Come meet TIM BAKER, candidate for Franklin County Commissioner, at a meet-and-greet. Great opportunity to get to meet him, socialize and ask questions. Refreshments provided by LEO. When: Thursday, September 18, 2014 Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: The Fulton School at St Albans 123 Schoolhouse Rd St Albans, MO 63073 Link to Map and Directions: http://www.fultonschoolstalbans.org/Contact-Us/Map-Directions/ If you are unable to make this event, you may find out more about Tim on his Facebook page: [ continue reading ]
...Join others working on coal related issues at the annual Midwest retreat of the Heartland Coalfield Alliance May 17 – May 19th in Ozark IL at Camp Ondessonk. Details of the schedule online. Jeff Stant will be talking about coal ash and recent developments. Cost minimal and more details here. If interested, several people from St. Louis are likely to attend and a carpool could be arranged. Contact P Schuba at prsmail for more details.
...Weds, April 17th is LEO/MEDA Environmental Lobby Day. Back in December, LEO joined forces w/ Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) and Environment Missouri to lobby for floodplain protections, strong coal ash regulations in Missouri, clean energy and support for our state parks. We still have room if you would like to join us. LEO is coordinating a carpool from the Gray Summit exit commuter lot (corner of Old 100 and New 100, south side [ continue reading ]
...Ok, it has been awhile and we have been really busy. We made it through local hearings, Circuit Court and now are now in the appeals court trying to strike down the regulations on coal ash waste landfills that we think do not serve the communities of Franklin County and put our health at risk. What we need is your help. We need you to stay engaged, donate if you can and take action when [ continue reading ]
...You already know that HCR 35 Coal Ash Monitoring and Cleanup Resolution was introduced by 6 strong MO legislators from aross the state and that LEO, Sierra Club and partners in MCEA lobbied earlier this year in Jefferson City to get it assigned to a Committee and moved along. Well, it was assigned to the House Committee on Tourism and Natural Resources last week. Now we need the Chairperson, Don Ruzicka (R-132) to assign a [ continue reading ]
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