Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD)

Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Penalty In Half to $345 Million

"A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago."

Source: AP, 10/31/2025

"Pesticide Politics: Inside The Corporate Push To Limit Liability"

"With billions of dollars at stake, Bayer has gone on the offensive. Billboards along major highways. A social media offensive. Tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations in Missouri alone. And a major push in at least 11 states to change pesticide labeling laws."

Source: Investgate Midwest, 08/22/2025

"The Unseen Harvest: Pesticides, Cancer And Rural Missouri’s Health Crisis"

"The counties with the highest use of pesticides per square mile are all located in Missouri’s Bootheel. Many of these counties have some of the state’s highest cancer rates and their health care options are dwindling."

Source: Investgate Midwest, 08/22/2025

"Another Gold Rush Could Bring Open Pit Mines To South Dakota’s Black Hills"

"A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of miners driven by gold prices at more than $3,000 an ounce are seeking to return to the treasured landscape, promising an economic boost while raising fears of how modern gold extraction could forever change the region."

Source: AP, 08/20/2025

"Pesticide Manufacturer Spent More Than $200K Lobbying In Iowa"

"Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024."

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch, 08/05/2025

"At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide"

"After Steven Barrows left his job at a hog slaughtering facility in Sioux City, Iowa, he sent a tip to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the tip, received by the EPA April 16, Barrows described the parking lot of Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC as a 'dump site for rotten meats.' He also sent photos -- some displaying dead pigs piled up outside of the building and others showing a smoky, noxious gas wafting inside."

Source: Sentient, 08/01/2025

West Virginia Factory’s Pollution Could Trouble Louisville’s Drinking Water

"Louisville’s drinking water utility says a West Virginia factory’s PFAS pollution could cause problems locally. The facility faces a lawsuit for violating its permit." 

Source: Louisville Public Media, 07/21/2025

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