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August 2024
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- Iowa DNR seeks harsher penalties in massive Nishnabotna spill that killed 750,000 fish, Des Moines Register
- Possible new EPA rules weighed by area farmers, officials, Dubuque Telegraph Herald
- Environmental group report claims coal power plant causing illness in western Iowa, Radio Iowa
- Environmental groups say northwest Iowa coal plans causing more illness, KJAN FM
- Report shows higher rates of respiratory issues, heart disease near MidAmerican's northwest Iowa coal plants, Iowa Public Radio
- MidAmerican's energy demand will double by mid-2030s, fueled by data center, AI demand, Des Moines Register
- Iowa leaps state regulators, calls on EPA for emergency water help, Public News Service
April 2024
- Groups seek EPA help to curb groundwater pollution, Dubuque Telegraph Herald
- Minnesota's actions foreshadow potential farm regulations in Iowa, Iowa Capital Dispatch
- Understanding environmental justice in rural communities, Forbes
- IEC comments on new EPA coal plant pollution rules, River Cities Reader
- EPA must protect safe drinking water in Iowa, Bleeding Heartland
- Environmental groups want EPA to intervene in Northeast Iowa drinking water nitrates problem, Progressive Farmer
- Iowa tightens foreign-owned land law, but misses farmers' main concern: access to land, Des Moines Register
- Iowa 911, Marshalltown Times-Republican
- EPA called to address "long-ignored health crisis" in Iowa drinking water, The New Lede
- Environmental groups petition EPA to force Iowa to tackle livestock water pollution, Des Moines Register
- Iowa environmental groups file emergency petition with EPA over nitrate levels in drinking water, KCRG
- Iowa environmental groups ask EPA to protect drinking water from agricultural runoff, Gazette
- Iowa joins nationwide network of EV charging stations, KMAland
- Iowans would lose ability to sue pesticide makers over labeling under GOP proposal, Gazette
- Massive Iowa fish kill draws paltry fine, Gazette
- Iowa debates controversial bill limiting legal accountability of pesticide companies, Iowa's News Now
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