Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion globally in damage, Digital Insurance reported. According to a new study by Christian Aid, a London-based relief agency, Hurricane Ida, a tropical storm that pummeled much …
This is a water treatment tank at the A.C. Ward water treatment plant in West Des Moines. West Des Moines is one of three communities involved in preliminary talks about regionalizing water production in the …
Des Moines Register: After several years of small gains and losses, Iowa farmland values skyrocketed 29% this year, averaging $9,751 an acre, the highest nominal amount in 80 years, a new Iowa State University survey shows. …
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: A bipartisan group of Iowa and Illinois lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize funding included in the recently passed federal infrastructure bill to finally rebuild river locks …
The West Des Moines Water Works board of trustees has delayed a vote on the future of the city’s water supply, saying it is seeking more robust public discussion before action is taken. Recent public …
Des Moines Register: In a move critics call unprecedented, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to retroactively throttle back the amount of ethanol and biodiesel that was required to be blended into the nation’s fuel …
Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced the state will allocate $100 million in federal funds for water quality and conservation investments from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan infrastructure bill. Through a new grant program within …
Des Moines Register: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Iowa will receive more than $110 million from the new federal infrastructure bill to upgrade aging water infrastructure and tackle toxic “forever chemicals.” The funding, announced Thursday, …
Credit rating agencies are becoming more vocal about the risks of institutional investors’ exposures to carbon-intensive companies, as this recent Bloomberg article details. According to Moody’s Investors Service, financial institutions in the Group of 20 leading industrial …
Clay and Milk: Iowa State University and Alliant Energy will collaborate on a solar farm to be established on university land south of Ames. The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a request from Iowa State …
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