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Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, of Missouri, is threatening to block President Barack Obama's choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator until plans are resolved for a long-stalled levee project in southeast Missouri.

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Five senior Missouri Republicans call on Akin to end his campaign
• Akin lets Mo. Senate withdrawal deadline pass
• Columbia to lose its commercial airline service to Memphis
• Court vacates EPA cross-state pollution rule

A federal appeals court has vacated an EPA rule that would have limited the amount of power plant pollution that drifts across state lines.

Updated at 5:50 p.m. to add comments from Senator Roy Blunt.

The U.S. Senate has rejected a bill that would have done away with new federal limits on mercury and other toxic air pollutants from power plants.

The resolution introduced by Republican Senator James Inhofe would have eliminated the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency in December.

Missouri’s senators were divided on the issue.

Flat Branch Creek’s E. coli readings are much higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards.

A new strategy aimed at cleaning up Hinkson Creek was unveiled at a public meeting on Wednesday. The event was led by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Boone County, City of Columbia and MU. 

A coalition of environmental groups has filed two lawsuits against the EPA, seeking to limit nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico.