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…
Read MoreForbes Exposes Corporate Welfare on the River
In its April edition, Forbes magazine features “Big Muddy, Big Money,” which looks at the cost taxpayers bear to support the barge navigation industry, described as “a river of corporate welfare.” You can learn more about the Missouri Coalition for the Environment’s positions on related issues here.
Read MoreVeolia Contract Flawed
Veolia Water Contract Effectively Privatizes Water Operations, Threatens Public Accountability Provisions of Sunshine Law (ST LOUIS)- A legal analysis reveals that a proposed contract with Veolia Water, a French multi-national corporation, would give the foreign company control of St. Louis waterworks and undermine citizen rights to obtain information about operations under the Sunshine law. While…
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