Labadie Environmental Organization

Local Group Appeals Court Decision Allowing Coal Ash Landfill In Labadie

Véronique LaCapra — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:26:46 +0000

A local environmental group filed an appeal this morning in an ongoing effort to keep Ameren from building a coal ash landfill next to its power plant in Labadie.

Last month, a circuit court judge ruled that the Franklin County Commission was in the right when it approved a zoning amendment that would allow construction of the landfill.

But a group of 12 Labadie families, led by the grassroots Labadie Environmental Organization, is challenging that decision.

Ruling Helps Ameren's Labadie Coal Ash Landfill Move Forward

The Associated Press — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:16:13 +0000

A judge has ruled in favor of an effort to develop a new coal ash landfill in eastern Missouri's Franklin County.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the judge on Friday rejected claims that the Franklin County Commission acted unlawfully in approving a zoning amendment for the landfill.

Groundwater testing results from near Ameren's Labadie power plant posted online

Véronique LaCapra — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:16:14 +0000

Last week, we reported that Ameren was conducting limited groundwater testing near its coal-fired power plant in Labadie.

The results of that testing are now posted in a report on the company’s website. According to that report, levels of boron, arsenic, and other contaminants from three sampling wells were all below regulatory health limits.

Conversations on coal ash: Labadie, Mo. debates Ameren landfill

Johanna Mayer and Véronique LaCapra — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:46:24 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-982565.mp3

Labadie, Mo. is a town about 35 miles from St. Louis that might be described as “quaint” and “quiet.” But for the past two years, a controversy between some town residents and Ameren Missouri, an electric company that has a power plant situated in the Missouri River bottoms near Labadie, has sparked a lively local discourse. It concerns the ash that’s leftover from burning coal at the plant. Johanna Mayer has this report.