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Clean Up Your Act 10-30-23 from 2023-10-13T15:57:04

Cedar Rapids Schools are testing electric buses.

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Clean Up Your Act 10-25-23 from 2023-10-12T14:18:18

The 2023 Iowa Climate Statement calls for the state to increase its solar energy generation.

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Clean Up Your Act 10-24-23 from 2023-10-09T15:20:26

MidAmerican Energy reaches a goal of 100% electricity from renewable sources for its Iowa customers.

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Clean Up Your Act 9-19-23 from 2023-09-06T13:42:19

Alliant Energy continues to increase its production of electricity from the wind.

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Clean Up Your Act 9-8-23 from 2023-08-30T14:56:42

Black Hawk County will turn greenhouse gases from its landfill into transit fuel.

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Clean Up Your Act 8-22-23 from 2023-08-09T12:41:58

A Cedar Rapids anti-litter campaign sets a record for bags of trash collected.

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Library Heat 7-24-23 from 2023-07-25T15:17:19

C.R. Library offers relief from the heat. With the hottest days of the year expected this week, people looking for a way to get out of the heat in Cedar Rapids can head to the library. More from...

Clean Up Your Act 8-7-23 from 2023-07-20T14:54:29

The Swine Republic. Former University of Iowa research engineer Chris Jones assesses Iowa’s nutrient reduction strategy to clean up the state’s water.

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Clean Up Your Act 6-19-23 from 2023-06-08T14:05:41

Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy to reduce pollution from runoff is 10 years old.

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Clean Up Your Act 5-9-23 from 2023-04-26T16:24:27

The Citizens Climate Lobby says individuals alone can’t solve climate change…but they can pressure elected officials to take action. 

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Clean Up Your Act 5-9-22 from 2022-04-18T15:01:31

Dangerous chemicals from farm fertilizer are making their way into water sources in farming regions. 

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Clean Up Your Act 5-3-22 from 2022-04-12T15:23:30

An Iowa virtual bank offers customers “green” checking and savings accounts. 

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Clean Up Your Act 3-25-22 from 2022-03-21T14:54:37

Drought is expected to expand as global warming grows. 

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Clean Up Your Act 3-22-22 from 2022-03-01T16:16:44

Warmer winters are affecting Iowa farmers.

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Clean Up Your Act 3-3-22 from 2022-02-24T15:55:53

A new study finds that corn-based ethanol might be worse for the environment than gasoline. 

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Clean Up Your Act 2-18-22 from 2022-02-14T16:03:51

The city formally adopts the ReLeaf Cedar Rapids program to replace trees lost in the 2020 derecho. 

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Clean Up Your Act 3-1-22 from 2022-02-08T16:23:16

MidAmerican Energy announces plans for a $3.9-billion renewable energy project in Iowa. 

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Clean Up Your Act 2-1-22 from 2022-01-05T15:48:46

Those December tornadoes in Iowa might have been a sign of climate change. 

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Clean Up Your Act 1-4-22 from 2021-12-07T16:29:13

A new approach to forest conservation in western Iowa.

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Clean Up Your Act 12-21-21 from 2021-11-23T16:08:52

Iowa farmers used a record amount of money for conservation assistance during fiscal 2021. 

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Clean Up Your Act 12-15-21 from 2021-11-18T16:06:02

Deere looks to make its engines burn ethanol rather than diesel.

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Clean Up Your Act 12-7-21 from 2021-11-10T14:44:28

Concern about unregulated contaminants in Iowa water systems.

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Clean Up Your Act 11-22-21 from 2021-10-29T14:36:20

Those so-called “forever chemicals” might be more common in Iowa than previously thought. 

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Clean Up Your Act 11-9-21 from 2021-10-19T15:25:10

The 2021 Iowa Climate Statement calls for investment in the state’s electric grid. 

Clean Up Your Act 10-27-21 from 2021-10-08T15:36:27

The city of Cedar Rapids adopts an ambitious climate action plan.  

Clean Up Your Act 10-11-21 from 2021-09-17T15:02:14

A Department of Natural Resource analysis finds that 7-million trees were damaged or destroyed in Iowa by the August 2020 derecho.

Clean Up Your Act 9-29-21 from 2021-09-09T14:39:37

The Iowa DNR is checking water systems in the state for high concentrations of manganese.

Clean Up Your Act 9-27-21 from 2021-09-01T15:24:35

Cedar Rapids continues to replace trees lost in the August 2020 derecho. 

Clean Up Your Act 9-8-21 from 2021-08-18T15:04:35

Extreme heat from climate change is impacting Midwest farmworkers.

Clean Up Your Act 9-1-21 from 2021-08-12T14:36:41

Iowa leads the nation in the percentage of its electricity that comes from renewable sources. 

