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Metro Waste Authority director Reo Menning resigned Thursday, a day after the board was scheduled to meet in closed session to discuss her performance. Clive City Councilman Michael McCoy, who had been the waste agency …
Iowa scored a $97 million grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department to make nine watersheds more resilient to floods and to improve water quality. The work will include building farm ponds, wetlands …
The Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition has changed its name to the Governors’ Wind and Solar Energy Coalition. You guessed it: The group plans to add lobbying for solar energy to its support of wind energy. …
History: For decades, environmental groups have unsuccessfully pushed the state to come up with a long-term source of cash to help clean Iowa’s waterways. Voters overwhelmingly approved a state trust fund that would help, but …
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said she will continue to fight implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of waterways that are subject to the federal Clean Water Act. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama vetoed …
Chicken and turkey farmers are afraid this year will bring a repeat outbreak of bird flu, which killed millions of birds and temporarily shut down many poultry operations last year. Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey had …
Metro Waste Authority’s new $13.5 million transfer station in Grimes will accept its first trucks Thursday. The 28,700-square-foot facility will take 970 tons of trash a day from 118 garbage trucks and transfer it to …
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