#7 in Iowa

[gravyhoney]

Wough. 291 days. Until we are SO back.

[captainmartin20]

cam and cc :"))))

[fortheloveofwbb]

my life will never be the same I’ve should’ve known the moment I feel in love with women’s basketball

take me back to the days when I was at peace and not stressing over these women

I become a fan this year in April (I watched that one iconic edit of paige iykyk) and I never went back

[thatsrightice]

All of the flyboys thinking Croz is a virgin only to find out he did quite a bit of experimenting in college.

[djkerr]

That's what FEPA needs, and that's what we're going to give them. An apology. We're too far down the rabbit hole for anything else.

Who do you have in mind?

You.

No way. You saw the video. Howard Lyman was the worst offender.

Cary, you blatantly stated that Lockhart/Agos/Lee doesn't employ African-Americans in every position. And you made it seem like a badge of honor.

That's not what I meant.

That doesn't matter. You need to do it for the firm. The firm with YOUR name.

TGW 07x11 Iowa

[andoutofharm]

so much lies and confusion in the stardust server what the fuck

[alliluyevas]

my mom's side of the family essentially left germany, moved to iowa, and never left (until my grandparents moved to MN when my grandpa got a better job) like my mom, both her parents, all four of her grandparents, and 4/8 of her great-grandparents were all born in the same county in iowa (the other great-grandparents were born in germany and immigrated themselves). on the other hand my dad's family has been in the country longer but moved around all the time, like in the equivalent time frame each member of my dad's family in every branch lived in about four different states over the course of their life.

[feralnumberfive]

Happy Birthday, Iowa. I love and hate you ❤️

[klaudia2646]

Had a good time in Arkansas now we’re going back to Iowa. Left at 7 am, foggy but at least it’s not raining.

[dessasterlabs]

thinking about pyro facecanons and like

what if they finally took off their mask and like. it’s not a silly ginger fella or a hot femby it’s just. a really really old guy. they look ugly as fuck 

[erichdeleeuw]

[regulatorsrus]

1. Note that the $6000 fine was for Air Pollution issues, not water. "Opacity" is a visibility measurement of particulate matter (PM) in the air.

2. Enforcement of the Clean Water Act is still being discussed. Link to the most recent article from the DNR here: https://www.iowadnr.gov/About-DNR/DNR-News-Releases/ArticleID/4933/Montgomery-County-fertilizer-spill-killed-more-than-749-000-fish.

"Per Iowa Code section 455B.186, a pollutant cannot be discharged into a river without a permit. DNR field staff are working with the DNR’s Legal Services Bureau to determine next steps with regards to enforcement action and restitution for lost aquatic life. The DNR will continue to monitor cleanup efforts."

3. The DNR *will* have a public notice period regarding enforcement for this spill. If their fine is insufficient, please, please comment, tell them that's insufficient due to damage to environmental health. You can request a public hearing for anything on public notice.

4. I'm not digging into their fee structure right now, but it's likely that $10k is not the DNR's limit for fines. Iowa CCI states "Under the CWA, penalties are up to $37,000 *per day per violation*, which would include penalties for discharges or other violations of a permit."

5. If when enforcement is issued, the fines are low, you can also bother i) your state representatives (they can introduce legislation to increase the DNR'S ability to fine polluters), or ii) EPA Region 7, if it appears that the fines are insufficient to ensure compliance with the clean water act.

6. Until enforcement is issued, keep talking about this. Keep people aware of what's going on and how it's affected the environment. Make sure New Cooperative doesn't get away lightly with pulling this shit. Because high fines here will discourage others from doing the same thing.

Hey guys, I know there are a lot of really severe tragedies in the world right now and I in no way desire to push those aside, nor do I really want to load another thing onto people's plates, but anyone here in the US needs to be aware that on March 11, 2024, an agricultural company known as NEW Cooperative spilled 265,000 gallons (1500 tons) of liquid nitrogen fertilizer into the East Nishnabotna River. This is the ecological equivalent of dropping a nuclear weapon into the river. Over a 60 mile stretch downstream of the spill its been a near total ecological wipeout for the river. So far, an estimate of 850,000 fish have been killed from this spill, and that's to say nothing for the insects, amphibians, reptiles and birds that relied on or lived in this river. It is literally filled with animal corpses. This river flows into the Missouri River and the impacts will likely continue to spread far past this 60 mile stretch. And this disaster has barely made local tv in Iowa, let alone national tv, despite the fact that 60 miles of river ecosystem were just wiped out in a way that may be impossible to recover from. And what's the punishment for this heinous act of destruction through negligence, you might ask? As it stands, its looking like a 6k fine from the DNR to the company. Not 600k. Not 60k. 6000 dollars. The maximum fine that the DNR can charge in Iowa is 10k unless they decide to take it further in court. That's why these spills are so frequent in Iowa: it's literally cheaper to eat the fines than it is to bother properly storing fertilizer. I don't know exactly what the proper course of action is here, or who needs to be contacted to enact change--I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable than me will chime in with that information--but at the very least, every one of us should know. Every one of us should make sure we don't forget this. And every one of us should blacklist NEW Cooperative fertilizer unilaterally.

Sources:

[dianasprnce]

the refs are doing everything in their power to help iowa win this, but you just cannot stop dawn staley

[djkerr]

Just take care of it.

TGW 7x11 Iowa

[yes-perwallstedt]

Of course we score two and tie it up right after I turned off the stream in frustration.

Clearly the problem was me