Sierra Club Missouri Chapter newshttp://missouri.sierraclub.orgSierra Club Missouri Chapter News Links17355(Lead and zinc mining waste) FEMA, EPA visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma townhttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/616628.html5/13/2008Kansas City Star17354(Mingo National Wildlife Refuge) Snake study will protect misunderstood creatureshttp://www.kansascity.com/115/story/616957.html5/13/2008Kansas City Star17353Storm-water bills anger property ownershttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/1B02E90E5F4F199E86257448000FCD96?OpenDocument5/13/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17352Changes could kill odor billhttp://www.carthagepress.com/news/x1867420317/Changes-could-kill-odor-bill5/13/2008Carthage Press17351Report says strong growth in wind energy possiblehttp://www.kansascity.com/344/story/617080.html5/12/2008Kansas City Star17350(Blown from lead waste) EPA testing air for lead after twister destroys former Oklahoma mining townhttp://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvPc0FOPkqMe4YN8UCgQf0CW622A5/12/2008The Canadian Press17349Raking in the greenhttp://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/05/12/focus4.html?b=1210564800^16324145/12/2008St. Louis Business Journal17348Westar Energy invests $10M on program that promotes using less electricityhttp://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/05/12/story5.html?f=et1595/12/2008Wichita Business Journal17347Metro Previews 2009 Budget Package, Includes Response to Reduction in St. Louis County Fundinghttp://www.metrostlouis.org/InsideMetro/NewsRoom/releases/2008-025MetroBudgetPreview.pdf5/12/2008Metro17346McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCAIN_GLOBAL_WARMING?SITE=MOCOD5/12/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17345Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gearhttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/615229.html5/12/2008Kansas City Star17344(Picher a superfund site - old lead and zinc mines) Tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town might not rebuildhttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/615328.html5/12/2008Kansas City Star17343Pollution levels have dropped in U.S. coastal watershttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/36638.html5/12/2008Kansas City Star17342Tiny particles seen as big threat to cleaning wastewaterhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/4E5BDD73912E779C8625744700105749?OpenDocument5/12/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17341Congress divided on energy plan http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONGRESS_ENERGY_FACT_CHECK?SITE=MOSTP5/12/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17340Gear up and pedal to the officehttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/stories.nsf/healthfitness/story/512599D89D0D487D862574440070EBFE?OpenDocument5/12/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17339Missouri gets 'D' in cyclinghttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/C899444D90B777F186257447000EE08E?OpenDocument5/12/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17338Truly ‘green’ travel is tricky taskhttp://www.kansascity.com/270/story/611593.html5/12/2008Kansas City Star17337(Booneville) Bridge for sale?http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/May/20080511Feat004.asp5/11/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17336Kan. passenger rail could get federal boost http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KS_PASSENGER_RAIL_MOOL-?SITE=MOCOD5/11/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17335Another recipe for ethanol: homegrown sweet sorghumhttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/36406.html5/11/2008Kansas City Star17334(Editorial- Gateway Arch) An opportunity, a vision, a challengehttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/882602BE7B5DC03A8625744400822721?OpenDocument5/11/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17333Democratic senator calls for GOP to alter energy policy http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEMOCRATS_ENERGY?SITE=MOSTP5/11/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17332Activists Want Probe of Poultry Industryhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/E7AE924ABD78AD08862574450016A574?OpenDocument5/11/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17331(Tower Grove) Farmers market connects to food aidhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/61F22179CFD4DD49862574460008AF2E?OpenDocument5/11/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17330(Ken Midkiff column) Other cities aren’t run by developers http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2008/may/20080509comm003.asp5/10/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17329 Metro may cut service or up fareshttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/commutingtraffic/story/EA62B4A87C05ED0C86257444005E0294?OpenDocument5/9/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17328Council debates whether new sewer plan is green enoughhttp://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/612710.html5/9/2008Kansas City Star17327(Ozark National Scenic Riverways) Flood-ravaged camp sites will cost $1 million to fixhttp://showmenews.com/2008/May/20080508News024.asp5/9/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17326Corps uncertain about condition of nation's levees http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MO_RIVER_LEVEES_MOOL-?SITE=MOCOD5/9/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17325Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eaglehttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/612593.html5/9/2008Kansas City Star17324Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utahhttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/612366.html5/9/2008Kansas City Star17323(Columnist) Hendricks: A common-sense approach to light railhttp://www.kansascity.com/115/story/612188.html5/9/2008Kansas City Star17322Evangelicals press to