Katherine Perkins
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IPR
The Clean Air Act was most recently amended in 1990, with overwhelming bipartisan support. Is that kind of sweeping environmental policy possible today?…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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… -
Most people have probably taken a bag of aluminum cans to a redemption center to collect the nickel deposit. You walk in, get them counted and collect… -
What do you throw away? Do you think about it? Do you care?Most cities and towns in Iowa put their waste in landfills. According to the Iowa Department of…
