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3:08 pm
Wed October 26, 2011

UMSL conference explores "Science in the City"

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The University of Missouri-Saint Louis kicks off its 17th annual "What is a City?" conference on tomorrow. This year’s two-day conference is all about the relationship between cities and science.

Topics range from how to develop science-based public policy to how to think about a city as an artificial life form.

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Ameren Coal Ash Landfill Debate
2:38 pm
Tue October 25, 2011

Franklin Co. vote opens door for Ameren to build coal ash landfill

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Franklin County residents show their opposition to the landfill regulations prior to the Commission vote.
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The Franklin County government building in Union, Mo., where the County Commission meets.
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Franklin County Commissioners Ann Schroeder, John Griesheimer, and Terry O. Wilson (left to right).
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Updated 4:43 p.m.

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has approved its controversial landfill zoning regulations, opening the door for Ameren to build a coal ash landfill in Labadie, Mo.

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Conservation - Forests
6:30 am
Tue October 25, 2011

Why live indoors? A conversation with naturalist Michael Fay

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National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Michael Fay.
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Mike Fay at his improvised campsite at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Naturalist Michael Fay spent part of his early career in St. Louis, going to graduate school at Washington University and working with the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Peter Raven.

Since then, Fay has worked for the Wildlife Conservation Society and National Geographic.

He’s probably best known for his large-scale surveys of plants and wildlife. In 1997, he set out on the MegaTransect, a survey that would take him more than 2,000 miles on foot across the forests of the Congo Basin in Central Africa.

Fay is back in St. Louis this week for some speaking engagements. St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra talked with him about his African journey, and what it did for international conservation efforts.

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