Mark Templeton

Yesterday, EcoSpeak was forwarded an email from Department of Natural Resources Director Mark Templeton announcing the promotion of two long-time employees. What the memo didn’t say was that three other DNR employees were terminated that created the vacancies the…

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is reporting that Kansas City may have busted the federal threshhold for ozone this summer as a result of high readings this week.

If the area ends up with an ozone violation, it could join St.…

Hexavalent chromium found in sludge dumped on several northwest Missouri farms does not pose a human health risk, state and federal environmental regulators said Wednesday.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as the Missouri Departments of Health and Natural Resources…

As I wrote in today’s Post-Dispatch, for the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on air quality near schools. The agency started the effort weeks ago and came out with a list yesterday of 62 schools in 22 states where outdoor…