Big Grove Brewery and GreenState Credit Union have partnered, for the second year in a row, to release A Greener State of Mind, with proceeds going to benefit Wings2Water, an environmental group started at the Eastern Iowa Airport.
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Erin Jordan Community Oct. 21, 2022 1:46 pm158d ago
Big Grove Brewery and GreenState Credit Union have partnered, for the second year in a row, to release A Greener State of Mind, with proceeds going to benefit Wings2Water, an environmental group started at the Eastern Iowa Airport.
By Bennet Goldstein - Wisconsin Watch Iowa Water Quality Oct. 8, 2022 6:00 am172d ago
The report focuses only on releases from industry - not farm and animal feeding operations, which exacerbate the pollution problem.
By Brittney J. Miller, The Gazette; Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest; and Erin Jordan, The Gazette
Environmental News Dec. 13, 2022 2:56 pm105d ago
Two decades of bacteria and algae have plagued Iowa beaches, leading to constant warnings. The Gazette and Investigate Midwest analyzed 20 years of beach monitoring data from the Iowa DNR. The results show that although individual locations show some progress, Iowa’s beaches overall show little to no improvement.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 30, 2022 6:27 pm179d ago
Republican incumbent Mike Naig is facing Democratic challenger John Norwood
Agriculture Sep. 27, 2022 10:29 am182d ago
Just like Americans once rushed out to buy toilet paper because of feared price hikes, farmers stocked up on fertilizer last fall, according to Chad Hart, an Iowa State University economics professor and crop market specialist.
By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch, and Keely Brewer, The Daily Memphian
Iowa Water Quality Aug. 29, 2022 9:17 am211d ago
Fishers on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi River are told: don’t eat the fish because they may contain high levels of contaminants. But on the other side of the same river, in Arkansas, fishers find no such warnings. Those state-issued fish consumption advisories for the Mississippi River make it difficult to make informed health decisions, experts say.
Environmental News Aug. 29, 2022 9:18 am211d ago
Iowa’s fish consumption guidelines are now based on tissue sampling, but state officials want to move to a system based on size of fish, regardless of where they swim.
Erin Jordan, Brittney J. Miller
Federal Government Aug. 29, 2022 10:33 am211d ago
In The Gazette’s first round of exploring what the new legislation means to Iowa, we’re focusing on six ways you’ll see changes in energy, climate and farming.
Environmental News Aug. 15, 2022 6:00 am226d ago
Three are statewide projects, some of which may go toward the Middle Cedar Watershed.
By Josh Rosenberg - The Lens
Environmental News Aug. 5, 2022 6:00 am236d ago
The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, a partnership formed in the late 1990s with the goal of reducing the size and severity of the hypoxic zone, currently is co-chaired by Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.
By Madeline Heim and Caitlin Looby - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Environmental News Jul. 31, 2022 6:00 am241d ago
Like the Great Lakes initiative, it would operate within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and provide hundreds of millions in federal funding to groups throughout the 10 states including Iowa along the river.
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
State Government Jul. 11, 2022 3:32 pm260d ago
Seven Iowans have appealed state regulators’ decision to grant a water use permit to an 11,600-head northeast Iowa cattle feedlot.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Jul. 7, 2022 2:51 pm264d ago
The over-application increased the risk of contaminating nearby waterways with nitrate, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Government & Politics Jul. 6, 2022 6:00 am266d ago
A Cedar Rapids landscaping company has partnered with a team of former Iowa State University researchers to sell a climate-friendly additive to fertilizer that some experts tout as key to soil rejuvenation and carbon sequestration. It may also help with water quality.
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