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Tribal land questions block Bakken pipeline

  State and federal officials have blocked work on the Bakken oil pipeline in three Iowa counties after questions arose about a tribal site in the path, The Des Moines Register reported. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
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Vilsack plans to return to Des Moines after his term as ag secretary ends

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack plans to return to Des Moines when President Barack Obama leaves office, The Des Moines Register reported. “We’ve had a house in Des Moines for a while, and we have three grandchildren, …

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Water quality leaders meet to accept Vilsack’s challenge to ‘think big’

A group of Central Iowa leaders planned to meet today to accept former Gov. Tom Vilsack’s challenge to “think big” on water quality before asking for support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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Governor signs biofuel bill

Newton Daily News: Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill Tuesday that pleases many in the biofuel business. The bill, which had overwhelmingly bipartisan support in the Iowa Legislature, extends and modifies biofuel tax incentives that were …

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Fort Dodge settles with EPA over water plant risk management

Environmental Protection Agency: The city of Fort Dodge has agreed to an administrative settlement of alleged violations of Risk Management Program regulations at the John T. Pray Water Treatment Plant. Under the agreement with the federal …

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VIDEO: See MidAmerican’s tallest wind turbine tower rise 379 feet in 6-minute time-lapse video

MidAmerican Energy has released a time-lapse video that shows the construction of its first concrete wind-turbine tower — the company’s tallest at 379 feet — in 6 minutes. Construction of the Adams County tower took 31 weeks.…
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Water Works nearly doubles legal fund for lawsuit against 3 counties

The Des Moines Water Works board on Tuesday voted to spend another $650,000 on its federal lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over nitrate pollution from drainage districts. That is on top of the $700,000 …

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State to release stingless wasps to kill emerald ash borers

Here’s the buzz on how Iowa is going to fight the spreading and tree-killing emerald ash borer: by releasing wasps that kill the borers’ larvae, but don’t sting people. The tiny wasps, smaller than a …

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Historic site may be in path of Bakken pipeline

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Dakota Access officials trying to span a pipeline across Iowa may have hit another snag. The Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist has received a claim that a historically significant site falls along …

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DowDuPont appoints Collins COO for ag company

James C. Collins Jr., currently executive vice president for DuPont and leader of DuPont’s agriculture business segment, will become chief operating officer for DowDuPont’s new agriculture business, Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont announced. The ag…