pollution

Protesters Urge State To Test Groundwater For Coal Ash Contamination Near Ameren Power Plants

Véronique LaCapra — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:00:54 +0000

A small but vocal group of protesters gathered outside Ameren Missouri's headquarters in St. Louis today to voice their opposition to the company's plans to build several new coal ash landfills.

Local tugboats to run cleaner with help of federal grant

Véronique LaCapra — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:46:52 +0000

Some Mississippi River tugboats will be getting an upgrade thanks to a federal grant aimed at reducing air pollution.

The more than $300,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will go toward new, cleaner-burning diesel engines for the tugboats.

One of those boats was on view this morning at JB Marine Service, Inc., the barge cleaning and repair company that received the EPA grant.

St. Louis to get $400,000 from EPA to clean up polluted sites

Véronique LaCapra — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:36:18 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $400,000 in grants to the St. Louis Development Corporation. The funds will be used to assess and plan for cleaning up hazardous substances.

EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks says the Agency has a long history of working with the SLDC to clean up contaminated properties, also known as brownfields.

Cleanup of North Alcoa site in East St. Louis subject of public meeting Tues. night

Véronique LaCapra — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:18:43 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public meeting tonight in East St. Louis.

The agency will to explain its proposed plan to clean up the North Alcoa site. The property is bounded on the north by Lake Drive, on the east by the Alton and Southern railroad, on the south by Missouri Avenue and on the west by 29th Street.

EPA's remedial project manager for the 400-acre site, Dion Novak, says the area is contaminated with waste products produced over 100 years ago by a former alumina refinery.

EPA releases new online tool for mapping water pollution

Alex King — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:01:15 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a new tool that allows the public to access information about pollutants that are released into local waterways.

The Discharge Monitoring Report Pollutant Loading Tool brings together millions of records and lets users search for and map water pollution.