Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.
The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight (Civil Eats, 2024)
Environmental groups and residents argue that the Supreme Beef CAFO has a faulty manure disposal plan that threatens Bloody Run Creek, a spring-fed trout stream. They also allege a brazen abuse of power at all levels of decision-making.
As California Pushes Increased Ethanol Use, Experts Sound the Alarm on Environmental Impacts (Inside Climate News, 2024)
Governor Gavin Newsom has a renewed interest in E15, a blend of ethanol and gasoline, as a means to lower fuel prices. Experts worry it may expand the far-reaching impacts of biofuels.
A battle in rural Midwest as farmers fight carbon capture pipeline (The New Lede, 2024)
The pipeline would run a mere 700 feet from Stockdale’s front doorstep and would create a barrier between the home she shares with her husband and the nearby home where her son lives. The farm’s soils and wetlands would be forever altered by the pipeline intrusion, and if the pipeline were to rupture, the damage could be catastrophic, Stockdale fears.
In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm (Sentient, 2025)
Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.
Nina B. Elkadi 