environment

Concerns over drinking water motivate drug take-back participation

Kate Grumke — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:20:09 +0000

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department collected almost 650 pounds of prescription drugs from drop-off locations around Boone County in a drug pick-up event this past weekend … and the sheriff’s department reports there is an increase in people dropping off prescriptions for environmental reasons.

Local science and health researchers discuss health impact of global warming

Coleman Bandy — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Nearing the end of one of the warmest years on record, local researchers and healthcare professionals are urging Mid-Missourians to take steps to cope with the rising temperatures.

Environment, atheism key contemporary religious issues

Kellie Kotraba — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:44:25 +0000

Religion was one of those things Cliff Cain's mother raised him not to talk about in public – that, along with politics and sex.

With religion alone, he's breaking that rule – in his words, "Religion is as polarizing as politics and as passionate as sex."

Cain is a religious studies professor at Westminster College in Fulton, and he was the chair of the committee for the school's annual symposium. This year, the topic was religion, and more than 40 experts came to give lectures and facilitate discussions.

The end of a lead-laced era: polluting smelter to close after 120 years

Jacob Fenston — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:49:20 +0000

Herculaneum, Mo., a small town on the bluffs above the Mississippi River, was always a company town. The company, Doe Run, is the largest lead producer in North America, trucking in lead from Missouri's rich mines to a 120-year-old smelter on the river. For 25 years, the smelter didn't meet federal air standards for lead, and now, after decades of battling government regulators and angry parents, Doe Run is leaving town at the end of next year.

Federal, state, and local officials agree to reduce Hinkson Creek pollution

Associated Press — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:26:09 +0000

Columbia area residents and officials have started developing recommendations for cleaning up a local waterway.

Zebra mussels found north of kansas city

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:23:36 +0000

The Missouri Department of Conservation says zebra mussels have been found in Smithville Lake, a reservoir north of Kansas City.

Wal-Mart to pay for environmental damages

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:50:43 +0000

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to spend $1.25 million to settle claims over a southwest Missouri contractor's disposal of unsold products such as charcoal, potting soil, herbicides and pesticides.

City takes aim at energy efficiency in rental units

Samantha Sunne — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:11:51 +0000

The City of Columbia wants rental property owners to make their units more energy efficient. The city's first step is to find out just how efficient – or inefficient – those houses and apartments are.

Grant will help keep Columbia creeks clean

Brian Pepoon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:26:09 +0000

Boone County and the City of Columbia are using a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to study storm-water runoff into Bear Creek, north of I-70. A task force will focus on reducing pollutants, which flow directly into the creek, untreated.

Lobbying for the health of Missouri's waterways

Kyle Deas — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:10:09 +0000

This week on the show: why aren't the candidates for President talking about agricultural issues? Plus: environmental groups petition the National Park Service to take better care of Missouri rivers.