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Erin Jordan
The Gazette
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Agriculture Jul. 29, 2024 9:10 am35d ago
More than 200 Iowans filed complaints last year about drifting agricultural chemicals as erratic weather in late spring and early summer makes it hard for applicators to find time to safely spray.
Environmental News Jul. 25, 2024 7:53 am39d ago
An estimated 40,000 fish are dead on a 20-mile stretch of Crane Creek in Northeast Iowa and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is trying to figure out what killed them. Area is ‘complex’ with multiple drainage tiles from farms and nearby Readlyn, officials said.
Environmental News Jul. 23, 2024 7:19 am41d ago
The DNR’s Manchester field office was notified Friday about dead fish in Crane Creek about two miles southwest of Readlyn, according to a news release Monday. Officials don’t yet know what caused the fish kill, but think it originated around 250th Street and Piedmont Avenue.
Environmental News Jul. 10, 2024 2:12 pm54d ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in April approved a watershed plan for Trout Run and Siewers Spring, which supply water for the hatchery. The goal of the plan is to reduce erosion from farms in the Trout Run watershed to keep the stream clear of sediment that can harm fish raised at the hatchery.
Energy Jul. 8, 2024 7:42 am56d ago
The Duane Arnold Solar Project is taking shape as about 250 workers a day install panels on more than 800 acres. Alliant Energy, which will own the 200-megawatt site when complete, said the project will be operational by the end of the year.
Local Government Jul. 5, 2024 8:01 am59d ago
Officer Isaiah McNamee, standing on the rooftop ledge of the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Iowa City, held onto the man to keep him from falling. The man had climbed over the glass barrier and considered jumping. After speaking with McNamee, the man changed his mind and wanted to get to safety, but it wasn’t easy 12 stories in the air.
Energy Jul. 3, 2024 2:51 pm61d ago
Google will invest another $1 billion in a Council Bluffs data center and $1.3 million on water quality projects in the Missouri River Basin in southwest Iowa. The tech company still is considering whether to build a data center in Cedar Rapids.
State Government Jul. 3, 2024 8:00 am61d ago
Max Villatoro was removed from the United States in 2015, despite Eastern Iowa protests and 40,000 signatures from people around the country who didn’t think the Mennonite pastor and father should be deported. Now Villatoro is legally back in Eastern Iowa.
Energy Jun. 27, 2024 7:31 am67d ago
Emergency managers in Linn and Johnson counties said they haven’t heard anything about resuming nuclear power generation at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, near Palo, which would be costly and would require federal authorization.
Agriculture Jun. 21, 2024 10:09 am73d ago
Just one year away from a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and phosphorus entering the Gulf by 20 percent, success seems unlikely.
Energy Jun. 20, 2024 8:58 am74d ago
Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt believes wind and solar energy are critical to economic development in Iowa. But she also wants to make sure landowners who sign contracts for wind projects aren’t left twisting in the wind.
Environmental News Jun. 17, 2024 7:15 am77d ago
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in a budget-saving move, is asking employees who live in state-owned houses at fish hatcheries to move out by the end of 2028. The houses where biologists and other staff have lived for decades will be sold or torn down, according to records obtained by The Gazette.
Environmental News Jun. 12, 2024 7:35 pm82d ago
A holding company has agreed to pay $7,500 for releasing chlorinated water into a Cedar Rapids trout stream in January, killing an estimated 400 fish.
Environmental News Jun. 7, 2024 7:31 am87d ago
If Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline is approved, the water used by ethanol plants on and off the route would be equal to the annual water use of 529,000 people -- more than the population of the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City corridor, according to a new Sierra Club report.
Environmental News Jun. 6, 2024 7:34 am88d ago
REGEN Fiber, owned by Alliant Energy subsidiary Travero, hosted a grand opening Wednesday to explain the process for recycling decomissioned wind turbine blades. The plant, which cost more than $10 million and employs eight people, is expected to start processing materials next week.