The North Dakota jury delivered a verdict in favor of Energy Transfer on most counts. Energy Transfer estimated the damages awarded at nearly $700 million. A jury verdict form with the exact total was not immediately available. The pipeline cuts across 18 counties in Iowa.
The Department of Natural Resources is currently working with an outside consultant to determine what modifications should be made to the dam
Greenpeace criticizes the lawsuit as an example of corporations abusing the legal system to go after critics. A spokesperson for the developer said the case is about Greenpeace not following the law, not free speech.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources relies on Iowa volunteers, and some power plant employees, to monitor peregrine falcons’ nests to ensure the species, which was reintroduced in 1989, continues to take refuge in the Hawkeye State.
Researchers worked with the Army Corps of Engineers to lower the water level in Red Rock reservoir a foot and a half so the birds could find more food.
Potash from Canada, a major ag fertilizer, to be hit with 10 percent tariff starting April 2.
A line of storms is expected to move through Eastern Iowa Friday. Despite that, experts say dry soil and lower water levels in the state’s rivers and streams should mitigate any flood risks and runoff.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill in Winneshiek County’s Dry Run Creek, southwest of Decorah, than spanned six miles.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will narrow the definition of U.S. waterways — including wetlands, rivers and streams — that receive federal protections under the Clean Water Act.
The EPA said Monday it’s still evaluating the citizen petition nearly a year after it was submitted.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fielded a series of calls last week after dead fish were found floating in Cedar Rapids’ Ellis Harbor. A fisheries biologist with the agency said it was a naturally occurring kill that resulted in thousands of dead gizzard shad.
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