A screenshot of the blog, “A Coal Black Sky.” Photo provided by Bob Wyss.
“The parents and grandparents of the people in St. Louis are the big heroes,” Bob Wyss said. “They looked at a problem and they resolved it, and they should be credited for what they did.”
Along Water Street in Fenton. Photo by Diana Linsley, South County Times.
Two leaders in the environmental movement in St. Louis are featured in Don Corrigan’s South County Times article about the Meramec River flooding and its terrible toll. The flood shut down two vital MSD sewage treatment plants in St. Louis County.
Worker in action at Carter Carburetor. Photo credit: HRP Regional Manager Gene Watson. Photo provided by Rene Dulle.
By Holly Shanks
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant allows local environmental remediation job training for many that, in some cases, may not have received a second chance.
Schlafly Bottleworks Tasting Room. After a tour of the brewery, Aaron Moore (Left), Jennifer Moore (Middle), and tour guide Sarah Rybicki (Right), taste a variety of beer brewed at Schlafly. All photos by Holly Shanks unless noted.
By Holly Shanks
With a strong sense of community, a decades-long tradition of collaboration, and with the belief that beer is communal, the thriving craft brewery industry is moving toward a sustainable future. The small breweries also recognize the need to protect environmental resources.
Photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.
Carl Campbell, retired petroleum investment advisor, spends every morning searching for climate and environmental information. By early afternoon, he releases an analysis on his most important finds in a daily newsletter called “Carl’s Climate Letters.”
Happy New Year from Environmental Echo!
Wishing everyone a year filled with peace, health, family, friends, and outdoor adventures!
By Don Corrigan
The Baby New Year and old Father Time were walking up North Grand Avenue right before New Year’s Eve. I caught up with them as they were checking things out by the Fox Theatre, across the street by Best Steak House.
Photo from the back cover of Henry’s new book “David and the Giant Mailbox.”
David Henry walked 1,000 miles to talk with strangers about climate change. He braved rainy weather conditions, difficult roadways, and dodged texting drivers.
Henry talks with Don Corrigan about his journey across part of the U.S. on this edition of “Behind the Editor’s Curtain.”
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By Don Corrigan
Just days before Santa Claus launches his sleigh for the 2015 worldwide, whirlwind Christmas gift tour, the less-than jolly fat man blasted man-made global warming. He said climate change threatens the future of his work at the holidays and he predicted that Christmas as we know it could end before 2020.
Dawn Reeves covering the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris. Photo provided by Dawn Reeves.
Environmental Reporter Dawn Reeves, based in Washington D.C. with the Inside EPA subscriber news service, reports back from the Paris Climate Change Summit. Reeves shares insights from the conference and explains elements of the agreement reached by countries attending the conference with Don Corrigan on this week’s edition of “Behind the Editor’s Curtain.”
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