The fate of renewable energy depends on critical transmission lines. It’s time for the Missouri Public Service Commission to get on board.
Read MoreAfter 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 MoreThe changes would threaten local natural resources and exacerbate climate instability.
Read MoreThe 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 Human Health
Read MoreGreat Rivers Environmental Law Center partnered with StraightUp Solar to host “Sunshine and Wine” on March 23, 2019 at Alto Vineyards near Carbondale, Illinois.
Read MoreThe 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 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 MoreAll 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 one of our young professionals, a eco-friendly vegan stroganoff!
Read MoreThe 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 MoreAmeren Missouri and the NAACP work together to provide affordable, renewable energy to persons who reside in low income and minority communities.
Read MoreDid you know that climate change threatens chocolate?
Read MoreThe case for renewable energy is heard today in the Missouri Supreme Court.
Read MoreFor 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 Morethis 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 opposes Forest Service’s plan to open 45,000 acres of Mark Twain National Forest to logging
Read MoreGreat 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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