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An Iowa State University scientist has teamed up with an Ames entrepreneur to launch a company that plans to revolutionize fertilization on farms across the state and around the world.
As water quality issues dominated headlines and nitrate levels spiked in central Iowa rivers last summer, the Izaak Walton League of America is reporting a record number of Iowans requested water testing kits in 2025.
Iowa’s rising cancer rates top the list of serious concerns, found the poll commissioned by the national nonprofit Food & Water Watch.
The federal grant will support the implementation and research of natural infrastructure projects in the Middle Cedar Watershed.
An Eastern Iowa dairy has agreed to pay more than $38,000 in a consent order with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a March 2025 manure spill that killed more than 126,000 fish.
Nitrate pollution is straining some water facilities in small Iowa towns, even when they have advanced filtration systems.
An analysis by Investigate Midwest, based on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ biennial impaired and delisted waters lists, shows that progress in removing river segments from the impaired waters list has been limited over the past eight years.
Government estimates suggest as much as half of U.S. households have some level of PFAS in their water — whether it comes from a private well or a tap. While federal officials have put strict limits on water provided by utilities, those rules don’t apply to private drinking water wells.
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig spoke to a House appropriations subcommittee Thursday about the state’s local food marketing program, the department’s ongoing work to combat foreign animal diseases, and water quality.
In a small northwest Iowa town built atop a 74-million-year-old meteorite crater, even the drinking water carries remnants of ancient history.
Farmers say current system protects water while keeping costs down, but environmental groups pin the plans as a piece of Iowa’s water quality crisis
Minority-party House Democrats unveiled their legislative proposal for improving Iowa’s water quality on Thursday.
Here are the stories of five people or groups whose environmental actions are driven by their faith. They're connected by a desire to do good for the Earth, following the writings in their religious texts or the teachings of their spiritual leaders. They come from different sides of the political spectrum and from many different faiths.
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