Sierra Club

After the General Assembly failed to pass any legislation putting restrictions on ESG investing, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft introduced a rule to create parameters for banks and investors.

Congressional representatives from St. Louis and Kansas City and environmental groups argue the state’s plan doesn’t make meaningful attempts to reduce the pollution that causes haze.

There isn’t a specific path for the state’s vision of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2050 and ensuring areas overburdened by past pollution fully benefit from the growing green economy.

A series of virtual roundtable discussions are underway regarding the Waters of the United States definition. But the input might not change much about what comes next.

Missouri and Illinois are among dozens of states that have yet to submit plans for improving air quality in protected areas. Environmental nonprofits are suing the EPA to compel the agency to take action.

A spill from Marathon Petroleum unleashed around 165,000 gallons of crude oil in and around Edwardsville.

Of the nation's 10 coal-fired power plants that produce the most sulfur dioxide, four are located in the Midwest. And yet, none violate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.

Ameren Missouri announced it will close its Rush Island coal plant in Festus over the next few years

The decision upholds a 2017 ruling by a lower court and part of a 2019 order that Ameren install pollution controls at the coal plant.

Despite sharing many individual goals, local environmental groups largely confined their advocacy to their home state.