Labadie Environmental Organization
Found this YouTube video done by Earthjustice in which our friend Sarah McCoin was interviewed. Notice the destruction to private property, the river and farmland. Sarah lived in Franklin County before moving back to her family farm in Tennessee. She graciously supplied testimony for our County hearings warning that changing our zoning code to allow Ameren to build their huge coal ash landfill before the federal government finalizes regulation of coal ash was foolish. Sarah and Patricia [ continue reading ]
...Fair Energy Rate Action Fund recently sent an email to supporters advising them that Ameren is looking for a bailout…a BIG one…from YOU. FERAF notes at their website http://fairenergyrates.com/amerenbailout/ Don’t Pay for Ameren’s Bailout With the economy worsening, we just can’t afford to pay for more bailouts. But that is what utility monopoly Ameren Electric is asking of our legislature – $115 million in rate-payers’ money for a bailout. Sign the petition below to [ continue reading ]
...It’s What’s for Dinner! We all remember Blinky, the loveable three-eyed orange fish featured in “The Simpson’s” episode “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish,” mutated by toxic waste from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant pouring into the river. Blinky became a major news story when he was caught by Bart Simpson. Mr. Burns, owner of the nuclear plant, defended the fish, arguing that his extra eye is merely the next [ continue reading ]
...Many of you have probably wondered what LEO has been up to after filing the suit. We have been busy talking with decision-makers and speaking out to groups on the importance of protecting our drinking water from coal ash pollution. We know that the risk of related cancers, neurological damage, cardiovascular disease and immunological diseases from exposure to these toxins is needless. Why not write regulations that keep waste out of our floodplains and drinking [ continue reading ]
...Patricia Schuba, President of LEO will speak January 28th at the 10th annual Environmental Summit in Columbia MO. Patricia will present on the hidden costs of coal which include risks to health, the environment and our economy. If you couldn’t make it to Columbia or you are interested in the resources that will be cited, here they are: State of Failure: How States Fail to Protect Our Health and Drinking Water from Toxic Coal Ash. [ continue reading ]
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