Ag and Environment

Jerry Stevens, general manager of West Des Moines Water Works, was seated last week as president of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). He is the first Iowan elected to the post since 1954, when …

Andrew Winston, founder of Greenwich, Conn.-based Winston Eco-Strategies LLC and co-author of “Green to Gold,” spoke on June 2 during the Technology Association of Iowa’s Heartland GreenUp Technology Symposium & Expo at The Meadows Events …

A West Des Moines-based landscaping and tree care company is emphasizing the educational aspects of its industry, as commercial and residential consumers embrace new definitions of sustainability.

Setting its sights on the residential market as …

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.…

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 …

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 …