“Small” Nuclear Reactors
Instead of hope and hype, MCE looks at the history of the nuclear industry as the likely path for the...
Radiation and Human Health
Scientific consensus finds there is no safe level of ionizing radiation. Meaning, the more ionizing radiation people are exposed to,...
Energy Efficiency Incentives
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE) DSIRE provides a comprehensive list of renewable energy and energy efficiency...
Our Polluted Waters
Every two years, each state is supposed to list all its streams and lakes that fail to meet water quality...
Wetlands : How nature filters and stores water
Wetlands are semi-permanently to permanently water-saturated lands that vary uniquely based on local hydrology, climate, geology, and vegetation. They act...
Missouri’s Unprotected Waters
What are unclassified waters and why are they important? More than forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act,...
Post 1993 Floodplain Development
More than 1,000 farmland acres in the Chesterfield, MO area shown below was under up to 15 feet of water in...
Making Room for the River
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) has been working to preserve the natural value of Missouri’s floodplains for over...
Water Quality
Water quality is directly connected to the composition of the watershed. In the Kiefer Creek Watershed bacteria and chloride are...
St. Louis Sewers – Background
The St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer System transports wastewater and storm water for approximately 1.4 million people in a 535-square-mile service...