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Great 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 MoreSupreme Court to Decide Whether Clean Water Act Applies to Discharges of Pollutants to Groundwater
What is the US Supreme Court case on groundwater pollution all about? Great Rivers staff attorney Bob Menees explains.
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 Urges DNR to Protect Human Health in Sewage Treatment Plant in North St. Louis
Great Rivers Urges DNR to Protect Human Health in Air Pollution Permit issued to MSD
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 Rejects Forest Service’s “Forest Health Initiative”
Great Rivers opposes Forest Service’s plan to open 45,000 acres of Mark Twain National Forest to logging
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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