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A bill has been introduced that places barriers in listing impaired waters

Legislation has been introduced that would allow local generation and community solar projects. Sierra Club supports this bill.

Legislation has been introduced that requires data centers to report quarterly their water and electricity usage, plus creates a separate electricity tariff so that data centers pay their fair share

The public is allowed to access public records and to attend public meetings of government agencies. See changes that have been proposed by the legislature.

Read Sierra Club's comments about the 2026 impaired waters list

A peer-reviewed study found that adults living in counties in close proximity to nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates

This month's environmental news - February, 2026

The first funnel was February 20, where legislation that has not passed a committee is sidelined for the current legislative session.

A bill would place the black bear on the list of fur-bearers. Once on the list, the black bear could be given a hunting season. At first, the season would be closed and you would not be able to hunt since there are so few black bears in Iowa. In...

Legislators are reviewing a bill that requires testing of sewage sludge for PFAS and allows the landowner to prohibit spreading it on land if any PFAS is detected