Energy

President Barack Obama is expected today to announce details of new environmental regulations devised to sharply cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s power plants and ultimately transform America’s electricity industry, the New York Times …

Ames-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. plans to buy nearly all of the assets of Imperium Renewables Inc. The purchase will include a 100 million-gallon nameplate capacity biomass-based diesel refinery and deepwater port terminal at the …

Volunteers pulled 30 tons of trash from the Wapsipinicon River in eastern Iowa this year, setting a record for Project AWARE. A total of 433 volunteers from 11 states, Sweden and China helped participated in the five-day, …

Area water utility managers are taking a step back from a proposal to build a regional water plant, moving instead to promote informal cooperation through a technical advisory committee first.

Bill Stowe, general manager …

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told about 300 people at a Des Moines conference this week that the federal government will spend $700 million in 21 states, including Iowa, to deal with avian flu issues, …

Three Iowa landowners have sued the Iowa Utilities Board, contending Dakota Access should not be allowed to use eminent domain to get access to land for a planned 1,134-mile Bakken oil pipeline that would run …

Alden-based Summit Farms, which began 25 years ago as a 300-acre corn and soybean operation in Hardin County, has changed its name to Summit Agricultural Group, CEO Bruce Rastetter announced. The company now is involved in operations …

The Iowa Energy Center is sponsoring a free webinar hosted by the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education on community solar projects. The hour session at noon Wednesday, July 29, will …