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May 5, 2021 Statewide Iowa — A study from the Environmental Working Group says Iowa needs to monitor more bodies of water for a toxin that’s produced by a microscopic organism called blue-green algae. The report says Iowa does routine weekly monitoring for microcystins on state park beaches, but it’s missing other locations like lakes, ponds and reservoirs. E-W-G’s Anne Schechinger says the state should do more monitoring to keep people from getting sick as the microcystins can cause cancer or liver failure, among other things. A water quality supervisor with the Iowa D-N-R says the s...

The Environmental Working Group’s report says Iowa does routine weekly monitoring for microcystins on state park beaches throughout the summer, but it’s missing other locations like lakes, ponds and reservoirs.

2 of 3  — Raleigh city farm sign 3 of 3  — Raleigh city farm volunteers During the Trump administration, the federal government delivered billions of dollars in aid to farmers. But across the country — and in North Carolina — many of those new payments went to the biggest farms, leaving small farms behind. The latch to the greenhouse door clicks and clacks as Lisa Grele Barrie pushes through it. The whirring sound of industrial size fans fills the air. The smell of nutrient rich soil fills the covered enclosure. "As you can see, we h...

AP In this July 27, 2018, photo the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, WY. More than 300 businesses and investors are calling on the Biden administration to set an ambitious climate change goal that would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. Tackling the climate crisis means taking drastic steps to reduce our output of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions, but what about removing excess carbon already in the planet’s atmosphere? On this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer and his guests ...

EWG News Roundup (3/12): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.