/tags/great-rivers-environmental-law-center Great Rivers Environmental Law Center en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:48:20 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-01-14/new-coal-ash-report-alleges-risk-to-st-louis-drinking-water Patricia Schuba, president of the board of Labadie Environmental Organization, discusses what people can do to promote environmental change. Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:48:20 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-01-14/new-coal-ash-report-alleges-risk-to-st-louis-drinking-water Avery Lea Rogers /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-01-10/as-epa-plans-2-superfund-cleanups-in-missouri-st-louis-region-grapples-with-long-legacy-of-contamination For those concerned about Superfund sites in Missouri and Illinois, the EPA’s newly announced cleanup plans for 49 sites across the U.S come as great news. But community members say it’s also a reminder of just how much work still needs to be done. Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:45:10 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-01-10/as-epa-plans-2-superfund-cleanups-in-missouri-st-louis-region-grapples-with-long-legacy-of-contamination Evie Hemphill /podcast/we-live-here/2021-06-04/part-ii-civil-rights-cumulative-impacts We wanted to share a follow-up conversation with Myisha Johnson, one of the three working members of State Street Tenant Resistance and the founder of Community First Plus, a new housing and environmental justice organization. She’s been connecting the dots between health problems and pollution from facilities like Kinder Morgan for over a decade. In this episode, we hear how Myisha felt when residents like her were asked to sign onto an administrative complaint to the EPA about the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Then, attorneys Sarah Rubenstein and Bob Menees of Great Rivers Environmental Law Center will share about what happened when they filed the administrative complaint to the EPA on behalf of the Missouri and St. Louis City NAACP and Dutchtown South Community Corporation.This is Part II of a two-part series on how tenants are organizing to hold problem landlords accountable, and what happens when large companies and the state need to be held accountable too. If you haven’t listened to Part I: Tenant Rights and Resistance, listen to it now! Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:23:51 GMT /podcast/we-live-here/2021-06-04/part-ii-civil-rights-cumulative-impacts Jia Lian Yang, Lauren Brown /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-12-10/missouris-only-nonprofit-environmental-law-firm-has-st-louisans-taking-global-issues-local Earlier this year, after being approached by the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Karisa Gilman-Hernandez and her colleagues at Dutchtown South Community Corporation added excessive air pollution to the list of things they're no longer willing to see the community they serve just put up with. She offered her perspective to "St. Louis on the Air," and host Sarah Fenske also talked with Great Rivers staff attorneys Bob Menees and Sarah Rubenstein about why the pollution burden in the Dutchtown area caught their eye — and how their legal efforts there fit in with other issues in their portfolio. Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:35:37 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-12-10/missouris-only-nonprofit-environmental-law-firm-has-st-louisans-taking-global-issues-local Evie Hemphill /health-science-environment/2020-10-02/complaint-missouri-dnr-allowed-excessive-air-pollution-in-south-st-louis The Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, on behalf of three Missouri organizations, has filed a complaint with the EPA over permits issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The complaint says the permits allow excessive pollution in predominantly Black and low-income neighborhoods. Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:16:48 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-10-02/complaint-missouri-dnr-allowed-excessive-air-pollution-in-south-st-louis Becca Clark-Callender /2020-07-20/st-louis-naacp-threatens-lawsuit-over-lead-contamination-at-juvenile-detention-center Updated 9:40 a.m. with a statement from city officials. The St. Louis NAACP is considering a federal civil rights lawsuit to force St. Louis officials to… Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:40:06 GMT /2020-07-20/st-louis-naacp-threatens-lawsuit-over-lead-contamination-at-juvenile-detention-center Eli Chen /health-science-environment/2016-08-25/environmental-lawyers-renew-call-for-state-ban-on-turtle-trapping Environmental attorneys have petitioned the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to ban commercial trapping of the state's freshwater turtles. The… Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:32:06 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-08-25/environmental-lawyers-renew-call-for-state-ban-on-turtle-trapping Eli Chen /health-science-environment/2013-08-20/mo-environmental-group-sues-army-corps-over-pipeline-project Updated at 5:00 p.m.A St. Louis-based environmental group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to provide information… Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:38:11 GMT /health-science-environment/2013-08-20/mo-environmental-group-sues-army-corps-over-pipeline-project /health-science-environment/2010-01-14/take-five-patricia-tummons-on-environmental-legacy-of-lewis-green This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 14, 2010 - "Litigation is not for the faint of heart," prominent St. Louis environmental lawyer… Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:03:34 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-01-14/take-five-patricia-tummons-on-environmental-legacy-of-lewis-green Elia Powers