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Ameren may turn to natural gas to make up for shuttering Rush Island coal plant

2 years 10 months ago
Ameren Missouri may restart natural gas burners to offset the court-ordered shuttering of a coal-fired power plant that violated federal law, the company told state regulators Wednesday.  The St. Louis-based electric utility announced late last year that it would retire its Rush Island Energy Center in early 2024 after a federal court found in 2019 [...]
Allison Kite, Missouri Independent

Missouri man indicted over threat to Arizona official is a public school employee

2 years 10 months ago
A Missouri public school employee facing federal charges for allegedly threatening an Arizona election official is “embarrassed and humbled,” his attorney said Thursday. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, was indicted Tuesday on one count of communicating an interstate threat, which carries a maximum prison term of five years, and one count of making a threatening telephone [...]
Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent

This Week In Techdirt History: August 14th – 20th

2 years 10 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2017, the FCC unveiled its new broadband “advisory panel” that was stocked with telecom consultants, allies, and cronies, and got to work weakening the definition of quality broadband, while a former Commissioner was trying to claim that net neutrality aided the rise of white supremacy. A Florida city was […]
Leigh Beadon