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Dreaming green in a polyethylene world


Dave Phillips envisions a day when ceiling tiles conjure thoughts of coffee cups.

Phillips has launched The ReWall Co. LLC, which will use a European technology to recycle polyethylene-coated cups and cartons into building products.…

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The end of light(bulbs)


Dave Hein hasn’t experienced light bulb hysteria just yet, but he knows it’s coming.

The stage was set overseas, when the European Union announced that the manufacture of general purpose incandescent light bulbs would be …

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Ethanol subsidies cause rise in corn prices


U.S. ethanol subsidies may have increased corn prices by as much as 17 percent this year, according to Bruce Babcock, a professor of economics at Iowa State University.

High gasoline prices may have lifted ethanol …

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Metro Waste Authority to host cleanup day

Metro Waste Authority will host a “Clean Up Crew” event on June 25 at the Valley High School football stadium parking lot on Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines. From 8 a.m. to noon, …

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Google inks deal to finance residential solar projects

SolarCity and Google Inc. on Tuesday announced the creation of a $280 million fund to finance residential solar projects. The fund will extend solar lease and power purchase agreement options to customers who want to …

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PL Energy receives $2 million from Power Fund

PL Energy LLC of Des Moines received a $2 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund to install a demonstration-scale on-farm poultry litter gasification system at Denyon Farms near Webster City.

The system will use …

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TPI Composites wants overtime lawsuit dismissed


TPI Composites Inc. wants a lawsuit claiming that it violated state wage laws dismissed because it does not directly employ three people who claim they were not paid for working overtime hours.

The Scottsdale, Ariz., …

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Cumming challenges itself to set “green city” standard

The town of Cumming will host an event where it will challenge itself to become the first “green city” in Iowa.

The city will offer itself as a beta project for other communities in Iowa, …

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Author to talk business at Heartland GreenUp

Andrew Winston, author of “Green Recovery” and co-author of “Green to Gold” will be the featured speaker at the Heartland GreenUp Symposium & Expo on June 2. During his keynote address, Winston will explain the …

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By the numbers: A look at Iowa’s wind industry


The Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) had a booth to represent the state’s wind energy interests at the American Wind Energy Association’s 2011 Windpower Conference and Exhibition earlier this week. Here’s a by-the-numbers look …