The proposed construction site sits adjacent to Creve Coeur Lake Park, abutting wetlands considered by the National Audubon Society to be an “urban oasis” for many migrating waders, waterfowl, and shorebirds, and the bird watchers who come to see them.
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The proposed changes would allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to more easily exclude from protection vital habitat endangered species depend on.
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A neighborhood initiative to prevent construction of a concrete plant enters its sixth consecutive year.
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Category: Land Use Program, Press Releases
Tags: #Concrete Plant, #Franklin County MO, #Great Rivers Environmental LawCnter, #Industrial Pollution, #Land Use, #Land Use Program, #Landvatter Concrete, #Lawyers for the environment, #Neighborhood Concerned, #Shaw Nature Reserve
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
When environmental concerns about the development seemed to fall on deaf ears, Great Rivers attorneys Bob Menees and Sarah Rubenstein raised important issues about the legality of the proposed plan.
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Category: Land Use Program, Press Releases, Water Quality Program, Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Tags: #Maryland Heights, #Missouri Environmental Lawyer, #Missouri Flooding, Bob Menees, featured, Floodplain, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Sarah Rubenstein
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
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
Great Rivers files notice of appeal to Missouri Supreme Court over S.B. 35
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Fight over silica sand mine is over for now.
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