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- Take Action: Protect Clean Water in IowaJune 7 2016ELPC and our allies at the Iowa Environmental Council recently…
- Small Business Owners Support EPA Water RuleJuly 24 2014The Environmental Protection Agency's plan to regulate…
- Big Victory for Iowa and Clean WaterJuly 11 2014The Environmental Law & Policy Center and the Iowa…
- Restore the Clean Water Act: Take Action to Prevent Water Pollution, Reduce Flooding and Protect HabitatJuly 2 2014Which waters are most worth protecting? The answer is fundamental…
- Howard Learner Earth Day Op-Ed in Register - Clean Up Iowa's Lakes and RiversApril 22 2014On this Earth Day, let’s celebrate how Iowa is becoming a…
- The Register's Editorial: New regulations needed to deal with nation's waterFebruary 6 2014Iowa has filthy water. This state ranks among the worst in the…
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HuffPost: This Lawsuit Has Put Big Ag On The Defensive In A Major Way
Posted Jul 30, 2016
Earlier this month, the Iowa Soybean Association had a big announcement to make. The group, which represents some 11,000 growers of the state’s second-most-lucrative crop, pledged $150,000 in support for three highly agricultural counties — Buena Vista, Calhoun and Sac — named in a controversial lawsuit brought by the Des Moines Water Works. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2015, claims that nitrogen-rich water flowing off the area’s farms pollutes the... Read More »
Posted Jul 30, 2016
Earlier this month, the Iowa Soybean Association had a big announcement to make. The group, which represents some 11,000 growers of the state’s second-most-lucrative crop, pledged $150,000 in support for three highly agricultural counties — Buena Vista, Calhoun and Sac — named in a controversial lawsuit brought by the Des Moines Water Works. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2015, claims that nitrogen-rich water flowing off the area’s farms pollutes the... Read More »
DMR: Branstad offers a twist on his controversial water quality plan
Posted Jul 28, 2016
Gov. Terry Branstad has put a twist on his controversial proposal to use a portion of a major school infrastructure fund to help pay for water quality improvements in Iowa. Branstad told the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale earlier this week that he would consider extending and splitting a 1-cent statewide sales tax now used by school districts to build classrooms, gyms and other school buildings. His plan calls for designating... Read More »
Posted Jul 28, 2016
Gov. Terry Branstad has put a twist on his controversial proposal to use a portion of a major school infrastructure fund to help pay for water quality improvements in Iowa. Branstad told the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale earlier this week that he would consider extending and splitting a 1-cent statewide sales tax now used by school districts to build classrooms, gyms and other school buildings. His plan calls for designating... Read More »
DMR: Iowa is losing millions of trees — and it's hurting water quality, experts say
Posted Jul 18, 2016
Iowa's thirst for new farmland helped drive the loss of 97,000 acres of woodlands in just five years, a new federal report shows. It's the first time in nearly 40 years that the state has seen a net loss of forested land, a disturbing development that experts fear is contributing to Iowa's problems with farm runoff and poor water quality. Record-high prices for corn and soybeans in 2012 fueled much of Iowa's woodland losses, as farmers put more land into production to reap... Read More »
Posted Jul 18, 2016
Iowa's thirst for new farmland helped drive the loss of 97,000 acres of woodlands in just five years, a new federal report shows. It's the first time in nearly 40 years that the state has seen a net loss of forested land, a disturbing development that experts fear is contributing to Iowa's problems with farm runoff and poor water quality. Record-high prices for corn and soybeans in 2012 fueled much of Iowa's woodland losses, as farmers put more land into production to reap... Read More »
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