Allison Kite
Allison Kite is a data reporter for The Missouri Independent and Kansas Reflector, with a focus on the environment and agriculture. A graduate of the University of Kansas, she’s covered state government in both Topeka and Jefferson City, and most recently was City Hall reporter for The Kansas City Star.
-
The company was given a choice by a federal court to either shut down the Rush Island Energy Center or add expensive pollution controls. -
Huge swaths of Missouri and Kansas have continued to be stuck in a months-long drought.
-
Lakes and streams in August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were contaminated with uranium from refining efforts in Weldon Spring.
-
The future of NexGen’s proposed Ste Genevieve County mine remains unclear after an appeals court ruling.
-
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis County, requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office evaluate the cleanup of the St. Louis County site contaminated by radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project.
-
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade asked Gov. Mike Parson to call a special session on nuclear waste in the St. Louis area but faced criticism from grassroots activists.
-
Private companies and the federal government for decades failed to take actions to protect St. Louis residents from nuclear waste, an investigation by The Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press found.
-
The Department of Energy says it will evaluate alternative ideas to decontaminate the radioactive site and groundwater.
-
The Missouri Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press spent months combing through thousands of pages of previously-unreleased government records that show radioactive waste was known to pose a threat to people living near Coldwater Creek as early as 1949. But federal officials repeatedly wrote potential risks off as ‘slight,’ ‘minimal’ or ‘low-level.’
-
The additions contribute to Ameren’s goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045.
-
The state will get $106.4 million for water infrastructure upgrades through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
-
Despite pleas from community members who say the landfill is responsible for mysterious illnesses, federal environmental regulators said Tuesday they can’t provide a timeline for cleanup.
