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Utilities Sector

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Ameren Partners with Westinghouse to Build Innovative Small Nuclear Reactors

    Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Company today announced a partnership in order to pursue Department of Energy funds for the development and construction of new types of small nuclear reactors. If Westinghouse wins the DOE investment funds, Missouri will seek from the Nuclear Regulatory Com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    UPDATE: Health Department Head Pam Walker Suggests Minor Precautions for Residents Near Steam Rupture

    [Update, Monday, April 9: Cleanup crews finished removing all the potentially dangerous debris from the one-block area surrounding the pipe rupture on Sunday. Test results that prove the area is free of asbestos contamination are not yet back, and Trigen-St. Louis Energy, the company that maintains ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Thomas Voss: Ameren Exec Gets A Raise After Down Year

    ​Ameren Chief Executive Thomas Voss received a healthy 15 percent raise in 2011, bumping up his salary to $900,000. That doesn't sound too substantial for the head honcho at a big business, and it isn't. Voss also got more stock, a $1.1 million bonus, a $351,000 increase in his pension fund, and $ ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2012

    Radiohead

    7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Shedding Some Light on Electric Rate Increases

    Another rate increase? We should be used to it by now.​Jeffrey Tomich at the Post-Dispatch has an interesting article today on the possibility that AmerenUE and Kansas City Power & Light, the two largest electric utilities in the state, are coordinating their rate requests in order to overwhel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    The Thanksgiving Tradition

    Another rate increase? We should be used to it by now.​Jeffrey Tomich at the Post-Dispatch has an interesting article today on the possibility that AmerenUE and Kansas City Power & Light, the two largest electric utilities in the state, are coordinating their rate requests in order to overwhel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Electric Bill Short-Circuits Pam's Chicago Style Dogs & More

    Ian FroebDark days at Pam's Chicago Style Dogs​Pam's Chicago Style Dogs & More (6016 Delmar Boulevard; 314-721-7267) will be closed until at least Wednesday, October 26, after Ameren UE apparently turned off its power due to an unpaid bill."We do apologize, but due to an Ameren UE issue, mostl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Ameren Fired Contractor for Flagging Environmental Violations, Lawsuit Says

    ​A lawsuit filed on behalf of a local plumbing contractor alleges the company lost its contract with utility giant Ameren -- after the contractor informed Ameren management of violations of environmental law and illegal discharge of pollutants.The suit was filed by Bishop & Associates, owned b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    State Senator Accused of Threatening Missouri Rep. During Lil' Wayne Concert

    Todd OwyoungUmm, security? Can you tell those women in the Ameren suite to shut up?​Given his prior gun and drug arrests, one would think that rapper Lil' Wayne would have provided the crowd at Scottrade Center with all the gangsta theatrics they could handle during his jam-packed concert last nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Radiation! It's In Your Food! Put Down the Geiger Counter, Poindexter.

    Wikimedia Commons​ The truly horrible catastrophe in Japan keeps threatening people nearly two weeks after the initial earthquakes and tsunami. The nuclear power plants are damaged and there's radiation in the water, spinach and milk! Quick! Stop all exports of these products to the U.S.! Bec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Fenton Drug Company in Overdrive After Japan Quake

    ​Amid panic about nuclear plants exploding after huge earthquakes hit Japan, a local drug manufacturer is seeing a run on a medicine that protects against radiation poisoning. The over-the-counter drug, ThyroShield, saturates the thyroid with potassium idodide so that it can't absorb radiation. "I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Missouri Top 10 State for CO2 Emissions

    Missouri legislators want to overturn a 2008 ballot initiative requiring state utilities to produce 15 percent of their energy from clean sources in 2021.​Missouri's carbon-dioxide output from coal-fired power plants increased last year by nearly nine percent, to more than 83 million tons. The ris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Let's Get Lit: City Offers Free Light Bulbs as Ameren Gets Sued

    ​This just in from City Hall: On Jan. 17, 6,000 lucky St. Louisans will be the recipients of brand new eco-friendly light bulbs. Mayor Slay is scheduled to appear at a press conference this afternoon to announce a new initiative touting energy consumption, co-sponsored by Ameren Missouri. As ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    How Much Are Lobbyists Spending on Your St. Louis Alderman?

    kaciestarrtriplett.comKacie Starr Triplett (Ward 6) leads the Board of Aldermen with $1,327 in lobbyist expenditures this year.​Poor St. Louis Aldermen. Sure, their $32,000 a year salary is nothing to sneeze at and roughly on par with what state reps ($36k) and senators ($31k) earn. But when it co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Ameren Installs "Swan Diverters" on Power Lines to Save Migratory Birds

    Coutesy Ameren Missouri​A helicopter team is performing aerial daredevil work near Alton this week in an effort to save migrating trumpeter swans, the largest waterfowl in North America.  On Monday specialists with Haverfield Aviation began installing "swan diverters" from power lines running ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    The Truth About Walt Whitman and the North Grand Water Tower

    image via​We uncovered a lot of fascinating stories last summer while we were compiling our Literary St. Louis project, and one of our favorites was that Walt Whitman's brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman (known as Jeff), had designed and built the water tower on North Grand Avenue and 20th Stre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2010

    Tour A Nice Erection

    image via​We uncovered a lot of fascinating stories last summer while we were compiling our Literary St. Louis project, and one of our favorites was that Walt Whitman's brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman (known as Jeff), had designed and built the water tower on North Grand Avenue and 20th Stre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Going the Opposite of Green: Chesterfield Recycling Center That Annoyed Neighbors is Set to Close