Clean Up Your Act 8-9-21 from 2021-07-16T14:20:27

Environmentalists are trying to block construction of a large cattle feedlot near Bloody Run Creek in northeast Iowa. 

Clean Up Your Act 8-3-21 from 2021-07-13T15:44:45

A non-profit group is working to replace fossil fuel-burning technologies with electric-powered appliances. 

Clean Up Your Act 7-27-21 from 2021-07-06T16:24:21

The Iowa Environmental Council calls out the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy as insufficient. 

Clean Up Your Act 7-26-21 from 2021-07-02T14:59:29

Nitrate pollution in Iowa disproportionately affects water systems in lower income communities.

Clean Up Your Act 7-20-21 from 2021-06-29T15:25:45

A plan to store carbon emissions from ethanol plants underground.

Clean Up Your Act 7-19-21 from 2021-06-28T14:47:39

Does ethanol fit in with  President Biden’s climate plans?

Clean Up Your Act 7-13-21 from 2021-06-21T15:20:33

Plans for the Releaf Cedar Rapids effort to restore the city’s tree canopy are continuing.

Clean Up Your Act 6-1-21 from 2021-05-07T15:47:01

They might be playing soccer someday on a Des Moines Superfund site.

Clean Up Your Act 5-17-21 from 2021-04-23T14:24:55

The Des Moines Water Works is searching for new sources of unpolluted water.

Clean Up Your Act 5-10-21 from 2021-04-19T14:13:21

Two rivers in Iowa are on a top 10 most endangered list.

Clean Up Your Act 5-4-21 from 2021-04-14T13:35:50

60 percent of Iowa’s power now comes from wind.

Clean Up Your Act 4-21-21 from 2021-04-01T13:41:45

The DNR is looking for “forever chemicals” in Iowa water systems.

Clean Up Your Act 4-14-21 from 2021-03-26T14:02:54

Buffalo might someday roam over a bridge connecting the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities.

Clean Up Your Act 4-13-21 from 2021-03-23T14:34:17

Climate change is changing things for some species in the Mississippi River watershed.

Clean Up Your Act 4-5-21 from 2021-03-12T15:35:12

Asian carp will get an earful on the Mississippi River near Keokuk.

Clean Up Your Act 3-30-21 from 2021-03-09T14:49:48

A plan to bury carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants deep underground in North Dakota.

Clean Up Your Act 3-17-21 from 2021-02-26T15:19:39

A new study looks for areas with the potential for reducing nitrogen pollution.

Clean Up Your Act – 3-16-21 from 2021-02-23T17:48:22

Another green innovation for Eco Lips.

Clean Up Your Act 2-24-21 from 2021-02-05T15:59:14

Iowa and Illinois are seeing increased interest in cover crops.

Clean Up Your Act 2-23-21 from 2021-02-03T15:18:41

The Doomsday Clock remains close to midnight due in part to climate change.

Clean Up Your Act 11-23-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Climate change is having an impact on rural Iowa.

Clean Up Your Act 11-18-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Shannon Ramsay is stepping down as CEO of Trees Forever but will still be involved with the organization.  

Clean Up Your Act 11-16-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Enforcement of the Clean Water Act is lagging in some Midwestern states.

Clean Up Your Act 10-15-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Iowa Climate Statement 2020 suggests a path forward for addressing climate change.

Clean Up Your Act 10-27-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“Reuse and refill” is gaining popularity despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Clean Up Your Act 10-7-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A wetland restoration project in northwest Iowa could provide a template for other restoration projects in the state.       

Clean Up Your Act 10-6-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A study concludes that the loss of milkweeds has led to a decline in Momarch butterfly numbers.  

Clean Up Your Act 10-5-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Plans are in the works for a high power underground transmission line from North Central Iowa to Northern Illinois.

Clean Up Your Act 9-30-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Some states are making progress achieving 100% renewal energy.

Clean Up Your Act 8-11-20 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Former Governor Chet Culver wants Iowa to become an energy efficiency leader.

Clean Up Your Act 2-9-2021 from 2021-01-20T16:04:57

It could cost tens of millions of dollars to treat public drinking water systems in Iowa for nitrates.

Clean Up Your Act 2-8-21 from 2021-01-19T15:35:05

Des Moines sets ambitious goals to combat the effects of climate change.

Clean Up Your Act 1-19-21 from 2021-01-07T16:11:55

There’s concern about the safety of drinking water in central Iowa.

Clean Up Your Act 1-27-21 from 2021-01-04T16:39:44

Environmental groups are calling on MidAmerican Energy to shut down two Iowa coal-fired power plants.

Clean Up Your Act 1-8-21 from 2020-12-28T17:42:43

A low report card grade for the Mississippi River Watershed.

Clean Up Your Act 1-5-21 from 2020-12-07T16:06:30

Nearly 60% of Iowa’s bodies of water are impaired due to pollution.