MCE’s 2019 Legislative Debrief Includes: Priorities Allies Outcomes Legislative Priorities MCE has engaged the state legislature over the last 50 years because lawmakers have a significant amount of influence on issues we value, like clean water, healthy food access, public land, and much more. In 2019, MCE started the session with these five…
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Nutrient pollution is a key concern in an agricultural state like Missouri. We know that excess nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, trigger rapid algal blooms in our waterways. Algal blooms quickly deplete oxygen levels and reduce once thriving aquatic systems to “dead zones.” The Gulf dead zone is a well-known issue, but the effects…
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Join MCE at Shakespeare’s Pizza in Columbia for a special thank you to everyone who took action this legislative session and a chance to learn more about the state of environmental policy in Missouri with MCE policy director, Ed Smith! Ed will provide a behind-the-scenes update about how the factory farm bill was passed following…
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Sam Falcon, 2019 Food and Farm Legal Intern Low Food Access in STL The city of St. Louis has a food access problem. This may be a new revelation to some, but to others who are particularly affected by this status this is not news. There are many, approximately fifty, areas in the city that…
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