from the federal government related to its activities and our environment. MCE has made several FOIA requests related to the radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site in St. Louis County over many years, specifically to…
Read More2017 Floodplain Developments
Proposed Ice Rink Development Threatens St. Louis Co. Creve Coeur Park A proposal to construct a hockey complex in St. Louis County’s Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park would convert 40 acres of parkland in the floodplain to a massive hockey complex. See MCE’s public comments on the proposal’s Environmental Assessment. Casino at Columbia Bottom in Spanish Lake After 18 months of…
Read MoreConnecting the dots: The evolving saga in the link between the Clean Water Commission and factory farms
Opposing any regulation that may cut into its profits,the industrial meat production sector has a disturbingly close tie to the public commission that oversees water protections in Missouri. The factory farm lobby has focused its efforts on compromising our state Clean Water Commission which certifies the industry’s permits. A new state law has removed the…
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