2016 Dead Zone Measurement CANCELED Following a Prediction Almost 5,000 Square Miles Short of Goal Despite rampant nutrient pollution and toxic algae outbreaks, for the first time in 30 years, the Dead Zone will not be measured. Read MCE and the Mississippi River Collaborative’s report, Decades of Delay, to learn more about the extent of the nutrient…
Read MoreMy Experience on The Daily Show
By Brad Walker, Rivers Director June 30, 2016 Admit it, if you’ve ever seen it you’ve thought about being on The Daily Show. So have I. So on December 1, 2015, when I received an email from a person claiming to be from the show saying they wanted to do a field piece about questionable…
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Vegan: Everyday Stories Explores Diversity in Veganism
“You don’t have to be vegan to try vegan food,” says a customer at a vegan food truck says in the new film Vegan: Everyday Stories directed by Glenn Scott Lacey. This is just the jumping off point for the film which is divided into four segments that are interwoven – a vegan ultra-marathon runner, a cattle rancher’s wife who…
Read MoreTime to Choose: Charles Ferguson’s New Doc Asks Us to Make Good Choices
By Caitlin Zera June 9, 2016 Director Charles Ferguson of Inside Job fame returns with a…
Read MoreRivers, People, Wildlife All at Risk with HB 1713
by Peter Rosenquist, MCE Water Policy Intern With the adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to House Bill 1713, followed closely by the passing of the bill, the future of the Clean Water Commission rests with Gov. Jay Nixon. Without his veto, the Clean Water Commission will be stripped of its capacity to fairly represent Missourians’…
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