Ameren Missouri to add more renewable energy — and fracked gas — in updated plan
Ameren Missouri plans to add more renewable energy and speed its transition to net-zero carbon emissions, the company announced Thursday. But…
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State launches cancer study after toxic air pollution hot spot is identified
After learning from a ProPublica analysis that his city in southwestern Missouri is a hot spot of toxic air pollution,…
Ameren to shutter Rush Island coal plant by 2024 following Clean Air Act violation
Ameren will shutter a Jefferson County coal plant found in violation of federal clean air laws rather than install what…
Missouri DNR calls allegations it committed civil rights violations ‘unsubstantiated’
Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources called claims that it violated residents’ civil rights “unsubstantiated and conclusory” even as it quietly addressed several…
Parson vetoes bill to end EPA-mandated emissions testing
With the threat of millions of dollars in sanctions looming, Gov. Mike Parson vetoed on Friday legislation that would have…
Dropping emissions testing could prompt U.S. to slap sanctions on Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – With just hours left in their 2021 session, Missouri lawmakers passed legislation removing several St. Louis area…
Missouri broke federal civil rights rules on air pollution, EPA finds
Federal officials are investigating whether Missouri environmental regulators violated the civil rights of St. Louis residents by issuing an air…