The Clean Air Act was most recently amended in 1990, with overwhelming bipartisan support. Is that kind of sweeping environmental policy possible today?…

"Cheap energy isn't cheap."That's what KamyarEnshayen thinks. He is the director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Education at University of…

The EPA sets regulations for 6 sources of air pollution, but there are hundreds of pollutants known to the EPA that go unregulated.Today we continue our…

Water quality has been a problem in Iowa since the late 1800s. To improve it, where do we start? There are lots of ideas about this, but Iowa Geological…

Iowa’s water quality hadn’t nudged much since the 1980s. That’s according to Iowa Geological Survey research scientist Keith Schilling.“If we want to see…

When Siobhan Spain and her family deconstructed an old barn on their family farm a few years ago, she re-used the barn wood instead of sending it to the…

In rural Iowa, it feels like there’s plenty of room, but the land that makes up that seemingly endless wide open space is very much in demand.The state of…

Today we continue our summer series on the environment by taking a look at urban development – what we’re doing right and wrong.When we think of urban…

Reduce, reuse, recycle. That’s been the mantra among the environmentally conscious for the last 25 years. This hour – an in-depth exploration of recycling…

Recycling can be a tricky process - whether you leave materials curbside or deposit them at a drop-site, it's often hard to know exactly what can or can't…