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Reynolds allocates $100M in federal infrastructure funds for water quality projects

Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced the state will allocate $100 million in federal funds for water quality and conservation investments from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan infrastructure bill. Through a new grant program within …

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Iowa gets millions from infrastructure bill to upgrade water plants, limit lead and ‘forever chemicals’

Des Moines Register: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Iowa will receive more than $110 million from the new federal infrastructure bill to upgrade aging water infrastructure and tackle toxic “forever chemicals.” The funding, announced Thursday, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Wall Street’s $22 trillion carbon time bomb

Credit rating agencies are becoming more vocal about the risks of institutional investors’ exposures to carbon-intensive companies, as this recent Bloomberg article details. According to Moody’s Investors Service, financial institutions in the Group of 20 leading industrial …

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Iowa State and Alliant Energy are partnering to develop a solar farm

Clay and Milk: Iowa State University and Alliant Energy will collaborate on a solar farm to be established on university land south of Ames. The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a request from Iowa State …

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Central Iowa water utility plan gains momentum as West Des Moines looks to join long-envisioned regional group

Des Moines Register: West Des Moines Water Works is looking to join a regional water utility rather than joining with other suburbs in a separate utility, with a planning committee saying the move could save consumers …

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Wellmark donates $500,000 to ICON Water Trails

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has donated $500,000 to help fund improvements at Birdland Marina as part of the Iowa Confluence Water Trails initiative. The Great Outdoors Foundation announced the Wellmark investment on Thursday. …

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Company drops quest to export northeast Iowa water

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A northeast Iowa mining company has ended its effort to get state permission to draw millions of gallons of water from Iowa’s Jordan Aquifer to export to Western states. Pattison Sand Co. of …

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Demolition completed at Dico Superfund site

Demolition of the Dico Superfund site is complete, preparing the site for redevelopment that will include a 6,300-seat multiuse stadium, a plaza and an eight-story hotel, the Iowa Soccer Development Foundation announced in a news release. Cleanup …

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NOTEBOOK: What’s the Iowa Department of Homeland Security’s role in addressing climate risk mitigation?

As part of the research that I did for a recent article on the insurance industry’s response to emerging climate risks, I learned that federal agencies are attempting to move from a reactive stance of …

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Russell to leave Iowa IPL to join Biden administration

Matt Russell, the executive director of Iowa Interfaith Power and Light’s board of directors, will be stepping down at the end of this month to join the Biden administration. According to a news release, Russell …