EPA

The city of Dubuque is reporting levels of pollutants known as PFAS in residents’ drinking water that exceed federal limits. Sometimes called “forever chemicals,” they only break down under intense heat and can cause adverse health effects. The city has earmarked nearly $15 million over the next five years to improve its water supply infrastructure.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted an emergency waiver permitting the nationwide sale of a fuel blend with higher amounts of ethanol through the summer months, which Iowa fuel and farm leaders say will help farmers, fuel producers and Iowans at the pumps.

In December, the EPA announced a phased ban of a cancer-causing chemical that can persist in groundwater. Iowa’s 1st District Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and other lawmakers have introduced legislation to reverse that decision.

A growing number of organizations working in Iowa say the sweeping federal review process has held up grants, limiting their ability to support farmers and communities tackling environmental pollution.

Iowa's four Catholic bishops published a letter expressing solidarity with the state's migrant community.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said nitrate and nitrite levels in six sections of the Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Raccoon and South Skunk rivers exceed safe drinking water standards and need to be curtailed.

On this Newsbuzz, a meatpacking plant is facing a lawsuit about COVID-19 deaths, plus updates on election recounts and more.

This year, 16 counties in Iowa were impacted by historic flooding.

In April, the EPA announced a rule to reduce toxic air pollution coming from more than 200 chemical plants across the U.S.

Bruno Pigott visited Iowa to see water quality issues and solutions first-hand. Then we learn about the “mini moon” that is temporarily orbiting the Earth.