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A recent federal court decision may reduce the number of small refinery waivers the Environmental Protection Agency issues in the future. The ethanol...
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Fort Madison residents will not see a rate hike on their sewer bills later this year. That means fewer sewer improvement projects will take place…
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More than 2 million people in the U.S. work in or near agriculture fields that are treated with pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency has...
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The water we drink is protected by federal rules, which are at the crux of a long-running fight over how far upstream that protection extends. ...
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The federal government will help Keokuk in its attempt to find a new use for a shuttered manufacturing plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has…
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Study Suggests Legal Nitrate Levels In Water Could Cause Cancer; Researcher Says It Isn’t DefinitiveA new report suggests the Environmental Protection Agency should consider lowering the legal limit in drinking water for nitrates, a chemical often...
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Growing up in Rushville, Carrie Johnson, the granddaughter of Schuyler County pig and dairy farmers, learned early-on the importance of agriculture to the…
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Galesburg aldermen approved a contract with J.C. Dillon of Peoria for $1.7 million to do the first phase of a lead water service line replacement program.…
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After court documents unsealed Tuesday raised questions about its research methods, chemical giant Monsanto said it did not ghostwrite a 2000 study on the…
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A proposal that would jumpstart the chicken business in one Midwestern state has some residents concerned about the potential impact on the environment.…