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PRESS RELEASES

 

April 23, 2008

Great Rivers Requests Department of Homeland Security to Review Coast Guard's

Actions Involving Historic Boonville Bridge. 

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January 23, 2008

Citizens File Petition for Clean Energy Requirement

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December 11, 2007

Great Rivers Environmental Law Center and Missouri Parks Association Sue Over Taum Sauk.

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November 27, 2007

Great Rivers Files Suit on behalf of the Concerned Citizens for Crystal City concerning a proposed pig iron ore smelter.

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November 2, 2007

Great Rivers to Sue Over Taum Sauk on Behalf of Missouri Parks Association.

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October 15, 2007

Great Rivers Finds Crystal City Smelter Ordinances Illegal. 

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August 7, 2007

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Southern District has reversed the judgment of the trial court and declares Buehler Park in Rolla, MO, to be a public park. 

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May 24, 2007

U.S. District Court  rules that an Environmental Assessment prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for proposed 1,000 year levee in Jefferson City, MO, is defective. 

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February 27, 2007

Citizens Win in Coal Power Plant Battle -

Missouri Appellate Court rebuffs Kansas City Power & Light's attempt to deny public participation in rate hike decision

October 23, 2006

Great Rivers Takes the Legal Battle Over Rolla's Buehler Park Back to the Missouri Court of Appeals

September 20, 2006

Union Pacific Railroad Tries to Prevent Katy Trail Donor and Katy Trail Contract Signers From Filing Friend of the Court Brief

September 5, 2006

Great Rivers Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Three Former DNR Directors in Opposition to Governor Blunt's No-Bid Giveaway of Katy Trail Boonville Lift Bridge

August 16, 2006

Great Rivers Intervenes in Missouri Public Service Commission on Behalf of Net Metering

August 2, 2006

Rolla's Buehler Park Controversy Will Have its Day in Court

July 11, 2006

Rolla's Buehler Park Legal Battle Headed Back to Trial Court

April 14, 2006

Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Prevails in Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, on Buehler Park

April 4, 2006

Sierra Club Threatens to Sue ESEPA Over Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Failure to Submit Required List of Impaired Waters Due in 2004 and 2006

April 4, 2006

U.S. Court of Appeals Reinstates Lawsuit Over Proposed Levee in Jefferson City, MO

January 10, 2006

Department of Natural Resources Objects to Citizens Lawsuit -- Wants it dismissed on the basis that citizens have "no interest" in the Katy Trail

January 6, 2006

Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Challenges AmerenUE's Confidentiality Claim

Dec. 9, 2005

Great Rivers Environmental Law Center warns of increased health risks if coal plant is built.   Read More

Dec. 8, 2005

Katy Trail donor wants to submit information in Katy Bridge lawsuit.   Read More

Nov. 21, 2005

Lawsuit filed in Cole County, MO, in an effort to save the Boonville Lift Bridge and preserve Missouri's Katy Trail.   Read More

Sept. 22, 2005

Great Rivers Environmental Law Center sues to stop coal-burning power plant in Platte County, MO    Read More

May 5, 2005

Suit filed in Federal Court against City of St. Louis and its airport authority for violating federal environmental laws regarding asbestos removal.  Read More

March 8, 2005

Court of Appeals issues ruling in trash transfer station case.   Read More

March 3, 2005

Great Rivers and Citizens for Preservation of Buehler Park file suit to save historic Buehler Park in Rolla, MO.  Read More

Jan. 2005

Great Rivers filed a notice of appeal on behalf of  the Sierra Club to the Air Conservation Commission over the permit the DNR issued to the City Utilities Company of Springfield, Missouri, for the construction of a new coal-fired power plant.    Read More

December 8, 2004

Great Rivers files amicus brief challenging legality of Wal-Mart in Historic

New Orleans

May 21, 2004
Great Rivers Seeks Leave to File a Friend of the Court Brief in a Defamation Case

January 21, 2004
The National Trust Joins Legal Battle to Stop Wal-Mart in Historic New Orleans

November 24, 2003
Great Rivers Files Suit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Stop Super Levee

October 24, 2003
Safe Handling of Waste - Managed Environmentally (“ShowMe”) Suit Filed Against DNR

October 24, 2003
Safe Handling of Waste - Managed Environmentally (“ShowMe”) Suit Filed Against DNR

July 29, 2003
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Celebrates First Anniversary

June 11, 2003
Great Rivers Environmental Law Urges Caution in use of Spraying for West Nile Virus

January 9, 2003
Bush Seeks to Attach a Rider to the Omnibus Spending Package to Shield the EPA from Future Lawsuits

October 17, 2002
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Opens in St. Louis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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