/tags/labadie-energy-center Labadie Energy Center en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:17:24 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-04-15/ameren-missouri-coal-plant-air-pollution-reprieve-trump The Labadie Energy Center and the Sioux Energy Center will have two extra years to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:17:24 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-04-15/ameren-missouri-coal-plant-air-pollution-reprieve-trump Kate Grumke /health-science-environment/2023-10-19/ameren-plans-to-add-a-lot-more-renewables-this-decade-critics-say-its-not-enough Ameren Missouri has plans for solar starting next year, wind in 2026 and battery storage in 2027, with various projects to add capacity in those categories lasting through the mid-2030s. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:53:09 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-10-19/ameren-plans-to-add-a-lot-more-renewables-this-decade-critics-say-its-not-enough Eric Schmid /health-science-environment/2022-01-14/missouri-regulators-explicitly-allow-coal-ash-pollution-at-st-louis-area-power-plant The coal ash basins at Labadie Energy Center contain 15 million cubic yards of waste, the largest volume of Ameren’s four coal-fired power plants in Missouri. Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:10:07 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-01-14/missouri-regulators-explicitly-allow-coal-ash-pollution-at-st-louis-area-power-plant Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2021-12-14/ameren-fast-tracks-closure-of-rush-island-coal-plant Ameren Missouri announced it will close its Rush Island coal plant in Festus over the next few years Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:59:55 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-12-14/ameren-fast-tracks-closure-of-rush-island-coal-plant Chad Davis /health-science-environment/2021-08-20/federal-appeals-court-finds-ameren-violated-clean-air-act-must-install-pollution-controls-at-jeffco-plant The decision upholds a 2017 ruling by a lower court and part of a 2019 order that Ameren install pollution controls at the coal plant. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:52:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-08-20/federal-appeals-court-finds-ameren-violated-clean-air-act-must-install-pollution-controls-at-jeffco-plant Eric Schmid /health-science-environment/2021-07-01/environmental-advocates-call-on-state-officials-to-overhaul-labadie-power-plant-permit Environmental advocates say water used for cooling Ameren’s Labadie Energy Center, along with toxic contaminants leaching from coal ash ponds, pose a risk to wildlife and the surrounding area. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 01:47:13 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-07-01/environmental-advocates-call-on-state-officials-to-overhaul-labadie-power-plant-permit Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2020-09-28/ameren-invests-in-wind-and-solar-energy-aims-for-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050 Ameren Missouri officials announced Monday that the company will invest nearly $8 billion in renewable energy over the next 20 years. Ameren plans to retire its coal-fired coal plants by 2042. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:53:14 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-09-28/ameren-invests-in-wind-and-solar-energy-aims-for-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050 Chad Davis /politics-issues/2020-03-23/ameren-missouri-equipment-supplier-targeted-in-ransomware-attack Ransomware attackers have stolen data from a third-party vendor that supplies utility equipment to Ameren Missouri power plants.Dozens of data files from… Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:18:56 GMT /politics-issues/2020-03-23/ameren-missouri-equipment-supplier-targeted-in-ransomware-attack Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2019-09-30/federal-judge-orders-ameren-to-install-air-pollution-controls-at-two-power-plants A federal judge on Monday ordered Ameren Missouri to install devices at its power plants in Festus and Labadie to remove harmful air pollutants. U.S.… Tue, 01 Oct 2019 03:57:04 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-09-30/federal-judge-orders-ameren-to-install-air-pollution-controls-at-two-power-plants Eli Chen