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Category: Environment

Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics, IowaWatch, The Lead Story

State parks struggle to sustain adequate funding despite landmark legislation and increased usage

by Olivia Allen / IowaWatch September 4, 2021
Posted inAgribusiness, Environment

Fertilizer runoff disproportionately harms low-income communities’ drinking water. Treatment is expensive.

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest August 26, 2021January 20, 2023
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

Since 2018 law, Iowa utilities are doing a lot less to help customers save energy

by Karen Uhlenhuth / Energy News Network July 13, 2021
Posted inAgribusiness, Environment

Cow manure predicted to cause most sickness from contaminated wells in Kewaunee County

by Coburn Dukehart, Wisconsin Watch June 23, 2021June 23, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

Iowa solar installers forced to adapt as lawmakers let solar tax credit expire

by Karen Uhlenhuth / Energy News Network June 8, 2021
Posted inAgribusiness, Dicamba on Trial, Environment

‘I don’t know who will still be here in five years’: Texas vineyards sue over dicamba damage

by Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest June 4, 2021January 23, 2023
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

State parks ‘couldn’t function without volunteers’

by John Naughton / For IowaWatch May 28, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

Campground reservations ‘a shot in the dark’

by Silvia Oakland / IowaWatch May 26, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

What bugs are Iowans seeing?

by Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch May 11, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

Mild winter ushers in wasp-ish spring for Iowans

by Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch May 11, 2021

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