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Answer blowing in the wind?

Iowa’s rise to national prominence in wind energy and a push to develop a full-fledged solar energy industry has led to a long debate over how best to handle independent installations that are hooked up …

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Water lawsuit opponents seek records

A group that opposes the Des Moines Water Works’ lawsuit has requested information about the utility’s rising legal costs, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. The Iowa Partnership for Clean Water said it submitted an open records request to Des Moines …

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James, Bruere to lead Partnership water task force

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has named Urban Land Institute Iowa Chairman Larry James and Steve Bruere, president of land brokerage firm Peoples Co. as co-chairs of a task force that will examine water issues.…

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EPA proposes settlement in DM chemical case

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a settlement with the former Townsend Industries chemical storage facility in Pleasant Hill, where the agency responded to groundwater pollution from operations in the 1970s and 1980s. The …

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Event Sept. 23: DNR to study Des Moines River fish

The public is invited to join staff members from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources as they capture fish from the Des Moines River to show people the variety of species living in the water. …

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Agricultural Ascent

Alden-based Summit Farms began as a 300-acre corn and soybean operation in Hardin County in 1990. The man in charge, Bruce Rastetter, grew up in the area and has lived there all along. 

Rastetter’s half-million-dollar …

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Cargill agrees to $110,000 pollution fine

Cargill Inc. has agreed to pay a $110,000 fine and to spend $155,000 to improve pumps to settle a case in which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused the company of failing to properly protect …

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REG reports second fire at Louisiana plant this year

Ames-based Renewable Energy Group today reported that an employee and three contractors were hurt in a fire at REG’s Geismar, La., biorefinery. The fire was contained in four hours, the company reported. The injured workers …

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Ted Townsend’s dream comes true in Rwanda

The Rwandan Parliament has approved the designation of the Gishwati and Mukura areas as a national park — a longtime goal of Des Moines businessman Ted Townsend, Rwanda’s New Times reported.

Townsend, founder of what became the…
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Deere announces layoffs in Quad Cities

Deere & Co. has announced a new round of layoffs at its Quad Cities facilities, including 150 from its Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill., the Quad-City Times reported. The affected workers in East Moline make combines …