Edward Smith, edward.smith@sierraclub.org
St. Louis, MO – Advocates gathered this morning outside of Ameren Missouri’s headquarters calling on the utility to reinstate its disconnection moratorium through the end of the year for victims of the May 16th tornado.
Board of Alderman President Megan Green, along with the groups that held a press conference on July 16th announcing the community sign-on letter addressed to CEO Marty Lyons, elevated the ongoing needs of tornado victims.
Kristian Blackmon with Tenants Transforming Greater St. Louis and Sunni Hutton, Co-Director of the Sow Joy Peoples Fund and resident of North St. Louis, also joined the press conference.
Statement from Jenn DeRose, Beyond Coal Organizing Strategist for the Sierra Club:
“Marty Lyons was able to stop disconnections immediately after the tornado, and he has the power to make it happen again. He must do so in order to give urgent relief to families still rebuilding after a traumatic disaster.”
Statement from Megan Green, President of the Board of Alderman, City of St. Louis:
“The City of St. Louis was able to halt water disconnections for tornado victims, and Ameren must stop disconnections too.”
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