Editors’ note: J.D. Scholten is one of two rural Democrats in the Iowa State Legislature. When he is not in Des Moines representing the citizens of District 1, which includes Sioux City on the state’s western border, Scholten, 45, is the only state legislator to play professional baseball while actively serving. (His 2024 Sioux City Explorers jersey is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame after he became the oldest person in league history to earn a pitching win). On June 2, Scholten, wh...| Barn Raiser
The Trump administration has cancelled a $417,000 federal grant that would have funded research on the social and economic impacts of biogas production from industrialized swine operations in North Carolina. Over several years, scientists from RTI International in Durham and the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill […]| Inside Climate News
This story was originally published by The New Lede. Roughly a quarter of the nation’s large cattle, dairy and hog farms are located in just 30 U.S. counties, a new satellite-mapping study has found. The research also links large farms — whether in these dense hotspots or scattered elsewhere — to elevated air pollution. The study supports […] The post Study maps factory farm hotspots as federal court tosses emissions lawsuit appeared first on Investigate Midwest.| Investigate Midwest
By Carey Gillam Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public and environmental health, according to a new scientific report that is sparking heated debate in the key US farm state.| The New Lede
This story was originally published by The New Lede. Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public and environmental health, according to a new scientific report that is sparking heated debate in the key US farm state. The 227-page “Central Iowa Source Water Research […]| Investigate Midwest
CleanAIRE NC’s new AirKeeper Dashboard offers neighborhood-level air pollution data amid regulatory rollbacks.| North Carolina Health News
The Finger Lakes region faces development pressures, but local agencies are working hard to protect farmland and other natural assets.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy