MCE provides some in-depth articles on various topics and this page introduces you to the authors and what they write about. To review all of a bloggers articles click their linked blog title. Their most recent articles are listed below their description. River Roils Blog: Brad Walker – Rivers Director Exploring the confluence of greed,…
Read MoreWest Lake Special Appeal
Support MCE’s efforts at West Lake Landfill Click here to donate The floodplain is no place for radioactive wastes. For over 5 years an uncontrolled, underground fire has smoldered next to an estimated 48,000 tons of radioactive material illegally dumped in the Missouri River floodplain. BREAKING NEWS On November 19, 2015, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the…
Read MoreFederal Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Remove EPA Region 7 as Lead Jurisdiction at West Lake Landfill
PRESS RELEASE Date: November 19, 2015 Contact: Ed Smith, (314) 727-0600 x14, esmith@moenviron.org Federal Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Remove EPA Region 7 as Lead Jurisdiction at West Lake Landfill St. Louis, MO: Senator Blunt (R) and Congresswoman Wagner (R) introduced legislation today to appoint the Army Corps of Engineers (Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program…
Read MoreMCE Files Suit Against Worlds of Fun Alleging Clean Water Act Violations
Missouri Coalition for the Environment Files Suit Against Worlds of Fun Alleging Clean Water Act Violations Date: November 17, 2015 Contacts: Alicia Lloyd, Clean Water Policy Coordinator, Missouri Coalition for the Environment (314) 727-0600 x12, alloyd@moenviron.org Bob Menees, Attorney, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center (314) 231-4181, bobmenees@greatriverslaw.org Lia Comerford, Staff Attorney, Earthrise Law Center (503)768-6823, comerfork@lclark.edu…
Read More“MRRIC” – A lesson on how not to restore a river
// By Brad Walker, Rivers Director November 2, 2015 PDF Version Introduction The Missouri River is home to two federally listed endangered species and many more threatened and unlisted plants and animals that make up a rich and incredibly important ecosystem, which provide large, complex, but calculable services and benefits to humans. The restoration of…
Read MoreMissouri Coalition for the Environment Demands EPA Enforce the Clean Water Act
Date: November 9, 2015 Contacts: Alicia Lloyd, Clean Water Policy Coordinator, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, alloyd@moenviron.org, (314) 727-0600 x12 Elizabeth Hubertz, Attorney, Washington University Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, (314) 935-8760 St. Louis, MO: It has been four years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) rejected Missouri’s proposed nutrient standards for lakes, and neither the…
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