Environment

In North America, up to 10 billion birds fly up to 20,000 miles round-trip each spring and fall.

Aamna Anwer explains how Daar Ul-Islam tackles waste when feeding hundreds of people during Ramadan.

A St. Louis tech startup plans to deliver its first electrified and remote-controlled train cars to mining companies later this year. Intramotev company representatives also hope to market its TugVolt trains to companies that rely on shipping by truck.

Despite city’s hiring and retention bonuses, along with free certification training for Refuse Division workers, St. Louis residents still complain recycling bulk, solid and yard waste is not picked up on a consistent basis.

In order to comply with a Pentagon mandate to electrify its nontactical vehicles, Fort Leonard Wood is working with Laclede Electric Cooperative to find the best way to add charging stations.

Healthy trees not only beautify neighborhoods, they promote better health outcomes for residents.

The Department of Transportation is asking volunteers to help pick up litter along I-70, 170, and I-55 and reminding people hauling trash to secure their loads.

The Missouri Department of Conservation reports a species of jellyfish from China can be found in Missouri’s lakes, reservoirs and other freshwater habitats.

The Missouri Mining Commission has revoked a mining permit for a silica sand mine in Ste. Genevieve County. The commission ruled that NexGen Silica’s application did not include a full list of property owners with vested interests in the mine.

Most roads were passable Friday following Thursday’s snowstorm, but brutally cold winds kept blowing. Thursday night had the ninth-lowest windchill ever recorded in St. Louis.