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LENEXA, Kan. – On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that companies that manage chemicals continue to make progress in preventing pollution and reducing chemical releases into the environment. The report shows continued reductions in toxic chemical releases in EPA Region 7: Iowa, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, Wedneday introduced the Isolate Russian Government Officials Act of 2022.  The bill excludes Russian Government Officials from major financial and intergovernmental forums.   “Vladimir Putin and his cronies have breached the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine and declared war on an

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Following a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the western fanshell (Cyprogenia aberti) and a newly identified species known as the “Ouachita” fanshell (Cyprogenia cf. aberti). These two freshwater mussel species found in rivers and

LYONS, NEBRASKA – Interviews focused on the history of sustainable agriculture have been turned into a limited podcast series, “Sustainable Agriculture Policy with Ron Kroese.” The interviews are a part of an oral history archive documenting the development and evolution of public policies to advance sustainable and organic agriculture going back to the 1970s. More than 40