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It’s a newer consideration for environmentalists, who previously thought that river systems were relatively benign and don’t contribute many greenhouse gas emissions.
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A major surge in climate resilience funding is allowing urban forestry departments to focus on trees. About $1.5 billion of funding will be invested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program.
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Dry weather, high temperatures and a lack of rainfall across parts of the Midwest and Great Plains have caused a spike in water demand from city residents. In response, some cities are implementing conservation measures to keep their water supplies from drying up.
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The EPA is proposing to clean up groundwater contamination at a superfund site in Des Moines.
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The pallid sturgeons outlasted dinosaurs, but human changes to the Missouri River nearly wiped out the prehistoric fish. Some experts think the fish’s struggle could signal larger problems on the Big Muddy, especially as climate change accelerates.
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Flash droughts come on quickly and can wilt crops and waterways faster than long-term droughts. New research finds the dangerous dry spells will become more common in the future.
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A growing legal movement to grant natural entities like rivers and forests legal rights is gaining traction in the U.S., and environmentalists are now setting their sights on the Mississippi River.
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Land that was once purchased for a nuclear power plant is now 6,000 acres of restored prairie at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Jasper County. One day, it hopes to reach 8,650 acres.
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Dr. Jones has a new book out Friday on Ice Cube Press called “The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality.” The book is largely a collection of essays that first appeared on his University of Iowa blog. Jones says it’s an effort to explain to a general audience how Iowa’s politics, economics and culture affect Iowa’s water quality.
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Polk County Judge Scott Rosenberg said the DNR used “illogical interpretations and applications to approve a nutrient management plan for the feedlot" when approving Supreme Beef's manure management plan near the headwaters of a prized trout stream.