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Environmental organizations plan to create Service Squad

The Iowa Environmental Council and Iowa Rivers Revival plan to create a Service Squad that will coordinate volunteers for cleanup projects.  But first, they will join with Confluence Brewing Co. to hold a “clean water …

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Iowa weather running hotter than normal

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports that the weather over the past couple of weeks has been slightly warmer than normal, with about average rain.  Average rainfall statewide was 2.1 inches, a bit above …

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The cost of conservation

When the Nature Conservancy in Iowa asked donors for $9 million in 2003, the five-year campaign ended up raising double that amount. 

Now, the nonprofit organization — one of the key players in habitat and …

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State environmental panel sides with businesses on new water rules

The governor-appointed Iowa Environmental Protection Commission today unanimously voted to change state water quality rules to make it easier for cities to know how to weigh the financial wisdom of various sewer improvements.


The changes…
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Landowners file motion to block Dakota Access pipeline

Fourteen Iowa landowners on Tuesday filed motion in Polk County District Court seeking to block construction on the Dakota Access pipeline until the court rules on a related lawsuit. The property owners contend the company …

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Landowners file motion to block Dakota Access pipeline

Fourteen Iowa landowners on Tuesday filed motion in Polk County District Court seeking to block construction on the Dakota Access pipeline until the court rules on a related lawsuit. The property owners contend the company …

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Federal agency: Look for gasoline under $2 by end of year, plus other good energy news

U.S. Energy Information Administration chief Adam Sieminski says we should expect gasoline prices to fall below $2 a gallon by the end of the year.


Here’s the latest from Sieminski: Gasoline prices are at a…
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NOTEBOOK: Feds scrap annual dead zone measurement

Every year, environmentalists and agricultural leaders wait for the declaration of how big the so-called dead zone is in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists use this information to call for greater action on reducing crop…
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Iowa farmland values fall

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Farmland values and cash rent paid by farmers have fallen in 2016 as the nation’s agricultural sector struggles with low commodity prices. The value of an average acre of Iowa farmland slipped 2 …

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Branstad: Iowa Legislature won’t back sales tax increase for trust fund

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Gov. Terry Branstad said Wednesday that neither body of the Iowa Legislature supports a sales tax increase to fund the Natural Resources and Recreation Trust Fund.  …