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In a brightly-lit lab at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, workers with tweezers hunch over petri dishes scattered with sprouted sorghum seeds. Sorghum…
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U.S. energy policy that effectively promotes corn ethanol is holding back a generation of more environmentally sound fuels, according to a new report by…
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The Illinois business community is lining up with farm groups in an effort to stave off some new federal water regulations. The Illinois Farm Bureau has…
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A new report from the USDA identifies multiple reasons why honey bees are dying off in the United States.Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy says most people do not…
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The Illinois Pollution Control board is in the process of drafting new rules regulating large scale factory farms often called confined animal feeding…
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The US EPA has agreed to allow Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources to relax its rules when it comes water pollution enforcement.Missouri has gotten…
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Keokuk wants to finish some sewer work within the next few weeks.The city reached an agreement with the EPA, about two years ago, to separate its combined…
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The panelists talk about the challenges journalists face when so many public relations specialists are working to put their own spin on events.The…
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Keokuk is looking to benefit from a penalty to a local company.Roquette America must pay a $4.1-million civil penalty over alleged violations of the Clean…
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Roquette America must pay a $4.1-million dollar penalty to settle allegations that it dumped industrial waste into the Mississippi River and Soap…