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Sending it on downriver: Iowan nutrients in the deadzone
GRAND ISLE, La. – The dead zone may seem like an abstract concept in Iowa, a state more than 800 miles to the north of the Gulf, but for fishermen in Louisiana the destruction is very real. Harmful...
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Wetlands and the Water Works: Flowing off the farm and into the water supply
Iowa is home to two rivers, the Cedar and Iowa rivers, voted as some of America’s most endangered rivers by the American Rivers organization. Over 180,000 people in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists sue EPA
The Iowa Environmental Council is one of a series of environmental organizations that have joined together in a lawsuit against the EPA. The agency announced eight years ago that nitrogen and...
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New report criticizes EPA pesticide registration process
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources / FlickrMachinery sprays pesticide on rows of Christmas trees at a tree farm near Wautoma, Wis. A new government report found that the Environmental Protection...
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As food demands rise, farmers struggle with water conservation
It would take more than one thousand years to restore all the U.S. bodies of water currently polluted by agricultural runoff and other forms of indirect water contamination, a government report found....
View ArticleGAO Report: changes needed if key EPA program is to help fulfill the nation’s...
In December of 2013, the Government Accountability Office released a report that highlighted a flawed Environmental Protection Agency water-conservation program. It also summarized the overall state of...
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Soybean farmers among those to oppose tighter farm worker protections
Darrell Hoemann/Midwest Center for Investigative ReportingAgriculture planes park at an airport in Rantoul, Ill. on July 29, 2014. The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing its standards on...
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EPA roiling the U.S. waters
Photo by Darrell Hoemann/Midwest Center for Investigative ReportingA proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule on water usage defines a tributary as “a water physically characterized by the...
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Comments pour in as EPA water rule discussion comes to a close
Thousands of individuals, businesses and agriculture organizations have voiced their opinion of a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that many believe would devastate farmers. The EPA’s...
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Waters of the U.S. comment window set to close
Photo by Claire Everett/Midwest Center for Investigative ReportingLin Warfel walks across his central-Illinois corn and soybean farm on Nov. 5, 2014. Like many farmers, Warfel opposes the Waters of the...
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Major piece of Waters of the U.S. rule withdrawn
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers officially withdrew a major part of the controversial Waters of the U.S. rule last week. For more on the Waters of the U.S....
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Government finalizes polarizing piece of water regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers secured a major environmental victory on Wednesday, as the agencies finalized a monumental piece of regulation aimed at...
View ArticleFive public comments on EPA’s renewable fuel proposal
The Environmental Protection Agency will close public comments on the proposed ethanol mandates under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard next week. The standard requires oil refineries to produce...
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RFS displaced 1.9 billion barrels of foreign oil in 10 years, report finds
The federal renewable fuel policy has had a big impact on carbon emissions, according to an industry report. In its report released on Aug. 24, the Biotechnology Industry Organization estimated that...
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Cargill settles with EPA over Clean Air Act violations
Cargill, Inc. has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over allegations that the privately-held agribusiness company violated terms of the Clean Air Act at an Iowa...
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Researchers weigh in on water quality, agricultural runoff
Researchers, students and agriculture industry leaders from around the world came to central Illinois this week to attend a conference focused on one of the most basic human needs — water. The...
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GMO regulatory system primed for makeover
In the United States, GMOs and other types of biotechnology are controlled under what is known as the coordinated framework for biotechnology, a tag-team regulatory system split between the U.S....
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Controversial water rule put on hold
A federal appeals court ordered a nationwide block last week on a controversial water rule designed to clarify what water bodies the U.S. government can lawfully regulate. Finalized in May, the Water...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court sides with Big Ag on FOIA case against EPA
A federal appeals court sided with big agribusiness Friday when it determined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the personal privacy of tens of thousands of American farmers. The 8th...
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Select few ‘super polluters’ dominate toxic air releases
A third of the toxic air releases by power plants and factories come from just 100 facilities, a new investigation by the Center for Public Integrity has found. The investigation dubbed the top 100...
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