EPA’s Proposed Remedy Calls for Partial Radioactive Removal FEB. 1, 2018 – The EPA announced this morning that it is proposing partial removal of the radioactive wastes from the West Lake Landfill. Partial removal is not acceptable. It means high levels of radioactivity will be left behind with the potential for water or airborne contamination…
Read MoreStop Pay-to-Play: Clean Water Commission
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 MoreSurvey Results Indicate New Policies Needed to Support Urban Agriculture in St. Louis City
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 13, 2017 Contact: Melissa Vatterott, (314) 581-0561, mvatterott@moenviron.org Survey Results Indicate New Policies Needed to Support Urban Agriculture in St. Louis City St. Louis, MO: Onsite sales of produce and eggs, allowing for more backyard chickens, and making it easier for city residents to purchase land for food production purposes are some of the recommended…
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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 MoreIce Rink Development Will Not Come to St. Louis Creve Coeur Park
11/13/17 UPDATE: A proposal to construct a hockey complex in St. Louis County’s Creve CoeurLake Memorial Park which would have converted 40 acres of parkland in the floodplain to a massive hockey complex was called off Friday, Nov. 10th. The Post-Dispatch reported on the developers’ decision to rethink their plan to develop in the park in favor of another site…
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