Energy

If you care to listen, some sage observer of the U.S. economy is going to tell you that what many of us consider the gift of falling oil prices is a bad thing, well …

The Des Moines Water Works board on Thursday is expected to consider taking legal action against an undisclosed number of upstream livestock and crop farms that contributed to record nitrate runoff.

Nitrates, which occur …

Rural Iowans are reacting to propane prices that nearly doubled this week to $5 a gallon, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the price increase is …

Des Moines Water Works Park will hold an open house on Jan. 29 to share its master plan. The event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 …

CenturyLink Inc. announced that Savvis, its data hosting segment, has been rebranded as CenturyLink Technology Solutions. The Savvis name was not getting recognized, Jeff Von Deylen, president of the new CenturyLink Technology Solutions organization, told …

Green Iowa AmeriCorps and Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC) are offering a new hands-on workshop series, “Grow Your Green,” to help homeowners learn simple ways to live more sustainably. A free workshop in that series …

EcoEngineers, a Des Moines-based software, engineering and energy compliance firm that serves the biofuels industry, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with audit and tax consulting firm McGladrey LLP to provide streamlined …