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Olivia Cohen
I serve as the Gazette’s Energy and Environment reporter, focusing on water quality, conservation efforts, agriculture and beyond. I have joined the Gazette as a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to cover under-reported issues. I am also a contributing writer for the Mississippi Ag & Water Desk, an independent collaborative newsroom that focuses on environmental issues along the Mississippi River Basin. Before coming to Iowa, I reported in Chicago and Washington, D.C. I attended Columbia College Chicago and earned a degree in journalism. Outside of work I enjoy traveling, reading and spoiling my dog.
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Latest Articles by Olivia Cohen
Curious Iowa Dec. 2, 2024 7:22 am318d ago
The city developed a new ordinance with more robust light pollution guidance in 2019.
Environmental News Dec. 2, 2024 7:52 am318d ago
Almost 15,000 electric vehicles have been registered in state since 2020
Environmental News Nov. 29, 2024 7:03 am321d ago
The rusty patched bumblebee’s population decline has gotten worse in recent years, experts say.
Environmental News Nov. 28, 2024 5:00 am322d ago
Manchester teen credits faith and family in the achievement
Environmental News Nov. 25, 2024 9:25 am325d ago
The species could become ‘federally threatened’ in the coming months.
Environmental News Nov. 22, 2024 7:54 am328d ago
The Orlan Love Prairie — and other parts of Linn County’s Wanatee Park — will undergo reseeding efforts after invasive plants threatened to choke out the native Iowa plants that were put there to attract and support pollinators.
Environmental News Nov. 20, 2024 9:26 am330d ago
Experts recommend delaying travel when snow squalls — the result of snow and gusty winds — occur.
Environmental News Nov. 18, 2024 8:15 am332d ago
Aided by more than $11 million in grant funding, researchers plan to build a huge drilling rig and determine whether carbon dioxide can be permanently stored underground in Iowa.
Environmental News Nov. 13, 2024 8:01 am337d ago
Meteorologists are favoring a “weak La Nina” pattern, which would mean a colder, snowier winter than last year.
Environmental News Nov. 11, 2024 7:49 am339d ago
In Iowa, about 10 percent of the energy workforce is comprised of veterans.
Environmental News Nov. 11, 2024 8:16 am339d ago
Iowa Department of Natural Resource’s Erika Billerbeck is working on a second book and writing more magazine articles about her work as a conservation officer.
Environmental News Nov. 11, 2024 9:53 am339d ago
Some advocates worry federal incentives could change, impact state’s economy
Environmental News Nov. 8, 2024 7:39 am342d ago
Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, severe drought conditions dropped by 37.9 percent, according to Thursday’s Drought Monitor,
Curious Iowa Nov. 4, 2024 11:03 am346d ago
About 90 percent of Iowa’s population receives water that has been treated with fluoride. But what is it? What does it do? And why do some cities not treat their water?
Environmental News Nov. 4, 2024 8:36 am346d ago
Thousands of the prehistoric fish have died in fish kills caused by shallow, warm water. One piece of the study seeks to understand why shovelnose sturgeon aren’t swimming to deeper, cooler water in the summer months.