Iowa Green News (11 - 20 of 923)
Search scaled back for abducted Iowa teenage girl
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Kathlynn Shepard was taken from a rural school bus stop this week.
Marine Reunited With Four-Legged Friend
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant...
Teacher Mike Todd from Ames, Iowa, to Receive Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (IA)
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Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Lenexa, Kan., May 7, 2013) - Mike Todd, a teacher from Ames High School in Ames, Iowa, has been named the recipient of a 2013 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, EPA Region 7 announced today.The Presidential Innovation Award for Environm...
Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa's Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of Mountaintop Removal
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This is a collaborative report by DeSmog's Steve Horn and Mint Press News staff writer Trisha Marczak.Within immediate vicinity of a central battleground of the Black Hawk War of 1832, land rife with a resource necessary for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is in the crosshairs of an industry prepared to turn the area into a battle zone once again.The resource? Frac sand -- officially known by...
EPA Issues Final Decision on Iowas 2012 List of Impaired Waters (IA)
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Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Lenexa, Kan., April 26, 2013) - EPA has approved Iowas 2012 list of impaired waters requiring Total Maximum Daily Load calculations. The Iowa Department Natural Resources (IDNR) submitted its impaired waters list to EPA on April 1, 2013, for review and approv...
Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Receive $166,500 for Brownfields Redevelopment Planning (IA)
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Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Lenexa, Kan., April 25, 2013) - The City of Council Bluffs, Iowa, will receive $166,500 to develop a plan for brownfields property assessment, cleanup and reuse in its mid-city area, EPA Region 7 announced today. Council Bluffs will use this funding to create ...
Beef Products Inc. to Pay $450,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations at its Waterloo, Iowa, Facility (IA)
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Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Lenexa, Kan., April 23, 2013) - Beef Products Inc. (BPI) has agreed to pay a $450,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of Clean Air Act regulations in Waterloo, Iowa, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today.As part of a...
Grain Processing Corporation of Muscatine, Iowa, Agrees to Pay $129,000 Penalty for Clean Water Act Violations (IA)
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Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Lenexa, Kan., April 16, 2013) - EPA Region 7 announced today that Grain Processing Corporation (GPC), in Muscatine, Iowa, has agreed to pay a civil penalty for violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) that occurred in 2011.GPC failed to comply with its ...
Collis Inc to Pay $31,379 Civil Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations in Clinton, Iowa (IA)
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Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Lenexa, Kan., April 2, 2013) - Collis Inc, a manufacturer of metal racks and shelving brackets for refrigerators, has agreed to pay a $31,379 administrative civil penalty to settle several Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in Clinton, Io...
Another Judge Agrees: Atmosphere Should Be Protected As a Public Trust
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Should the atmosphere be considered part of the public trust, a resource essential for our collective survival? An Iowa judge, for one, thinks that there is good reason and precedent.You may recall the story of a group of kids, working together with Our Children’s Trust, who are suing the federal government and various state governments to ensure that the atmosphere is protected under the so-ca...
