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Opinion: 20 years later, Vilsack can re-establish science in agriculture To meet the Biden administration goal of reducing greenhouse gases by half by 2030, animal agriculture must play an important role. James Merchant and David Osterberg Guest columnists In 2001, Gov. Tom Vilsack asked the deans of the colleges of Agriculture at Iowa State University and Public Health at the University of Iowa to assemble a joint committee of faculty to address complaints arising from air emissions from concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Twenty-seven well-qualified faculty from both universi...

Chris Jones, Benjamin Maas and Silvia Secchi Special to the Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa’s 2nd District U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks recently co-authored with Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) a letter to the Des Moines Register that focused on an issue ostensibly important to Iowa’s water: the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which replaced the Obama Administration’s hated (by agriculture concerns) Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. Following the time-tested strategy of tossing red herrings into our polluted lakes and streams, Miller-Meeks would have us beli...

  MORE, PLEASE: State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald joined colleagues to call on Congress to deliver $350 billion in aid for state and local governments to keep essential workers on the job, support vaccination efforts, and safely reopen schools. “We’re suffering every day. We need this help from the federal government, and then we can start working on things that would really help our state grow,” Fitzgerald said on a call with state treasurers from Kansas, Oregon and Maine. They were among 17 Democratic state treasurers who signed a letter seeking support to offset COVID-19...

Action alert from: ‘Tis the season to fight for clean water and hold our local & state officials accountable to protecting our natural resources! Here’s 3 ways that you can help protect our right to clean water this holiday season: Submit a public comment on the impaired waterways report to the Iowa DNR by January 1. From Feb 1 to April 1, no liquid manure application is allowed on frozen ground. Manure that is applied on snow-covered or frozen ground will run directly into our waterways come springtime when the ground thaws. If you see any manure spreading during the winter months, rep...