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Filling stations around Des Moines were selling unleaded ethanol blends for $1.99 a gallon today after U.S. crude oil prices dropped below $40 a barrel. A persistent global oil glut and rising U.S. stockpiles are …
Renewable Energy Group Inc. executive Chad Stone and Perry area soybean farmer Ron Heck have been elected to the National Biodiesel Board. Stone, who is chairman of the Iowa Biodiesel Board, is Ames-based REG’s chief financial officer. …
The Iowa Utilities Board reports that it has suspended review of the Rock Island Clean Line at the developers’ request. The proposed 500-mile electrical transmission line would carry wind-generated energy from northwest Iowa to Illinois …
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ air quality bureau is testing a new online system for its emissions inventory. The system is designed to make it easier for businesses to report emissions and is expected …
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad announced Tuesday that he had joined other governors in a lawsuit challenging a federal Waters of the U.S. rule, calling it a regulatory “overreach” that creates barriers to water-quality improvements and …
MidAmerican Energy Co. announced plans to install its first concrete wind-turbine tower — at 377 feet it’s one of the tallest in the country — at its new wind farm in Adams County. The extra …
Tests by the farm industry group Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance found that more than half of the 45 monitoring sites on the Raccoon River had the highest nitrate level of the past decade. The Boone …
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission on Nov. 17 will consider launching a study into improved recycling services in rural communities. Contractors would check into the feasibility of setting up a system of small collection points …
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