The people who live in Mead noticed something was changing in their environment. But it would take time and persistence to pinpoint what was wiping out bee colonies, sickening animals and potentially causing health issues for residents.
The University of Nebraska and Creighton University have launched a massive study to monitor the former biofuel plant's effects on the environment, wildlife and humans over the next decade, a project that could cost $10 million.
The cleanup plan for AltEn sheds insight into the failings of the ethanol plant, which turned hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticide-treated seeds into biofuel, creating contaminated byproducts in the process.
MEAD – When Emily and Ray Loftus bathe their small children, they have to stand guard that the youngsters do not swallow the bath water.
MEAD – Mead’s troubled AltEn Ethanol plant was awarded more than $200,000 in COVID-19 relief money last year from Nebraska, even as state regu…
MEAD – They’ve been given the runaround and ignored.
MEAD – Bold Nebraska, a citizen group focusing on protecting land and water, is hosting a town hall meeting next Monday to discuss the AltEn s…
LINCOLN – A legislative bill preventing the use of treated seed corn in the ethanol production process was advance on last Thursday with 43 la…
LINCOLN – A legislative bill preventing the use of treated seed corn in the ethanol production process was advanced on March 25 with 43 lawmak…
MEAD – The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy released the public water sampling results on March 18, according to an update on the…
WAHOO – Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a complaint in Saunders County District Court on Monday against AltEn, an ethanol plant in Mead.
WAHOO – Lower Platte North Natural Resources District will add over 4.5 miles of primitive trails at Lake Wanahoo, General Manager Eric Gottsc…
MEAD — After a frozen pipe burst in the wee hours of the morning on Feb. 12 at AltEn, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy reques…
MEAD — The Saunders County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a special meeting on March 1 with the Village of Mead Board of Trustees and othe…
LINCOLN – District 23 Sen. Bruce Bostelman presented legislative bill 507 to the Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 3 during Day 20 of 107th …
ASHLAND – The Ashland City Council its lending support to an effort to force an ethanol plant in Mead to clean up its mess.
LINCOLN – After fielding two years of complaints about an ethanol plant near Mead, State Sen. Bruce Bostelman said it was time to seek some re…
WAHOO – After the second closed session of the day, the Saunders County Board of Supervisors announced they will be scheduling a public meetin…
