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By Tasha McKee McCorkle If you support collaborative science-based solutions for the environment and our local communities, please vote NO on Measure A, this coming election (on or before March 5, 2024). I am a fourth-generation resident of the Whitethorn Valley, grandmother, and respected community leader with more than 20 years of experience pioneering solutions […]

Wildlife corridor To the Editor: As members of the Bend to Suttle Lake Wildlife Passage Initiative (B2S), we appreciate the recent article

Please read and share this important report from the Iowa Environmental Council. Des Moines, IA. – November 14, 2023 – Iowans are shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to treat their drinking water and pay for treatment of life-threatening health care issues caused by nitrate pollution from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the…

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 26, 2023) — The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) this week launched a new website, decliningdecade.org, marking the tenth anniversary of the state’s taxpayer-funded nutrient reduction strategy (NRS). Agricultural businesses and organizations heavily invested in the status quo implementation of the NRS have been celebrating “Iowa’s Defining Decade”

A coalition of environmental groups today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to set limits on...

Today, groups sued the Department of the Interior over lease sale 259, which would allow more oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Given its predominantly arid climate, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is considered a regional water stress hotspot, amplified by the rising demands associated with its rapid urbanization and population growth. The scarcity of renewable water resources across the MENA region requires improved monitoring of available precipitation and terrestrial water storage to quantify water budget deficits and implement targeted water resource management strategies.

The MENA region experienced another year of escalating climate extremes in 2022. Suffocating dust storms ravaged the Arabian Peninsula, stifling and deadly heatwaves persisted over the summer, and intense precipitation events caused calamitous flooding in various locations across the region. The end of 2022 finally saw some promise: at the COP27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the participating governments agreed to renewed global action on new policies to address the growing climate crisi...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $2M in research funding to the University of California, Berkeley to develop a...

The Walker Basin Conservancy (Conservancy) leads the effort to restore and maintain Walker Lake while protecting agricultural, environmental and recreational interests in the Walker Basin. The Conservancy acquires water rights and ranches to increase freshwater flows to Walker Lake.