Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
Lawyers for the Environment
Category: Water Quality Program
Water Quality Program Sees Victory! Great Rivers Confronts a Chronic Polluter of the Meramec River
The unlawful discharges had been made continuously for the past five years.
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 MoreSupreme Court Declines to Adopt Great Rivers’ Argument Urging Court to Follow Statute Allowing Citizens Right to Sue over Unconstitutional Laws
Missouri Supreme Court declined to adopt Great Rivers argument of new standing doctrine
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Comments to Protect Clean Water
Great Rivers files comments about a proposal that would remove protections for at least half the remaining wetlands in the United States.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Environmental Law Center Serves Notice of Intent to Sue to Protect Meramec River from Oil, Grease and Chlorine Pollution
“Discharges from MotoMart have consistently violated and continue to violate the Clean Water Act and present a direct and substantial threat to the water quality of the Meramec River, especially in light of Meramec River’s status as an impaired water.”
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Opening Brief in the Missouri Supreme Court to Protect Missouri’s Water Quality
Missouri’s waterways need a voice, and we are here to serve as that voice!
Read MoreGreat Rivers Calls for Increased Environmental Protection in Congress’ Water Resource Development Acts
Great Rivers urged the Army Corps to ensure that federal investments in the nation’s water resources protect and restore the environment, as well as increase the resiliency of people and wildlife to climate change.
Read MoreGroup Appeals Unconstitutional Passage of Law Giving Industry Control of Clean Water Commission
On behalf of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) and Carolyn Johnson, a resident of Stoddard County, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center filed suit in Cole County Circuit Court against the State of Missouri over its passage of House Bill 1713 in 2016 (HB 1713), which upset the balance between the public interest and regulated interests at the Clean Water Commission.
Read MoreA note from a client on Giving Tuesday
One of the clients you enabled us to serve this year wants to share how generosity from donors like you impacted him this year.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files EPA Comments on West Lake Landfill on Behalf of NAACP
Great Rivers and NAACP advocate for the maximum removal of radioactive waste possible.
Read MoreGreat Rivers testimony leads to better testing to protect citizens from radioactive waste
On February 28, 2018, the Missouri DNR issued a new permit requiring radioactive testing of outfall from Bridgeton landfill.
Read MorePreserving the Missouri Clean Water Law
On Monday, February 28th, 2018, Great Rivers staff attorney Bob Menees testified in front of the Missouri House of Representatives Rules- Administrative Oversight Committee against HB 1973. The bill would significantly weaken the Missouri Clean Water Law by limiting the…
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.
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