IEC in the Press

September 2024

• Report: Iowa ‘uniquely positioned’ to have carbon-free electricity by 2035, Iowa Capital Dispatch

• Iowa researchers seeing if 'grassways' curb erosion, improve water quality, The Gazette
• We've seen the consequences of CAFOs up close. Let's talk about solutions, Des Moines Register
• Groups question utility changes, Sioux City Journal
• Critics: Draft rule weakens clean energy claims, Mason City Globe Gazette
• Koch acquisition of Wever, Iowa fertilizer plant raises concerns for Iowa farmers, The Algona Reminder
• Iowa State producing fruits, vegetables, and electricity all in the same field, WHO13
• Driftless group sues to block Winneshiek manure digester, The Gazette
• Addressing Climate-related Health Risks at the Local Level, CDC Foundation

August 2024

• Critics: Utility panel's draft rule weakens clean energy claims, Sioux City Journal
• Iowa Environmental Education Week events set, Daily Gate City
• Iowa: National hub for food, energy?, The Gazette
• When will Iowa do more about the Nishnabotna River fiasco?, Des Moines Register
• Critics: Iowa utility panel's rule weakens clean energy, Sioux City Journal
• Wind turbines not a threat, study shows, Clinton Herald
• Swim warnings on track to eclipse previous years, The Gazette

July 2024

• Call it what you want, Iowa's climate reckoning is here, The Gazette
• Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay's strategy to improve water quality?, Iowa Public Radio
• A look into the Iowa Environmental Council, The Southeast Iowa Union

June 2024

• 'Fecal soup' could be lurking in Iowa floodwaters, health experts warn, ABC News
• NextEra CEO says he’d ‘consider’ restarting Duane Arnold nuclear power plant, The Gazette
• Group says air quality monitoring insufficient, Council Bluffs Dailey Nonpareil
• Editorial: Disastrous figures show the poverty of Iowa's water quality approach, Atlantic News-Telegraph
• A rarity: no state beaches have swim warnings, Iowa Capital Dispatch
• Increase of drainage tile fuels nutrient pollution, The Gazette

May 2024

• Iowa DNR seeks harsher penalties in massive Nishnabotna spill that killed 750,000 fish, Des Moines Register
• Possible new EPA rules weighed by area farmers, officials, Dubuque Telegraph Herald
• Environmental group report claims coal power plant causing illness in western Iowa, Radio Iowa
• Environmental groups say northwest Iowa coal plans causing more illness, KJAN FM
• Report shows higher rates of respiratory issues, heart disease near MidAmerican's northwest Iowa coal plants, Iowa Public Radio
• MidAmerican's energy demand will double by mid-2030s, fueled by data center, AI demand, Des Moines Register
• Iowa leaps state regulators, calls on EPA for emergency water help, Public News Service

April 2024

• Groups seek EPA help to curb groundwater pollution, Dubuque Telegraph Herald
• Minnesota's actions foreshadow potential farm regulations in Iowa, Iowa Capital Dispatch
• Understanding environmental justice in rural communities, Forbes
• IEC comments on new EPA coal plant pollution rules, River Cities Reader
• EPA must protect safe drinking water in Iowa, Bleeding Heartland
• Environmental groups want EPA to intervene in Northeast Iowa drinking water nitrates problem, Progressive Farmer
• Iowa tightens foreign-owned land law, but misses farmers' main concern: access to land, Des Moines Register
• Iowa 911, Marshalltown Times-Republican
• EPA called to address "long-ignored health crisis" in Iowa drinking water, The New Lede
• Environmental groups petition EPA to force Iowa to tackle livestock water pollution, Des Moines Register
• Iowa environmental groups file emergency petition with EPA over nitrate levels in drinking water, KCRG
• Iowa environmental groups ask EPA to protect drinking water from agricultural runoff, Gazette
• Iowa joins nationwide network of EV charging stations, KMAland
• Iowans would lose ability to sue pesticide makers over labeling under GOP proposal, Gazette
• Massive Iowa fish kill draws paltry fine, Gazette
• Iowa debates controversial bill limiting legal accountability of pesticide companies, Iowa's News Now

March 2024

• Iowa fertilizer spill kills nearly all fish across 60-mile stretch of rivers, New York Times (PDF)
• A power line debate pits environmental allies against each other in the Upper Midwest, Inside Climate News
• View from my window: Cancer Awareness Month was February (and always), Greene County News Online
• Iowa bill would create legal immunity for pesticide manufacturers, Gazette
• House advances proposal prohibiting DNR from purchasing land at auctions, Iowa's News Now
• US counties are blocking the future of renewables: These maps, graphics show how, Des Moines Register

February 2024

• Iowa primed for potentially 'epic' increase in stream pollution, Iowa Capital Dispatch
• Gov. Reynolds' opposition to CAFO rule threatens waterways, Little Village
• Iowa's Capitol is awash in bad bills for water quality, Gazette
• Report: Rooftop solar systems becoming more popular in Iowa, Gazette
• State Revolving Funds: Investing in Iowa's Water, River Cities Reader
• Bill would allow feedlots to operate with unapproved manure plans, Iowa Capital Dispatch
• Local governments block green energy: Here's how USA Today measured the limits nationwide, USA Today

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