Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa scientists: Climate change will bring floods, drought, and supercharged ragweed
Iowa is in for a challenging mix of super-ragweed, floods, damaged crops, and drought as the globe warms, three scientists said Tuesday.
State of Iowa OKs manure-spreading near trout streams
The state of Iowa has approved plans for a large northeast Iowa cattle feedlot in an environmentally sensitive area that includes some of the state’s trout streams.
Biden administration mum so far on returning gray wolves to endangered species list
A controversial decision in the last months of the Trump administration to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list led to a massive overhunt in Wisconsin this year.
Scientists find ‘forever chemicals’ near Iowa airport, push for widespread testing
A team of University of Iowa scientists has found toxic “forever chemicals” in private wells near the Cedar Rapids airport and expects to find them across the state.
Iowa attorney general asks U.S. Supreme Court to block biofuels exemptions
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said Wednesday he and seven other attorneys general have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to side with biofuels interests in a fight over small-refinery exemptions.
Iowa Senate advances bill setting penalties for trespassers who photograph animal confinements
Iowa lawmakers are moving to make it a crime, as much as a felony, to use a camera while trespassing at an animal confinement.