Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
Lawyers for the Environment
Category: Climate and Energy Program
Great Rivers Represents NRDC, Advocates in favor of Energy Efficiency Programs
The program is expected to yield approximately $234 million in customer savings.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Comments Opposing Maryland Heights’ Myopic Plan to Develop Floodplain at Taxpayers’ Expense
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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Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed announces release of 100% Clean Energy Plan for St. Louis
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.
Read MoreVICTORY! 1,000 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Coming Soon to Missouri
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.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Works to Help Fight Fracking in Illinois; Court Orders Records to be Made Public
Fracking is harmful to air and water quality. Great Rivers’ intern helped fight fracking in Illinois.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Urges Ameren to Prioritize Citizens’ Health and Remove Coal Ash instead of Capping It
Great Rivers Urges Ameren to Prioritize Human Health
Read MoreMissouri Public Service Commission Approves Wind Transmission Line After Long Battle
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.
Read MoreVictory for the Climate in the Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in favor of a new wind transmission line, the Clean Line Grain Belt Express. This project will bring clean, renewable, and affordable wind energy from Kansas to the Eastern energy grid. The line’s proposed path will pass through northern Missouri, and will provide some of this energy to local utilities, as well.
Read MoreNAACP and Ameren Missouri to Work Toward Providing Affordable, Renewable Energy to Low Income and Minority Communities
Ameren Missouri and the NAACP work together to provide affordable, renewable energy to persons who reside in low income and minority communities.
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