Missouri Department of Natural Resources

In this episode, we discuss the science behind Missouri’s many sinkholes and learn how the city of St. Louis was developed upon porous and uncertain terrain.

The federal agency is investigating whether Missouri violated civil rights in issuing an air quality permit.

Earlier this year, after being approached by the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Karisa Gilman-Hernandez and her colleagues at Dutchtown South Community Corporation added excessive air pollution to the list of things they're no longer willing to see the community they serve just put up with. She offered her perspective to "St. Louis on the Air," and host Sarah Fenske also talked with Great Rivers staff attorneys Bob Menees and Sarah Rubenstein about why the pollution burden in the Dutchtown area caught their eye — and how their legal efforts there fit in with other issues in their portfolio.

More than 100 residents have reported chemical, musty or mildew odors in the surrounding area.

The Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, on behalf of three Missouri organizations, has filed a complaint with the EPA over permits issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The complaint says the permits allow excessive pollution in predominantly Black and low-income neighborhoods.

Missouri health and environmental officials will soon test wastewater statewide to determine where and when coronavirus outbreaks could occur. Researchers…

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has identified a new batch of lakes and streams that do not meet water quality standards.The state agency…

Utility company Ameren has come to an agreement with Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources to donate an old rail line for use as a recreational…

Updated at 1:09 p.m. with comments from environmentalists — A Missouri environmental advocacy group is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming…

Low crop prices and an ongoing trade war limiting exports are adding to the financial struggles of farming. Across the nation, and in Missouri, an…