// Written by Brad Walker, Rivers Director July 10, 2013 The New WRDA: A dysfunctional and effective method of wealth distribution to corporations The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which is better called the Water Resources Destruction Act, passed in the Senate on May 15, 2013 by a margin of 83 to 14. The Senate…
Read MoreMissouri Organizations Urge Protection of Missouri Floodplains from Dangerous Landfills
June 25, 2013 Missouri Organizations Urge Protection of Missouri Floodplains from Dangerous Landfills Hearings on West Lake Radioactive Waste Landfill, Labadie Coal Ash Waste Landfill Set for Tuesday Evening SAINT LOUIS – Today, The Sierra Club, Missouri Coalition for the Environment and Labadie Environmental Organization hosted a press conference urging protection of Missouri’s waterways from…
Read MoreState DNR Yet to Heed Experts on Landfill Fire
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources has not acted on the advice of its expert on addressing the West Lake Landfill fire in Bridgeton where a subsurface fire is threatening radioactive nuclear weapons waste. See the story here. You can see the expert’s report here. Help support our…
Read More2013 General Assembly Review
In 2013, more than 80 Senate Bills and 80 House Bills reached the governor’s desk, many of which were “truly agreed to and finally passed” the final week of session. When the dust cleared, a few special interests wheedled some erosive measures into our state environmental laws while conservationists successfully fended off the most aggressive…
Read MoreErin Brockovich Team Weighs In on Burning Landfill
Saturday, June 15 Erin Brockovich’s team joined members of the community to discuss the West Lake Landfill where nuclear weapons waste lies uncontained while a subsurface landfill fire advances toward it. See more on our web pages. Here’s the view from the: Post Dispatch KSDK Fox 2 News
Read MoreLandfill Fire Moves North
MCE and Community Members Host Public Meeting: Republic Service’s Landfill Fire Mitigation System Fails St. Louis, MO – The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) and community members near the problematic Republic Services landfill in Bridgeton held its second public meeting in two weeks. Thanks to Missouri’s Sunshine laws for public information access, MCE obtained…
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