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Environmental groups sue Iowa DNR over Ottumwa coal plant discharge permits

  • Cami Koons

A group of environmental organizations allege in a lawsuit that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources granted illegal discharge permits to a coal plant and its landfill in Ottumwa.  The lawsuit, filed by Environmental Law & Policy Center, Iowa Environmental Council and Sierra Club, follows several years of actions between the environmental groups, DNR and […]

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Feds turn over Alaska hazardous waste management to state

  • Yereth Rosen

Alaska is now in charge of hazardous waste regulation in the state, a task that can be made more challenging by geographic remoteness. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday officially transferred authority for hazardous waste regulation to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. That makes Alaska the 49th state to be granted hazardous waste […]