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DNR: Stores that won’t take can returns face tickets

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is urging local police to ticket stores that refuse to accept can and bottle returns or contract with a local redemption center under the state’s bottle deposit law, Iowa Public …
By BPC Staff | Oct 21, 2015
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Pheasant, quail populations rebound

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is expecting better pheasant hunting this fall after the population of the birds jumped 37 percent, based on the department’s roadside survey. The numbers were the highest in eight years. The …
By BPC Staff | Oct 21, 2015
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Emerald ash borer confirmed in Cedar Rapids

The emerald ash borer has been confirmed at the Interstate 380 rest stop in southern Cedar Rapids, state officials reported. The tree-killing pest has now been found in 29 counties in Iowa, and has destroyed millions of …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2015
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Vilsack calls for Vision Iowa-style program for water quality

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday said Iowa needs a conservation effort similar to its $2 billion Vision Iowa program, the public-private investment that led to development of the Iowa Events Center, Dubuque’s America’s …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2015
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USDA: Farm productivity rose 1.42 percent per year

Farmers’ productivity increased 1.42 percent a year from 1948 to 2011, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Those productivity gains were achieved at least in part, however, at …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2015
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Event Oct. 23: Drake, United Nations group to host climate change forum

The Iowa United Nations Association and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake will host an Oct. 23 climate change forum at Drake University. The session from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m …
By BPC Staff | Oct 16, 2015
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REG expects higher losses; Geismar plant to reopen in January

Ames-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. expects to report a higher than expected net loss of $9 million to $15 million for the third quarter. Non-GAAP earnings before taxes and depreciation and amortization are expected to …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2015
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VIDEO: Ignite Des Moines – Growing Urban Agriculture

Courtney Long is a Design Fellow at Iowa State University and works at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Her topic of creating urban agriculture was particularly interesting, in that, during a time of such …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 14, 2015
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WDM Fareway store uses captured heat to save energy

MidAmerican Energy Co. recently recognized the West Des Moines Fareway store for capturing waste heat from its refrigeration system, saving $126,872 in energy costs. The project is expected to save 520,013 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, which …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2015
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Iowa sidesteps drought, flooding

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has a one-word description for Iowa’s moisture conditions for the year ending Sept. 30: normal. For a state that battled drought for years lately, and at times responded to …
By BPC Staff | Oct 12, 2015