Newsroom For Tag "sustainable agriculture"

IEC's Alicia Vasto selected for new EPA ag and water quality committee

posted 5/6/2024
IEC's Water Program Director Alicia Vasto has been selected to serve on the EPA's new Animal Agriculture and Water Quality (AAWQ) subcommittee.

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Legislators See Conservation Practices First-hand

posted 6/16/2021
The Iowa Environmental Council and the Mississippi River Legislative Caucus, part of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, hosted legislators from across the state during a tour of the Tesdell Century Farm near Slater, Iowa, on Friday, June 11.

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IEC, Sierra Club Continue Efforts to Stop Massive Supreme Beef CAFO

posted 5/10/2021
The Iowa Environmental Council, the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, and two Iowa conservationists filed a petition for a hearing with the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) to appeal the Supreme Beef Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) approved by the staff of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last month.

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NRS is not 'makin' progress' on the Raccoon River

posted 4/22/2021
Last week, Iowa's Raccoon River landed at #9 on America's Most Endangered Rivers list for 2021. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig dismissed the alarm of many Iowans, calling the list “propaganda” and saying the report was ‘not rooted in fact.' But data on the river is proof this waterbody is indeed threatened and the NRS is what is not rooted in fact.

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Environmental Council Calls for Governor's Veto of “Irresponsible” Water Quality Legislation

posted 1/23/2018
IEC responds to the passage of SF512

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