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New bill in Iowa Legislature calls for replacing current energy efficiency test

The Iowa Senate will consider scrapping the “societal cost test” model when it comes to evaluating utility energy-efficiency programs. Midwest Energy News reports that major utilities are lobbying the Iowa Senate to support a new evaluation measure …

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Iowa solar industry grows 45 percent

The Solar Foundation reports that Iowa’s solar job market grew by 45 percent last year, faster than other parts of the nation. The National Solar Jobs Census 2017 also found that 250,271 Americans worked in solar as …

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Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas ban on farm chemical

Reuters: An Arkansas judge has dismissed a Monsanto Co. lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of …

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Grain prices and farmland prices rise; soybean acres to eclipse corn for first time

This news will catch some attention in Iowa, the nation’s top corn producer, where low grain prices have been a drag on manufacturing and other parts of the economy for years. 

The U.S. Department of …

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Book club at Smokey Row focuses on conservation

Green Iowa AmeriCorps plans a four-session book club at Smokey Row in Des Moines, Clay & Milk reported. Green Iowa focuses on education and outreach to encourage conservation and sustainability. Green Iowa AmeriCorps began in 2009 …

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Iowa water quality advocates press Tyson

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Water quality advocates on Thursday called on Tyson Foods to enact more conservation practices to help make Iowa’s impaired waterways cleaner. During a Des Moines news conference held in Water Works Park on …

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Sept. 11-13: Midwest Food Recovery Summit

Host: University of Northern Iowa – Iowa Waste Reduction Center
About: Last year, the first-ever Midwest Food Recovery Summit welcomed over 130 attendees from 18 states and Ontario, Canada, to become the first event of …

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Iowa Poll: Majority of Iowans support bottle bill

At least half of every demographic group surveyed in a recent Iowa Poll supported the bottle bill that applies a nickel deposit to soda and alcohol containers in an attempt to keep them out of …

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Utilities Board approves Alliant rate increase

The Iowa Utilities Board on Friday approved a settlement calling for a rate hike of 7.8 percent for Alliant Energy, which will take in an added $130 million in revenue. The utility had asked for …

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Industry report: Wind power had strong ’17

U.S. wind power developments attracted $11 billion in investments in 2017, adding more than 7,000 megawatts to the mix, the U.S. wind industry’s fourth-quarter report found. Twenty-nine new wind farms totaling 4,125 megawatts began operations …