The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from county operations by 90% by the year 2040. The supervisors voted 4-1 to approve a resolution adopting a Climate Action Plan, which will …
NASA awarded two grants totaling $1.3 million to Jun Wang, the James E. Ashton Professor of Engineering and assistant director of the University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI), the Corridor Business Journal reports. One grant will …
Associated Press: Two companies from Iowa and Nebraska have been fined for tampering with emission controls for hundreds of customers, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. The companies — Midwest Truck Products of Cantril, Iowa; and …
Homemakers Furniture is installing a large solar array that the company says will convert one-third of the store’s annual power needs to solar energy. In a news release, company officials said that once complete, the …
Radio Iowa: The process is underway that could lead to the construction of the first carbon dioxide pipeline in Iowa. Summit Carbon Solutions is considering a pipeline that would cross 30 Iowa counties. Summit Carbon Solutions …
Des Moines Register: The amount of coronavirus floating in Des Moines area sewage has more than doubled in two weeks, a new report shows. The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Authority has been sending in samples of …
Summit Carbon Solutions, an Ames-based company working to help biorefineries reduce their carbon emissions, has received an investment from John Deere to advance what is being called the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. …
A group of demonstrators staged a protest Wednesday to draw attention to what they say is MidAmerican Energy Co.’s failure to do more to retire its coal-fired energy plants in Iowa, which the Des Moines-based …
Des Moines Register: Results have started to roll in from a study of coronavirus in Central Iowa sewage, and they’re not looking good. Early tests suggest our wastewater is carrying more of the virus than seen …
Derecho damage in Marshall County as seen on Aug. 11, 2020. Business Record file photo by Emily Blobaum
The catastrophic derecho that flattened much of Iowa happened one year ago today. Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown were …
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