fight global warminghttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/washington/story/BA9AA349B96E759886257444000A4D14?OpenDocument5/9/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17321(Editorial - lead air pollution) Lost in the fine printhttp://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/published-editorials/2008/05/friday-editorials-lost-in-the-fine-print/5/9/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17320National Park Service initiates public planning process for Arch improvementshttp://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/05/05/daily62.html?f=et825/8/2008St. Louis Business Journal17319(Missouri) Sierra Club Launches Multi-State Effort to Cut Mercury, Toxic Pollutionhttp://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2008-05-06.asp5/8/2008Sierra Club17318(Editorial - last coal plant bill) Legislature dawdles at Kansas taxpayers’ expensehttp://www.kansascity.com/340/story/610169.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17317Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big citieshttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/610772.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17316Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land dealhttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/610742.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17315New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailershttp://www.kansascity.com/811/story/609988.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17314Some members of Congress call for rethinking ethanol policyhttp://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/610416.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17313EPA science adviser questioned by Senate committeehttp://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/610382.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17312Chastain backs regional light-rail vote in Novemberhttp://www.kansascity.com/115/story/610485.html5/8/2008Kansas City Star17311Consumer environmental action ratedhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/532539731959DA7A86257443000C9229?OpenDocument5/8/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17310Lobster boat builders pinched as catch drops, economy slowshttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LOBSTER_BOAT_BUILDERS?SITE=MOSTP5/8/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17309Oil companies agree to setttle MTBE contamination lawsuitshttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/manufacturingtechnology/story/306DACC5AE259E048625744300451647?OpenDocument5/8/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17308(LTE) What happened after a regional EPA adminsitrator was caught doing her jobhttp://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2008/05/what-happened-after-a-regional-epa-adminsitrator-was-caught-doing-her-job/5/7/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17307Energy Dept. unveils retooled plans for clean coal plants http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COAL_PLANT_MOOL-?SITE=MOSTP5/7/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17306The Kansas Coal Battle http://sierra.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=51941.05/7/2008Sierra Club Hotline17305(Editorial) Users should pay most costs to upgrade KC sewershttp://www.kansascity.com/340/story/608661.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17304Farmer pioneers green energy practices in Ohiohttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/609222.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17303System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikeshttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/609301.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17302Exemption to 40-year-old billboard ban in Vt. worries somehttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/609229.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17301Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last yearhttp://www.kansascity.com/440/story/608807.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17300Three states head to court to keep control over wolveshttp://www.kansascity.com/811/story/608694.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17299White House says farm bill cost still too highhttp://www.kansascity.com/811/story/608699.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17298EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking waterhttp://www.kansascity.com/811/story/607460.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17297(Sunflower not giving up) Coal plant bill OK’d by Kansas Senatehttp://www.kansascity.com/115/story/608925.html5/7/2008Kansas City Star17296(megabus) Mega-winnerhttp://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/uncategorized/2008/05/mega-winner/5/7/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17295(Granite City - Water issues, etc.) Group protests Wal-Mart expansionhttp://granitecitypress-record.stltoday.com/articles/2008/05/07/news/sj2tn20080507-0507gcj-nowalmart.ii1.txt5/7/2008Granite City Press-Record17294(Granite City coke plant) New facilities to be more environmentally friendlyhttp://granitecitypress-record.stltoday.com/articles/2008/05/07/news/sj2tn20080507-0507gcj-steelside.ii1.txt5/7/2008Granite City Press-Record17293(Transit tax?) County officials float tax proposals for improvement projects, St. Louis County ...http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/EEC3BA7840B38ED18625744200077C62?OpenDocument5/7/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17292Pure Power's numbers grow, albeit slowlyhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/B3E8A7E62934F90B862574420007969E?OpenDocument5/7/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17291More dirty air warnings are likelyhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/18CB48098D7002758625744200068D4C?OpenDocument5/7/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17290Agencies issue plan to run Columbia dams, preserve salmon