25 Sep 2019

EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge Invites Students to Design Innovative Green Infrastructure

By David Bryan

LENEXA, KANSAS (September 25, 2019) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching its eighth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design competition that is open to colleges and universities across the country. EPA seeks to engage with students to design innovative green infrastructure-solutions for stormwater-management, showcasing the environmental, economic, and social benefits of these practices.

24 Sep 2019

MRCTI Co-Chair Mayor Bob Gallagher of Bettendorf, Iowa, To Speak at Climate Week

By Jim Gwinner

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.

24 Sep 2019

Terracon Foundation Awards Grant to Living Lands and Waters

By Kathleen Logan

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.

24 Sep 2019

EPA Announces Water Workforce Initiative to Help Recruit and Prepare the Next Generation of Clean Water Professionals

By Ben Washburn

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.

19 Sep 2019

216 Iowa Scientists Rally Behind Sobering Extreme-Heat Warning

By Joe Bolkcom

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.

19 Sep 2019

EPA Calls for Nominations for 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

By David Bryan

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.

13 Sep 2019

EPA Awards Iowa Department of Natural Resources Over $3.5 Million to Protect Water Quality

By Emily Albano

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.

12 Sep 2019

Celebrate Public Lands Day with Volunteer Project and Book Reading

By Adam Prato

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.

11 Sep 2019

Birding for Your Health

By The Birding Wire

 

04 Sep 2019

A Simple New Technology Could Stop Birds from Colliding with Power-Lines

By The Birding Wire

 

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