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[UPDATED: VICTORY ALERT!] All Aboard the Grain Belt Express!
The fate of renewable energy depends on critical transmission lines. It’s time for the Missouri Public Service Commission to get on board.
Read MoreRetiring but not Slowing Down
After more than 15 years working at Great Rivers to bring renewable energy to Missouri, Henry Robertson has decided to continue that work in a different capacity – as a volunteer.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Comments Challenging Legality of Cuts to NEPA
The changes would threaten local natural resources and exacerbate climate instability.
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VICTORY! 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 Urges Ameren to Prioritize Citizens’ Health and Remove Coal Ash instead of Capping It
Great Rivers Urges Ameren to Prioritize Human Health
Read MoreSunshine and Wine: a Fun Event in Southern Illinois
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center partnered with StraightUp Solar to host “Sunshine and Wine” on March 23, 2019 at Alto Vineyards near Carbondale, Illinois.
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 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 More5 Reasons Why I Love Clean Energy
All of us can show some love for the environment, and specifically renewable energy sources, and not just on Valentine’s Day.
Read MoreFrom the Kitchen of our Young Professionals Board: Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff
From the kitchen of one of our young professionals, a eco-friendly vegan stroganoff!
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.
Read MoreChocolate Threatened by Climate Change!
Did you know that climate change threatens chocolate?
Read MoreClimate and Energy Director Henry Robertson Goes to the Missouri Supreme Court for Renewable Energy
The case for renewable energy is heard today in the Missouri Supreme Court.
Read MoreJoin Great Rivers at the Chocolate Factory!
For the love of chocolate, don’t miss our upcoming party! Great Rivers at the Chocolate Factory Sunday, May 6th, 2018 4:30 pm – 7:00pm at the Caramel Room at Bissinger’s We will have a fun evening overlooking the Mississippi…
Read MoreWhy I Proudly Joined the Board of Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
this guest blog post was written by Garrett Broshuis My grandfather and grandmother raised their ten kids in the forested hills of Bollinger County. You had to drive five miles down two rocky country roads to visit them, and in…
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 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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