Air Quality

EPA pushes back ethanol decision (12/02/09)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding off on deciding whether to raise allowable ethanol content in gasoline until mid-2010. The announcement came on Tuesday, Dec. 1 -- the original deadline set by the Clean Air Act for the EPA to decide whether to allow up to 15 percent ethanol in gasoline, a 5-percent increase on the current limit...

Local electric providers: We're for cap, but not trade (10/23/09)
Under proposed energy legislation often called "cap and trade," the Midwest would get burned, according to representatives from local electricity providers. MidAmerican Energy representative Mark Reinders explained his company's take on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a comprehensive energy bill proposed by U.S. Representatives...

Pheasants Forever Remsen water project makes waves (09/09/09)
A project that began with the idea of helping clean up Remsen's water has picked up national interest. This year Plymouth County Pheasants Forever chapter worked together with the City of Remsen to transform about 90 acres of cropland and well field into native prairie habitat...

Big Sioux River Cleanup scheduled for this weekend (07/14/09)
The Plymouth County conservation department will be holding the Third Annual Big Sioux River Cleanup July 18. The cleanup will start at the Big Sioux River Park north of Akron. Volunteers will then float, in canoes, down the river and end at a spot near Akron...

Impaired waters in county not on monitoring schedule (12/22/08)
Eight bodies of water in Plymouth County are among 445 listed as impaired throughout Iowa. That means those streams, lakes, creeks and rivers have some type of pollutant -- like too high levels of bacteria -- based on standards set by the Federal Clean Water Act...

Mold problem? Not at Franklin Elementary (11/28/08)
A mold problem from Franklin Elementary School's past was brought up at two recent school board meetings, but Le Mars Community Schools Superintendent Todd Wendt said the issue was dealt with years ago. "I haven't heard much about this since 2003," Wendt said at Monday's school board meeting. "We haven't had any complaints."...

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