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The Iowa House Environmental Protection Committee today voted to approve a bill that will protect Iowa’s air and water quality and rural quality of life from the livestock industry.
Iowa’s regulations for industrial livestock operations are failing, according to analysis of new data by Environment Iowa. The data highlights the failure of the master matrix application to protect our air, water, and nearby communities from new industrial livestock confinements.
Des Moines, IA— More than 55.5 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Iowa discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow in 2005, according to Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance, a new report released today by Environment Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa – Today the Iowa House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation to provide greatly increased funding to Iowa’s waterways, land, wildlife and parks.

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