A group of seven businesses in Missouri, including giants Anheuser-Busch, Monsanto and Boeing, can’t intervene in a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District by the federal and state governments, a federal appeals court ruled ...

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The federal government and the city of Independence have reached a settlement aimed to force improvements to the city's sewer system. Under the proposed settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City last week, Independence agreed to make improvements to its sewer system to end the sewage overflows. The EPA estimates the cost of those improvements at $35 million.

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American River Transportation Company and two of its employees pled guilty today to illegally dumping oil into the Mississippi River and lied about the source of the oil when questioned by Emergency Responders, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced on Friday. ...

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