NEW YORK, NEW YORK (September 25, 2019) — Mayor Bob Gallagher of Bettendorf, Iowa, is representing the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative for a series of meetings during in New York during UN Climate Week, including speaking at the Sustainable Innovation Forum in New York September 25.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 24, 2019) — The Terracon Foundation announced a $2,500 grant to Living Lands and Waters, a river-cleanup organization that hosts river-cleanups, educational workshops, tree-plantings, invasive-species removal projects, and other key conservation efforts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.

WASHINGTON DC (September 24, 2019) — Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Water Workforce Initiative to help cities and communities across the country facing critical staffing shortages for the operation and maintenance of essential drinking water and wastewater-infrastructure.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (September 19, 2019) —Just weeks after July 2019 became the hottest month in 140 years of record-keeping, 216 science-faculty and researchers from 38 Iowa colleges and universities have endorsed the ninth-annual Iowa Climate Statement 2019: Dangerous Heat Events to Become More Frequent and Severe.

LENEXA, KANSAS (September 19, 2019) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for companies or institutions that have developed a new process or product that helps protect public health and the environment.

LENEXA, KANSAS (September 12, 2019) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $3,598,000 to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to manage nonpoint source pollution in impaired watersheds throughout the state.

WEST BRANCH, IOWA (September 12, 2019) — Saturday, September 28, is National Public Lands Day, the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort. National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) organizes National Public Lands Day annually in cooperation with the National Park Service and other bureaus of the federal government.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 24, 2019) — The National Wildlife Federation and Iowa affiliate hosted a forum to discuss climate-change and immigration and the need to address these topics together. Speakers included Karin Stein of Ecomadres and Moms Clean Air Force, Michelle Bruggenthies of the Boundary Waters Action Fund, Somali refugee and Sanders Campaign staffer Abshir Omar, and State Senator Claire Celsi.  

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