Brazil has lost about 131,000 square miles of mature rainforest since 2001 — an area roughly the size of Germany — and more than a third of that loss was in Para.
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Brazil has lost about 131,000 square miles of mature rainforest since 2001 — an area roughly the size of Germany — and more than a third of that loss was in Para.
The U.S. Geological Survey will be flying airplanes over parts of Eastern Iowa starting this month to help make new maps for the research group. The federal agency says the minerals it is looking for could boost the economy and bolster national security.
EPA discovered in March 2021 that a confined animal feeding operation in Orange City had been discharging wastewater through a drainage pipe that led to a “relatively permanent” tributary of the West Branch of the Floyd River.
Researchers and public health advocates said Wednesday that water quality and land use continue to be modifiable elements impacting public health, and in particular cancer, in Iowa.
Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin — and elsewhere throughout the country — would lose federal protection under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Fishing column: Looking back on a year of fishing on the Mississippi
As Iowa researchers continue the search for a new funding source for the state’s largest water sensor network — which provides real-time data about nitrate, phosphorus and flow levels in the state’s rivers and streams — the network’s director said Iowa’s nitrate issues are continuing to expand.
With the help of a $250,000 planning grant, the Iowa Energy Fund intends to turn Cedar Rapids into its “development grounds” to learn more about effective public-private pathways toward green energy implementation.
We spoke to officials at the Cedar Rapids facility and Coralville’s Wastewater Treatment Plant to find out how these plants treat millions of gallons of water every day.
Of the 38 agricultural violators identified this year, only one has been fined for its violations, in a “sweetheart deal” according to lawyers involved in a case against the facility.
Trees Forever works with city officials in Des Moines and Dubuque to plant community orchards in public spaces.
Former University of Iowa researcher Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office. Jones has long been a critic of industrial agribusiness in Iowa.
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