The company C6-Zero would be fined $95,711 — which is nearly $35,000 less than originally proposed — for worker safety violations stemming from a Dec. 8 explosion and fire at an Iowa shingle recycling plant
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The company C6-Zero would be fined $95,711 — which is nearly $35,000 less than originally proposed — for worker safety violations stemming from a Dec. 8 explosion and fire at an Iowa shingle recycling plant
Smoke from Canadian wildfires that turned skies along the East Coast a sickly yellow also brought air quality alerts to much of the Midwest last week. Climate experts say that as the planet continues to warm, this kind of spring will become less of an anomaly. In the process, air quality will continue to worsen, as will its impact on human health.
Irvine Prairie is being developed and managed by the Tallgrass Prairie Center at the University of Northern Iowa.
Learn about the different types of infrastructure built into the massive network and how the city is working with the community to build a system that will fortify Cedar Rapids against future flooding.
Cedar Rapids, part of three watershed management authorities, gives tens of thousands of dollars annually toward flood mitigation efforts.
Drought conditions spread so quickly in May that state experienced a “flash drought.”
Every year, the hypoxic “dead zone” materializes as a large area of nearly uninhabitable waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientist Nancy Rabalais, who has spent decades researching the area, is training the next generation of researchers.
A large number of fish in a creek that runs through Hampton died last week
An analysis of four decades of Iowa data by the nonprofit newsroom Investigate Midwest shows that agriculture activity was responsible for 45 percent of the nearly 1,000 fish kills recorded between 1981 and 2022.
Wild Side column: What used to be a weeklong hunt has turned into a single, and successful, day in recent years
Iowa law has several code sections outlining charges for littering, but the Linn County Attorney’s Office hasn’t charged anyone in the last year. The Iowa State Patrol has filed only 64 citations statewide.
Experts discussed plume modeling and emergency response at Des Moines meeting of federal regulator
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