The changes would threaten local natural resources and exacerbate climate instability.
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Category: Air Quality and Public Health Program, Climate and Energy Program, Environmental Justice Program, Land Use Program, News, Press Releases, Water Quality Program, Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Tags: #missouri environment, #NEPA, CAFO, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Lawyer, featured
As CO2 levels climb daily to new record levels, the last thing we need to do is to clear cut our forests.
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Category: Climate and Energy Program, Land Use Program, News, Press Releases, Water Quality Program
Tags: #Endangerd Species, #Land Use, #Northern Long-Eared Bat, #Shawnee National Forest, Environmental Lawyer, featured, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Sarah Rubenstein
The program is expected to yield approximately $234 million in customer savings.
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The City’s proposal for over $85,000,000 in tax incentives would jeopardize downstream citizens, vulnerable wildlife, and the funding of vital community services.
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Category: Climate and Energy Program, Community, Events, Land Use Program, News, Press Releases, Water Quality Program, Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Tags: Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Maryland Heights Floodplain, Missouri Floodplain, Missouri TIF, Wetland protection
Great Rivers’ Attorney and Climate and Energy Director Henry Robertson and other Committee Members will share the findings of the City’s 100% Clean Energy Plan.
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The program’s approval is a positive step toward much-needed improvement of air quality in the region and reducing our production of climate-change causing emissions.
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Category: Air Quality and Public Health Program, Climate and Energy Program, News, Press Releases
Tags: clean energy, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Lawyer, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Henry Robert, Missouri lawyer, missouri pollution, renewable energy
Fracking is harmful to air and water quality. Great Rivers’ intern helped fight fracking in Illinois.
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Category: Air Quality and Public Health Program, Climate and Energy Program, Land Use Program, News, Press Releases, Water Quality Program
Tags: air quality, frac sand, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Illinois, Jackson Ramsey, lawyers for the environment, SAFE, water pollution
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved construction of the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, which Great Rivers Environmental Law Center has supported from the start.
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Category: Climate and Energy Program, News, Press Releases
Tags: Climate Change, Environmental Attorney, Environmental Law, Environmental Lawyer, Henry Robertson, NRDC, renewable energy, Sierra Club, wind energy