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EPA announces $2.5M in grants for Iowa water quality projects BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Wednesday, June 16, 2021 2:54 PM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Iowa organizations $2.5 million to improve water quality, habitat and the exchange of information among farmers that will benefit the ecosystems and watersheds from Iowa to the Gulf of Mexico. The grants, announced today during a news conference at the state Capitol, were awarded to the Iowa Depar...

One Saturday morning, a group of trainees reported bright and early to a 6-acre property off the Potomac River. The participants had at least one thing in common: They are

Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 6:46 am Participatory community movements found a contemporary impetus in post-World War II reconstruction of Europe and decolonization, primarily in Africa. The approach of locally managed change, however, was highly distrusted during these initial years, during which the dominant view was that central-level policy makers are in a better position than the people to make highly productive decisions regarding development projects. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, p...

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Eleonora Albasi on Unsplash. This story originally appeared in Inside Climate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. This report also was made possible in part by the Fund for Environmental Journalism of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  As a kid, Lauren Lydick would pack up a towel, a "Harry Potter" book, and head out alone into the...

The Radical Case for Growing Huge Swaths of Bamboo in North America The grass has a bad rap in the U.S. as an invasive nuisance, but the plant can quickly sequester at least double—and maybe even six times—the amount of carbon as a similar stand of trees. By Audrey Gray Related Share this article This report was made possible in part by the Fund for Environmental Journalism of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  As a kid, Lauren Lydick would pack up a towel, a Harry Potter book, an...