Anika Jane Beamer
Reporter, Iowa
Anika Jane Beamer covers the environment and climate change in Iowa, with a particular focus on water, soil and CAFOs. A lifelong Midwesterner, she writes about changing ecosystems from one of the most transformed landscapes on the continent. She holds a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a bachelor’s degree in biology and Spanish from Grinnell College. She is a former Outrider Fellow at Inside Climate News and was named a Taylor-Blakeslee Graduate Fellow by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.
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Ahead of Midterms, Republicans Court Iowa Farmers With Fuel Plans
By Anika Jane Beamer
Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting
Story by Anika Jane Beamer, photos by Zach Spindler-Krage
Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached
By Anika Jane Beamer
What’s Next for Summit’s Carbon ‘Pipeline to Nowhere’?
By Anika Jane Beamer
As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal
By Anika Jane Beamer
Court Stalls EPA Plan to Override California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards
By Anika Jane Beamer
As Water Pollution Concerns Grow in Iowa, So Do Fertilizer Industry Profits
By Anika Jane Beamer
Secret Plan to Dump Slaughterhouse Waste Blindsided Residents of Iowa’s Loess Hills
By Anika Jane Beamer
Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Regulatory Rollbacks Fuel Surge in Protective Climate Lawsuits
By Anika Jane Beamer
Supreme Court Delivers a Victory for Pesticide Companies in Fight Over Cancer Claims
By Anika Jane Beamer
A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation
By Anika Jane Beamer
An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.
By Anika Jane Beamer
EPA Claims ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ of EVs as It Moves to Loosen Air Pollution Rules
By Anika Jane Beamer
With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment
By Anika Jane Beamer
Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions
By Anika Jane Beamer, Georgina Gustin