Environment

Composer Christopher Stark teamed with innovative cello-percussion group New Morse Code for “The Language of Landscapes,” a piece that melds field recordings from nature with sounds wrung out of discarded items like plastic bags. The album includes remixes by St. Louis artists Mvstermind and Adult Fur.

Peanut is a notable example of how plastic pollution can harm wildlife — and how an individual animal’s story can be a powerful tool in promoting social change.

The Department of Conservation reports a fourth invasive northern snakehead fish was found in Missouri and there has been a confirmed sighting of a fifth. The fish are aggressive predators that can harm native ecosystems.

Environmental justice activists in Illinois claimed a major victory last week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency needs to revamp its process for permitting polluting industries in residential neighborhoods.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that the U.S. will allow year-round sales in eight Midwestern states in 2025. Environmental advocates say the decision is a step in the wrong direction.

In Missouri, agriculture, urban development and man-made flood control measures have replaced 87% of the state’s original wetlands.

Junior high students from around Missouri competed to represent the state in a national contest to design and present a vision of an electrified, eco-friendly city that could be a model for life in the future.

Foster youth are more likely to be unemployed, food insecure or homeless. They're the focus of an EPA grant program with a specific goal of training a workforce capable of cleaning up polluted brownfield sites — unused, polluted plots of land.

The fifth National Climate Assessment says a warming climate, increasingly extreme weather and drought are threatening the Midwest’s economy and health.

Illinois Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood — the chair of the House Public Utilities Committee and sponsor of the vetoed bill — said he would propose broader policy in the spring legislative session.