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The World Food Prize will be awarded Thursday to the founder of a nonprofit that turns mine fields back into farm fields, just as the group prepares to begin work in Ukraine.
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The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy launched a decade ago, intended to reduce nutrients flowing into rivers and lakes. A bulk of those cuts fall on farmers.
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The CEO of Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Friday that the company will abandon the project, citing "unpredictable" regulatory and government processes, especially in Iowa and South Dakota.
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The Nutrient Reduction Strategy lies at the center of Iowa’s efforts to improve water quality. But how is it working 10 years after it was adopted?
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Hot and dry weather across the Midwest is creating a ripe situation for wildfires, especially as farmers head into the fields for harvest.
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The transportation sector accounts for about 28% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Barge shipping could help reduce that output, but there’s not a full picture of how carbon efficient that transportation mode really is.
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University of Iowa senior and wrestler Nanea Estrella was getting ready to leave her home in Maui before the start of the 2023-2024 school year when fires began to overtake the western coastal town of Lahaina.
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Some people who live in the Iowa Great Lakes region want new restrictions for wind energy development.
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USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack said unprecedented federal money will promote the planting and maintenance of new trees. His tour to get out the word about the spending began in a town still recovering from the loss of many of its trees.
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Eleven lakes are under an advisory from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources ahead of the long weekend. The department has identified a spike in E. coli bacteria.