August 19, 2013 GROUPS FILE SUIT AGAINST STATE AGENCIES FOR OBSTRUCTING IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW Today, attorneys for Great Rivers Environmental Law Center filed suit against four Missouri governmental entities, alleging they all played a role in thwarting the proper implementation of the state’s Renewable Energy Standard law, passed by voters in…
Read MoreMCE Sues Army Corps of Engineers for Enbridge Records
August 19, 2013 GROUP SUES U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR FAILING TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO TAR SANDS PIPELINE ACROSS MISSOURI Read the complaint Read more about what this pipeline means for Missouri On behalf of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center filed suit in federal district court in…
Read MoreTax Dollars Subsidizing Destruction of Upper Mississippi River
August 13, 2013 Time for Congress to Focus on River Health, Not Corporate Welfare Advocates for the Mississippi River’s health are calling on Congress to use taxpayer dollars to restore the river and the economic benefits it provides to local economies and the country instead of subsidizing the destruction of critical ecosystems. A new report…
Read MoreSmarter Farming Can End the Gulf Dead Zone
(St. Louis) – A larger than average “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is our summer reminder that nitrogen and phosphorus pollution remains one of our nation’s greatest water quality challenges. See the map (also above): http://www.gulfhypoxia.net/Research/Shelfwide%20Cruises/2013/DOMaps/ The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone is an area where oxygen levels in the water are too…
Read MoreTime to Reject Corps Multi-Million Folly
New Madrid Floodway Project Is Still a Costly Boondoggle The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its 7th Draft Environmental Impact Statement in yet another attempt to find justification for a wasteful 1950’s era project in the Missouri Bootheel. See the news release here.
Read MoreRiver Roils: Political Pandering, Perennial Whack-a-mole, Collateral Damage, and Payouts
// Written by Brad Walker, Rivers Director July 18, 2013 Special interest politics and the abuse of power by politicians surprise no one. However, in the interest of a diligent citizenry, we have three recent examples for your entertainment that put facts and faces to this kind of behavior; all of which are affecting the…
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