Energy

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 …

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 …

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 …

Iowa biologists fear that invasive zebra mussels that clog pipes and crowd out native species could be working their way down the Missouri River from South Dakota, the Sioux City Journal reported. In South Dakota, zebra mussels …

Ida and O’Brien counties in northwest Iowa will be home to two new MidAmerican Energy Co. wind farms, the company announced today. Construction will begin in the spring and will add 552 megawatts of wind generation capacity. …

The National Chicken Council on Tuesday recommended nine biosecurity measures, saying they are the poultry industry’s first line of defense against all avian diseases, including bird flu. Bird flu killed 34 million chickens and turkeys …