The proposed construction site sits adjacent to Creve Coeur Lake Park, abutting wetlands considered by the National Audubon Society to be an “urban oasis” for many migrating waders, waterfowl, and shorebirds, and the bird watchers who come to see them.
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Best 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.
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New Staff Attorney Madeline Middlebrooks will fight dangerous lead contamination in local schools’ drinking water.
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The settlement puts an end to unlawful discharge of harmful waste and allocates funds to help clean up the river.
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Category: Guest Column, Water Quality Program
Tags: #Big River Missouri, #Bob Menees, #Byrnes Mill Farms, #environmental law, #Great Rivers Environmental LawCnter, #Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper, #missouri environment, #Missouri Pollution, #water pollution, #water quality, featured
It’s a good day for river recreationists and wildlife alike.
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Category: News, Press Releases, Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Tags: #Big River Missouri, #Bob Menees, #environmental law, #featured, #Great Rivers Environmental LawCnter, #Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper, #missouri environment, #Rachel Bartels, featured
The changes would threaten local natural resources and exacerbate climate instability.
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Category: Air Quality and Public Health Program, Climate and Energy Program, Environmental Justice Program, Land Use Program, News, Press Releases, Water Quality Program, Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Tags: #missouri environment, #NEPA, CAFO, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Lawyer, featured
As CO2 levels climb daily to new record levels, the last thing we need to do is to clear cut our forests.
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Category: Climate and Energy Program, Land Use Program, News, Press Releases, Water Quality Program
Tags: #Endangerd Species, #Land Use, #Northern Long-Eared Bat, #Shawnee National Forest, Environmental Lawyer, featured, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Sarah Rubenstein
When 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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Category: Land Use Program, Press Releases, Water Quality Program, Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Tags: #Maryland Heights, #Missouri Environmental Lawyer, #Missouri Flooding, Bob Menees, featured, Floodplain, Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Sarah Rubenstein