EPA

Dubbed “Feed It Onward,” the new program from the Environmental Protection Agency aims to cut down on food waste by connecting farmers to military bases. It debuted at the Metro East military base on Friday.

An estimated 878 people live within a 1-mile radius of the 35-acre Veolia North America-Trade Waste Incineration facility in the Metro East. The closest residential areas are about half a mile southeast of the facility in Cahokia Heights.

The Maries County town has until 2029 to reduce levels of PFOS that were found in a sample of its drinking water.

The Trump administration wants to rewrite the definition for what counts as protected ‘waters of the United States.' The rule has caused frustration among farmers, but environmental attorneys worry a change could lead to more pollution.

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley brought EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to the St. Louis region on Monday to hear from residents and tour sites contaminated with Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste.

Dawn Chapman is frustrated that it’s taken decades for the agency to announce what community members — many of whom have died or suffered illness from the exposure — knew for years.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources asked that the EPA assume oversight of the Bridgeton Landfill, arguing it may contain nuclear waste like the adjacent West Lake Landfill.

Federal officials discovered the contamination was far more widespread than previously known, the EPA announced Friday.

The complaint alleges that untreated sewage spills from East St. Louis outfalls into the Mississippi River and Whispering Willow Lake during “high-flow conditions,” such as heavy rain.

In addition to millions in repairs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state will require the city to pay a $30,000 penalty.