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Bond takes on EPA…again
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Missouri Senator and Governor Kit Bond says the EPA is killing small businesses and causing electricity costs to rise with what he says is “cap and trade through regulation.” Bond, who now works for Thompson Coburn, a St. Louis law firm that specializes in lobbying on transportation issues, visited the [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — You may not want to drink the stuff, but the EPA says water samples from the Mississippi River floodway in southeast Missouri do not contain high levels of contaminants. The Environmental Protection Agency says nine samples taken from the Birds Point-News Madrid floodway found levels of contamination well below levels of [...]
Continue reading …EPA To Develop Regulation for Perchlorate and Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced the agency’s decision to move forward with the development of a regulation for perchlorate to protect Americans from any potential health impacts, while also continuing to take steps to ensure the [...]
Continue reading …The EPA announced that it is allowing vehicles from model year 2007 and newer to be fueled with a 15 percent ethanol blend. The much anticipated announcement brought a mixed reaction from renewable fuels supporters.
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By REBECCA TOWNSEND Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state may be monitoring fewer air pollutants in a bid to save money, a Missouri Department of Natural Resources official told the Air Conservation Commission at its monthly meeting Thursday. A network of 56 monitoring stations around the state test for several different air [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s U.S. Senate delegation will take opposite sides of a divisive vote Thursday to determine the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases. At issue is a disapproval resolution that may be added to the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill that says the U.S. Environmental [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that one cove on the Lake of the Ozarks continues to have problems with high E. coli levels. Though levels of the fecal indicator are down since the previous test, samples taken from the cove at Porter [...]
Continue reading …First new SO2 standard in 40 years will improve air quality for millions WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final new health standard for sulfur dioxide (SO2). This one-hour health standard will protect millions of Americans from short-term exposure to SO2, which is primarily emitted from power plants and other [...]
Continue reading …Gov. Nixon announces Missouri is top state in putting federal wastewater improvement funds to work Missouri communities have put out for bid, awarded and started construction of projects totaling 100% of the state’s allocation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that Missouri ranks first among all [...]
Continue reading …U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 901 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, KS 66101 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., May 10, 2010) – The owner and operator of a corn ethanol production facility in Holt County, Mo., has agreed to pay a $79,367 civil [...]
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