Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting

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By Story by Anika Jane Beamer, photos by Zach…Oct 25, 2026, 5:00 am65 ptsTrending
More than a decade after the EPA found that Iowa wasn’t cracking down on polluting factory farms, the state continues to hedge on enforcement. Story by Anika Jane Beamer, photos by Zach Spindler-Krage Feeding the Beast: Third in a series about lax regulation, corporate influence and the heavily polluting, yet…

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