AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWater and Health: Iowa’s water-quality crisis and high cancer rates have become campaign issues, putting farm runoff and nitrate pollution under sharper scrutiny. Researchers caution that cancer has many possible causes, and a statewide study is examining environmental factors. Data Center Scrutiny: Residents and environmental groups warn that Iowa’s expanding data centers could increase fossil-fuel power use and air pollution. In Salix, officials confirmed no moratorium is in place on Google’s proposed project. Wildlife: Two osprey fledglings raised near Shell Rock mark another success for the fish-eating birds, whose return followed Iowa DNR reintroduction efforts. Water Oversight: The EPA says it is updating Iowa’s impaired-waterway list; separately, manure from a Cherokee County feedlot reached a tributary of Mill Creek.
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