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Legislation backed by Missouri agriculture groups could slash the states clean water enforcement, jeopardizing millions of dollars in grants and raising the specter of a federal takeover.

Legislation backed by Missouri agriculture groups could slash the state’s clean water enforcement, jeopardizing millions of dollars in grants and raising the specter of a federal takeover.

Targeted plants are Japanese honeysuckle, the Callery pear, Burning bush, Climbing euonymus and Sericea lespedeza.

Online For more details on the Missouri House bill introduced by Rep. Dirk Deaton to establish setbacks for waste basins, go to https://house.mo.gov/ Bill.aspx?bill=HB2134& year=2024&code=R. To see the abatement order,

Denali Water Solutions has been spreading meatpacking waste on farm fields in Missouri.

Denali Water Solutions has been spreading meatpacking waste on farm fields in Missouri.

Former state Rep. Frank Buck, a longtime lawmaker known for his crusade for ethics reform, died Wednesday in Smithville. He was 80.

Denali Water Solutions has sued to allow it to resume using a storage lagoon in Randolph County.

KSNF/KODE — Newton County residents hoping to change state environmental laws are heading to Jefferson City tomorrow (Monday) to make their voices heard. Representatives of the group Stop Land Use Damaging our Ground and Environment, or “SLUDGE,” plan to attend the House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee hearing. They tell us they hope to testify […]

Large meatpacking companies pay companies to haul sludge from their factories, which is later spread on farm fields as fertilizer.