Big Muddy Speaker Series presents:
Film and Discussion - "Coal Ash Stories"
Presented by Labadie Environmental Organization
Original presentation, March 16, 2015, Westport Coffeehouse Theater – 4010 Pennsylvania Ave. Kansas City, MO
Imagine being afraid to drink your water, take a bath, fish or farm. These are the fears facing communities near coal ash pits in Missouri and throughout the country. Coal Ash Stories was an event featuring four short films focused on coal ash, public health concerns, related policy, and ways that communities are responding.
This film was presented by Labadie Environmental Organization, who has been fighting permitting of a new coal ash landfill in the Missouri River floodplain upstream of St. Louis.
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Resources & Links
- Click to download event flier (pdf)
- Labadie Environmental Organization (LEO) website
- LEO on Facebook
- workingfilms.org/coalash
Articles
"Residents Express Concerns About Water at Ameren Permit Hearing "- by
"After 16 years with lapsed power plant permit, Ameren’s new wastewater proposal gets public hearing" - by Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio, Feb. 17,2015
"Ameren, Franklin County Strike Back In The Legal Battle Over Labadie's Coal Ash Landfill"- by Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio, Feb. 5,2015
The Big Muddy Speakers Series in Kansas City
is hosted by these wonderful partners!
- Little Blue River Watershed Coalition
- Friends of Lakeside Nature Center
- Missouri River Relief
- Healthy Rivers Partnership
- Friends of Big Muddy
- Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
- Kansas City Digital Video
Thanks to all of our venue hosts for making this possible! Click here for a list of upcoming presentations» The Big Muddy Speaker Series is also held monthly in Rocheport and St. Charles.
Recordings of Presentations
Kansas City Digital Video has been recording Big Muddy Speaker Series presentations. These are available on their website at this link. Some contain synchronized powerpoint presentations. We will be posting these to the archived presentation pages on bigmuddyspeakers.org. Thanks Micheal Morgan and crew for putting this important archive online! The Big Muddy Speaker Series is partially funded by the Columbia Ecological Services Field Office (USFWS) and the Mo. Dept. of Conservation.
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