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Agriculture Pollution

With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment

After years of worsening water quality, the move marks Gov. Kim Reynolds’ first official action to tackle harmful agricultural nutrients in state waterways. Critics say it’s “too little too late.”

By Anika Jane Beamer

The Des Moines River is a drinking water source for more than 600,000 Iowans. When nitrate levels in the river spike, Central Iowa Water Works spends $9,000 to $16,000 a day operating its removal facilities. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News
Irrigation water flows at a cotton field in Porterville, Calif. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates

By Georgina Gustin

A grain elevator is surrounded by floodwater from the Mississippi River on the Iowa-Illinois border in 2023. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Iowa’s Water Crisis Could Help Tip the Scales for Control of US House

By Anika Jane Beamer

A cyclist passes a landfill, a known emitter of Methane, on Jan. 21 in Barisal, Bangladesh. Credit: Niamul Rifat/Anadolu via Getty Images

International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

By Phil McKenna

A view of a hog farm in eastern North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew flooded the region in 2016. Credit: Rick Dove

N.C. Supreme Court Says State Regulators Erred on CAFO Permits

By Lisa Sorg

A view of an Iowa soybean field with corn stubble from the previous year. Credit: Curt Maas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Can We Produce More Food With Less Land?

By Anika Jane Beamer

An aerial view of farmland in the Des Moines metropolitan area. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts

By Anika Jane Beamer

A wetland is seen under construction on Jim Fulton’s farm in Livingston County, Ill. Credit: Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association Inc.

Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.

By Alexia Underwood

Ag Pollution Is Keeping Des Moines Water Works Busy. Can It Keep Up?

By Nina B. Elkadi

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