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Des Moines has been named one of the top sustainable metro areas in the country by Site Selection magazine. According to Site Selection’s July 2021 issue, Des Moines was ranked the No. 1 Most Sustainable Metro …
Des Moines Water Works opened a community survey and has scheduled a public workshop July 13 as the organization undergoes its strategic planning effort for the next five years. Customer input may be submitted through …
Des Moines and the Iowa nonprofit Trees Forever were featured in a New York Times article talking about trees as a means for reducing heat-related deaths. “Research shows that heat already kills more people in the United …
Kathryn Kunert of MidAmerican Energy speaks during a ceremony to unveil DMACC’s new Energy Park at its Ankeny campus on Wednesday. Photo by Michael Crumb
Des Moines Area Community College celebrated its new Energy Park …
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order creating a task force to explore carbon sequestration and opportunities it presents for economic development in Iowa. According to a news release, Reynolds will chair the task force with …
Next to Alliant Energy’s generating station in Marshalltown, the utility company has been testing new technology with the goal of building on its Clean Energy Blueprint to provide more sustainable and renewable energy to its …
The Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation has partnered with local nonprofit Imagine Grinnell and the 1,000 Trees project to offer a two-year, $20,000 challenge grant to replace trees that were destroyed in last summer’s derecho. According …
Des Moines Register: The Iowa Supreme Court stopped a lawsuit that claimed the state has failed to adequately protect the public’s interest in the Raccoon River, a major water source for the Des Moines metro area, …
The proposed federal infrastructure bill would be “transformative” in the same way that rural electrification was, the leader of Iowa-based Vermeer Corp. said during a national manufacturing industry event, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Jason Andringa, president …
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, left, and John Swanson, right, Watershed Management Authority coordinator with Polk County Public Works, talk about the Central Iowa Water Quality Infrastructure Project during an event Thursday at the …
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