Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
Lawyers for the Environment
Category: Environmental Justice Program
Hyde Park Neighborhood Files Lawsuit Against Industrial Property Owners for Hazardous Conditions
The lawsuit alleges that the properties are being used in violation of the zoning code and concern buildings in disrepair, vehicles blocking sidewalk and street access and illegal dumping, and is in response to years of complaints made to the City by Hyde Park residents. Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that industrial waste, toxic chemicals and other forms of improper waste disposal at these properties are in violation of both St. Louis City ordinances and Missouri environmental laws.
Read MoreSt. Louis on the Air Features President Bruce Morrison
St. Louis on the Air host Sarah Fenske sat down with Bruce Morrison, President of Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, and Steve Taylor, press secretary for the Global Justice Ecology Project, to discuss new federal funding designated to remediate Superfund sites in Missouri. The conversation focused on the factors the EPA considers for site selection, the impact of site remediation on Missouri residents, and the importance of environmental justice and citizen advocacy.
Read MoreCombatting the Threat of PFAS
Great Rivers, Sierra Club, and Prairie Rivers Network threaten a citizen suit against Sugar Camp Energy and American Consolidated Natural Resources.
Read MoreCleaning Up the Hyde Park Neighborhood
Great Rivers is working to improve the quality of life in St. Louis’s Hyde Park Neighborhood.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Submits Comments to EPA on Lead and Copper Rule Revision
Madeline Middlebrooks, our Equal Justice Works Fellow, has been working on lead contamination issues present in St. Louis area schools.
Read MoreNew Report Exposes Shortcomings in Missouri Utilities’ Climate Pledges
Great Rivers is urging the Public Service Commission (PSC) to expedite the companies’ transitions to clean energy sources.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Engages MDNR to Improve Missouri’s Air Quality
The cumulative effects of exposure to multiple sources of air pollution – especially in the young and the elderly – increases one’s risk of developing asthma and other respiratory illnesses, cancer, and heart disease.
Read MoreLocal Podcast Highlights Community Reaction to Great Rivers’ EPA Complaint
The podcast, which features Great Rivers attorneys and community organizers, explores the impact of polluters and what the EPA’s findings mean for the future of all Missourians.
Read MoreEPA finds MDNR Non-Discrimination Requirements Inadequate
The findings will bring new protections to polluted communities across the state.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Expands Capacity to Protect Region’s Most Vulnerable Children
New Staff Attorney Madeline Middlebrooks will fight dangerous lead contamination in local schools’ drinking water.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Comments Challenging Legality of Cuts to NEPA
The changes would threaten local natural resources and exacerbate climate instability.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Environmental Law Center proudly welcomes third year law student Madeline Middlebrooks
Madeline will focus her work on local environmental justice and water contamination issues.
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 MoreGreat Rivers to Present Hazardous Waste Report to NAACP Environmental Justice Committee
Thousands of Missourians are at a heightened risk of health issues as a result of their proximity to these hazardous waste sites that require continued management.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Demands St. Louis City Clean Up Polluting Business in Hyde Park
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center sent a formal Complaint to the City of St. Louis on behalf of residents of the Hyde Park neighborhood in North St. Louis.
Read MoreThank you to the Employees Community Fund of Boeing for their Generous Support of Great Rivers!
Great Rivers is honored to receive a generous grant of $10,000 from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing to support our work to bring environmental justice to the residents of North St. Louis. These funds will help us continue and…
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.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Take a Harder Look at the Environmental Effects of Spire’s STL Pipeline
Great Rivers is taking action to ensure that climate change is considered in decisions to approve pipelines. On behalf of Juli Viel, a resident of St. Louis County, Great Rivers filed Comments on the Environmental Assessment in the federal approval process for Spire’s proposed natural gas pipeline slated to be built through a poor minority community of St. Louis County, and to cross the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in the St. Louis area.
Read MoreNorth St. Louis Resident And Missouri Department of Natural Resources Reach Settlement To Issue Air Pollution Permit to Mallinckrodt
We are pleased that after two decades, MDNR will finally allow the residents of North St. Louis to comment on air pollution that they breathe and that Mallinckrodt, one of the City’s largest emitters of air pollutants, will have the appropriate permit.
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