Dive Summary:

• A new report by an alliance of environmental groups cites Ameren's Labadie power plant in Franklin County, Mo. as one of the worst polluters of waterways in America.
• This June, EPA has proposed new controls on discharges from coal-fired power plants and is accepting public comment through September.
• One group of concerned residents held a “Miss and Mr. Toxic Water Pollution” pageant off the Mississippi River to protest the utility. In response, the St. Louis-based Ameren says, “We meet and in fact operate well below all applicable state and federal water effluent limitations…”

From the article:

“’… We are confident we will be able to comply with the effluent guidelines that are expected to come from the EPA.’”