    Image courtesy of Margaret Bour Common Chesterfield recyclables​Last October, the RFT detailed a neighborhood dispute between the Parkway School District and the residents of a white-collar subdivision in Chesterfield. The school district said it recycled more than 1,300 tons of trash each ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    Missouri's E. coli problems are not confined to the Lake of the Ozarks

    Image courtesy of Margaret Bour Common Chesterfield recyclables​Last October, the RFT detailed a neighborhood dispute between the Parkway School District and the residents of a white-collar subdivision in Chesterfield. The school district said it recycled more than 1,300 tons of trash each ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    St. Louis to Resume Twice Weekly Trash Pick Up; Considering Curbside Recycling

    'Cause we don't want our alleys looking like this.​Mayor Francis Slay's office today announced that St. Louis is resuming twice-weekly trash pick up effective immediately. In an effort to save money, the city began a trial once-a-week trash pick up program last November that affected about 40 per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    This Week in Trash: St. Louis Catering Company Will Start Liquifying Its Leftovers

    Image sourceMeet the Orca Green, the very latest in waste disposal.​How do you dispose of your trash? Do you shove it in a plastic bag and send it off to decompose in a landfill? Do you shove it down your garbage disposal and let the little blades chop it into tiny bits that can float through ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Missouri Attorney General Sues 10 Firms for Polluting Lake of the Ozarks

    Lake of the Ozark's water. So refreshing!​Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he is filing suit against ten businesses for violations of the Missouri Clean Water Law. All ten businesses allegedly discharged pollutants into Lake of the Ozarks or its nearby tributaries. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to Speak at Wash. U. Commencement

    Image sourceU.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. Does this look like a face that could launch a thousand student protests?​Remember when Washington University gave Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree? Remember those heady days of anger and protest? College commencements are, by their nature, d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Crap: Missouri's Next Sustainable Energy Resource?

    Image viaCrap: lawmakers are full of it, utility companies want to make good use of it.​The Missouri Senate moved forward with a bill yesterday that would make the methane gas produced by animal waste a part of the state's renewable energy program for utility companies.The proposed law (SB 848) do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Finally, a Naming Rights Story That Really Works

    ​I'm ordinarily not a huge fan of selling naming rights. Selling the rights to the name of a stadium is how we end up with things like Qualcomm Stadium and 3Com Park at Candlestick Point and Great American Ballpark. Of course, that last one sounds okay until you realize Great American is the ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2010

    Nick Jonas and the Administration

    7 p.m. Tuesday, January 19. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Happy "Cloggiest Day of the Year" From Roto-Rooter

    ​Most American's know the day after Thanksgiving as "Black Friday". But did you know that today is also "The Cloggiest Day of the Year" for the nation's plumbers and sewage technicians? It's true. Don't believe us, check out the press release after the jump. 

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Alderwoman Takes on Downtown "Racket"; Says Trash Trucks Too Noisy

    Trash collection was making some downtown residents grouchy.​St. Louis alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett this morning introduced legislation regulating the hours that trash trucks can haul waste from businesses located near residential property. On her blog today, the downtown alderwoman (Ward 6) wr ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    What Price Green? A rattled Chesterfield neighborhood says the droning noise of Parkway Central's recycling plant far outweighs environmental benefits

    Trash collection was making some downtown residents grouchy.​St. Louis alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett this morning introduced legislation regulating the hours that trash trucks can haul waste from businesses located near residential property. On her blog today, the downtown alderwoman (Ward 6) wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Missouri Gets $23 Million for Clean Energy

    flickr.com/photos/jkgrooveRep. Russ Carnahan office today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has released $22.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Missouri."As Congress continues working on comprehensive e ... More >>

  • Music

    April 29, 2009

    Lamb of God/As I Lay Dying/Children of Bodom/God Forbid/Municipal Waste

    6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Still Shakey After All These Years

    6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2008

    Fig-get Me Not

    Love of food improves the world

  • News

    May 21, 2008

    High Spirits

    Love of food improves the world

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Cards Blog: Nats Go Down, Cubs Fans Are Primed

    Love of food improves the world

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Cards Blog: Nats Go Down, Cubs Fans Are Primed

    Love of food improves the world

  • News

    January 16, 2008

    Sacred Garbage?

    Native Americans trash plans to expand a sprawling Illinois landfill.

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    Timber!

    Chain saws at the ready, AmerenUE confronts the vestiges of the '06 storms.

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2006

    Winter Wunderbar

    Chain saws at the ready, AmerenUE confronts the vestiges of the '06 storms.

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    What, a Dump?

    Environmentalists decry the expansion of a gigantic Illinois landfill.

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    "Damn! Every time a person farts too loud, out goes the lights."

    Week of August 24, 2006

  • Music

    March 8, 2006

    Comeback Kid

    Saturday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    The Man Behind the Mask

    WWE's Rey Mysterio has game to spare, Harold Ramis helps clear up a misconception, and Bill Haas shows his sensitive side; plus, Unreal lends support to a fellow muckraker injured in the line of duty

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Italian Restaurant (Cheap)

    Spaghetteria Mama Mia

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Worthy Cause

    Great Rivers Land Trust

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2002

    Want Fries With That?

    Collinsville pours it on thick celebrating its beloved Catsup Bottle

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Splish-Splash

    Busted waterworks balloon shows Slay hasn't learned a Cardinal rule

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Power Play

    California's troubles slowed deregulation here, but Ameren is preparing to turn up the juice

  • News

    December 20, 2000

    Trash Talk

    From the top of Mount Milam to the depths of the Pit with the people who take out St. Louis' garbage

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    RIPPLE EFFECT

    A statewide fight over the biggest-ever water-rate-increase request could spill over into St. Louis County

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