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Developers no longer will have to remove topsoil from home building sites, store it and return it to the finished lot under a rule adopted Tuesday by the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission, Iowa Public Radio reported.

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Iowa State University President Steven Leath will take to the national stage today to make a simple but important point: If the world is to have a fighting chance to feed the globe’s projected 9.5 …

All six members of Iowa’s congressional delegation on Monday asked the Environmental Protection Agency to schedule a hearing in Iowa on the agency’s recent proposal lowering the ratio of ethanol to be blended into the …

The renewed debate over how to keep nitrate out of drinking water supplies has amped up efforts by universities, agricultural and environmental groups, and companies to spread the word about techniques …

It won’t be long before a third of Iowa has confirmed emerald ash borer sightings. The tree-killing pest now has damaged trees in 24 of Iowa’s 99 counties. Davenport and central rural Davis County and …

Project AWARE, the annual vacation and volunteer effort by paddlers and others, is set to clean 65 miles of the Wapsipinicon River between Independence and Olin July 11-16. Early registration ends June 19. Participants will …

The Science Center of Iowa will host a discussion of avian flu tonight, featuring Jim Roth, Iowa State University professor of veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine. The free public event, “Café Scientifique: Avian Flu & the …

Businesses across Iowa are reporting that criminals claiming to represent their local power company are calling and threatening to shut off their electricity unless they make immediate payment through a prepaid debit card. Iowa Attorney …