http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SALMON_DAMS?SITE=MOSTP5/6/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17289Wind glitch causes city to miss first green goal http://showmenews.com/2008/May/20080505News003.asp5/6/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17288(Voices) Russ Johnson: Regional rail making progresshttp://voices.kansascity.com/node/11315/6/2008Kansas City Star17287(Editorial) It is time to get moving on KC light-rail starter linehttp://www.kansascity.com/340/story/606500.html5/6/2008Kansas City Star17286Plant scent study blames air pollution for pollination woeshttp://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/606904.html5/6/2008Kansas City Star17285Investigators: Sea lion killers were familiar with traps http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SEA_LIONS_SHOT?SITE=MOSTP5/6/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17284Judge plans to let half of bay spill crew return to China http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BAY_SPILL?SITE=MOSTP5/6/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17283Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EVERGLADES_RESERVOIR?SITE=MOSTP5/6/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17282(FutureGen) Durbin threatens to block Department of Energy appointmentshttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/D1C069FA8D24BF0C86257441000FC0D7?OpenDocument5/6/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17281(Valley Park) Rumble provides test for new leveehttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/FBE65BA413E0AE1B862574410011408C?OpenDocument5/6/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17280Scientists: Warming may greatest threat to tropical species http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WARMING_TROPICS?SITE=MOSTP5/5/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17279As I see it. Governors have a clear role on energy efficiencyhttp://www.kansascity.com/618/story/605362.html5/5/2008Kansas City Star17278(Editorial) Don’t suspend the gasoline taxhttp://www.kansascity.com/340/story/605360.html5/5/2008Kansas City Star17277(Missouri River diversion) ND water project opposed north and south http://www.grandforksherald.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view5/5/2008Grand Forks Herald17276Sea lions shot dead on Columbia River as salmon battle rages http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SEA_LIONS_SHOT?SITE=MOSTP5/4/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17275Beetle-ravaged forests prompt campground closures in Rockies http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FALLING_TREES?SITE=MOSTP5/4/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17274(All candidates agree) Obama: Change in ethanol policy might be needed http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEMOCRATS_ETHANOL?SITE=MOSTP5/4/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17273(Editorial) Greensburg: From disaster to opportunityhttp://www.kansascity.com/340/story/603903.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17272As I see it: Respect the Kaw River while enjoying the fun it offershttp://www.kansascity.com/618/story/602829.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17271Amtrak plans multi-city celebration of 'National Train Day'http://www.kansascity.com/440/story/604750.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17270Alaska seeks to show polar bears aren't threatenedhttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/35769.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17269Toxic plume, indifference killing black Florida townhttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/35766.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17268Groups pursue a ban on nanosilverhttp://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/604132.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17267EPA regional chief ousted amid dispute with Dow Chemical over dioxin cleanuphttp://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/604296.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17266‘Frankenfish’ now found in Midwesthttp://www.kansascity.com/115/story/604245.html5/4/2008Kansas City Star17265Smarter electric grid could be key to saving power http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FUTURE_OF_ELECTRICITY?SITE=MOSTP5/4/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17264'The world is sending us their junk'http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/washington/story/9B0E83BCDECC09DB8625743E00129671?OpenDocument5/4/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17263Group alleges Coast Guard misconduct in Boonville bridge battlehttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/5451FEB1A99A8A458625743E001B4948?OpenDocument5/3/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17262(Ken Midkiff column) City recycling program adds to trash http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2008/may/20080502comm001.asp5/3/2008Columbia Daily Tribune17261(Editorial) Follow Sebelius for Kansas energy planhttp://www.kansascity.com/340/story/602825.html5/3/2008Kansas City Star17260Dispute over coal plants might go to courthttp://www.kansascity.com/115/story/603175.html5/3/2008Kansas City Star17259(Editorial - CO2 capture?) Escaping reality, giant sucking soundhttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/EA5B9B315A3BA15A8625743E00000517?OpenDocument5/3/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17258Judge: Corps of Engineers can be sued over Katrina flooding http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_FLOOD_LAWSUIT?SITE=MOSTP5/3/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch17257Pacific seeks residents’ input on whether to pursue buyouthttp://tricountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/05/02/news/doc4819ec54138c9327591009.txt/5/3/2008Tri-County Journal17256Trash haulers accused of price gouginghttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/ACB68E95FD54817B8625743E000A1167?OpenDocument5/3/2008St. Louis Post-Dispatch