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Retired Navy officer to talk national security, Iowa energy tonight

Tonight, retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Dennis McGinn will talk about national security and Iowa’s energy future at Drake University.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Bulldog Theater in the Olmsted Center, …

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Dow to begin selling solar shingles

Dow Chemical Co. and residential homebuilder D.R. Horton tomorrow are expected to announce a national rollout of the Powerhouse, a new kind of roof shingle that’s also a solar power system, the Denver Business Journal …

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Hadden honored for waste management work

Metro Waste Authority (MWA) Executive Director Thomas Hadden was honored yesterday with the Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations.

Hadden has been the head of MWA for 15 years, …

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Ethanol producers branch out into corn oil

U.S. ethanol producers, faced with slowing growth in demand, are turning to a fledgling market for corn oil to help boost revenues, The Wall Street Journal reported..

 

Several of the nation’s largest ethanol companies, …

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Energy-saving initiative kicks off next week

I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa will have a kickoff event from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Sept. 27.

The statewide initiative is intended to mobilize and educate Iowans, especially in the African-American community, …

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Cities use federal grant to ‘Share Good Energy’


A collaboration among four Greater Des Moines cities has led to some creative energy-saving projects and a new online resource for sharing best practices.

Share Good Energy (www.sharegoodenergy.org) is a campaign to encourage energy efficiency …

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ARAG to host Green Fair

Legal and financial solutions provider ARAG Group will host its 2nd Annual ARAG Green Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 30. 

Iowa Health System has partnered with ARAG to include a demonstration …