LENEXA, KANSAS (August 25, 2022) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Sivyer Steel Castings LLC in Bettendorf, Iowa, to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

BETTENDORF, IOWA (July 25, 2022) — As every member of the Illowa Council knows, a Boy Scout always leaves his campsite in better shape than he found it. According to Mark Schwiebert, a former Eagle Scout and the founder of the Mark W Schwiebert Fund for Environmental Studies at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, that principle extends across the planet we call home. “Ask yourself: What do you want to leave behind for those who come after you?”

MARION, IOWA (July 21, 2022) — Trees Forever is hosting an informational session for community leaders to learn about its carbon-crediting program and how carbon credits can be used to generate revenue for their Iowa or Illinois towns. The session will be held Tuesday, August 2, Noon, via a virtual Zoom meeting.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 19, 2022) — Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) has announced a new expansion of KIB's Hometown Pride program with the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA), the Board of Supervisors of Dubuque and Jackson Counties, and fourteen communities: Preston, Sabula, Baldwin, LaMotte, Miles, Asbury, Holy Cross, Luxemburg, Maquoketa, New Vienna, Peosta, Rickardsville, Sageville, and Worthington.