VICTORY ALERT: Great Rivers successfully squashes subpoena on behalf of longtime safe-agriculture activist.
Read MoreYour household shouldn’t be penalized for energy conservation. We engaged the Missouri Public Service Commission to require Ameren to step up and keep costs down.
Read MoreAn authorization of wastewater discharge would threaten a recreational river.
Read MoreFrom Michigan to St. Louis, our interns bring a wide array of skills and interests to our work this summer.
Read MoreAmeren’s proposed solar facility would transform the energy landscape of the region.
Read MoreA potentially unlawful permit was terminated after the Ste. Genevieve community raised concerns. But mining giant NexGen Silica isn’t backing down.
Read MoreThe last thing polluted communities need is more pollution, yet unfortunately it’s what they often get.
Read MoreThe fate of renewable energy depends on critical transmission lines. It’s time for the Missouri Public Service Commission to get on board.
Read MoreWater treatment facilities in rural Missouri and the state’s largest metro area both accused of violating bedrock federal environmental law.
Read MoreWith the passage of the GET LEAD OUT OF DRINKING WATER ACT on July 1, 2022, Madeline’s work bore tremendous fruit. The bill requires any public school, private school, or provider of an early childhood education program that receives state funding to test for lead in their institution’s drinking water fixtures and to install filters to remediate those sources that are compromised.
Read MoreGreat Rivers is working to improve the quality of life in St. Louis’s Hyde Park Neighborhood.
Read MoreWe are fighting to close illegal roads in Ozark National Scenic Riverways and opposing a proposed mine along the Eleven Point River.
Read MoreSpending time in nature has proven to be a lifesaver during the pandemic — after all, exploring local parks, hiking trails, or even just relaxing in your backyard are all safe ways to escape being stuck inside while maintaining social distancing guidelines. But as it turns out, being outside has a whole host of physical and mental health benefits that will last long after COVID has passed.
Read MoreBest Lawyers®, the oldest and most highly respected peer review guide to excellence in the legal profession, has named Great Rivers Environmental Law Center to its 2021 edition of The Best Law Firms in America in the practice area of Environmental Litigation.
Read MoreWhen 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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