Bridgeton Landfill

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster wants more air monitoring at the Bridgeton Landfill, where an underground fire has been smoldering for more than…

Updated at 1:25 p.m. to add statement from Republic Services, and at 6:00 p.m. to add comments from EPA.More radioactive material has been found at the…

A nuclear policy analyst is adding his voice to those of area residents, environmental advocates and local government officials who want radioactive…

Updated 4:07 p.m.Preliminary work to build a firebreak at the Bridgeton Landfill will begin next week. But a local environmental group is worried about…

This isn't the first time a fire has smoldered underground at the landfill in Bridgeton.The Missouri Coalition for the Environment says another subsurface…

Attorney General Chris Koster has asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to conduct radioactivity tests at the West Lake landfill in Bridgeton…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 25, 2013 - The controversy over the still-smoldering Bridgeton Landfill and its proximity to…

Updated at 5:40 p.m. to add Missouri Coalition for the Environment letter and comment from Republic Services.The fire within the Bridgeton Landfill is…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 26, 2013: For two and a half hours, federal and state officials were bombarded Tuesday night…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 25, 2013: Owners of the Bridgeton landfill – beset by a persistent odor, an underground “hot…