Tag Archives: Missouri
GPACE Executive Moving to Sierra Club Position
Allegrucci begins his work with the Beyond Coal Campaign November 28th. His work as a Senior Campaign Representative will cover the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. Continue reading
Ameren Missouri to Slash Efficiency Programs
Ameren’s own analysis filed with the Public Service Commission earlier this year shows that energy efficiency is the cheapest way to meet growing demand for energy. Yet it is making more deep cuts to energy efficiency programs, arguing that they hurt electricity sales and cost shareholders millions of dollars. Continue reading
New Missouri Renewable Energy Proposal Submitted
by Chris Blank for The Kansas City Star A supporter of a voter-approved law that demands Missouri utilities use more renewable energy filed a proposal Friday for a new requirement after the original has faced years of stumbling blocks. PJ … Continue reading
Leaks from Ameren Toxic Waste Pond in Labadie Stir Fears
One of the coal plant’s two ponds storing toxic coal waste has been hemorrhaging up to 35 gallons a minute for two decades. Leaks were allowed to exist for almost two decades without testing for contamination. Continue reading
Missouri Judge Sides with Challengers of Energy Law
From the Associated Press (via Bloomberg Businessweek) A Missouri judge has sided with energy users and utilities that challenged a voter-approved law requiring some power companies to increase their use of renewable fuels. The 2008 law requires investor-owned utilities to … Continue reading
Protect Missourians
Letter to the Editor of StlToday.com from Elizabeth N. Schmidt U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has vowed to protect America’s seniors by defending Medicare, so it’s saddening to see her not defending America’s children from unregulated toxic coal ash ponds and … Continue reading
KCP&L Battling Ice, Frozen Coal to Keep Power Flowing
Ice and frozen coal are making it difficult for KCP&L maintenance crews to keep the electricity flowing as they work 24-hour shifts in their battle against elements at the coal-powered Hawthorne Power Plant, and they say that one of their major enemies is the very thing that allows them to keep operating – the Missouri River. Continue reading
Missouri wind energy capacity soars
A national survey of wind energy says Missouri added the third-highest amount of wind farm capacity in the nation during the second quarter of the year. Continue reading
Government should mandate more wind power
The future of producing electricity in the Heartland is blowing in the wind. A growing coalition of utilities, landowners and businesses is hard at work promoting and building more wind farms in Kansas and Missouri. Continue reading
