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Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association joins national advocacy network

The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association joined the Solar Energy Industries Association as an official state affiliate, the 20th SEIA affiliate, the state association announced today. According to ISETA, Iowa installed 162 megawatts of new …

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Best of Des Moines 2020

As we do each year, we asked our readers to cast votes for what Des Moines has to offer in a variety of business-related categories. We all know 2020 has been a bit different than…
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Gas prices spike in Des Moines area, nationwide after Colonial Pipeline cyberattack

Des Moines Register: Gas in parts of the Des Moines metro area topped $3 a gallon this week after a cyberattack on the nation’s largest refined products pipeline, spanning from Texas to New Jersey, that caused …

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Gateway Center awarded Gold LEED certification

The Krause Gateway Center at 1459 Grand Ave. in downtown Des Moines has been awarded Gold LEED certification. The building, which was completed in 2018, was designed and constructed with sustainability in mind by Renzo …

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Iowa missed its lofty biofuels goal

Axios Des Moines: Iowa’s longtime goal to replace 25% of petroleum used in gasoline with biofuels by 2020 fell far short, a new report from the Iowa Department of Revenue shows. The state reached a record …

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Aquaculture researcher named 2021 World Food Prize laureate

The goal of global food production should not just be feeding the world’s growing population, but nourishing “all people and all nations as well as sustaining the health of the planet in the long term,” …

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Athene Charitable Foundation pledges $1M to Central Iowa Water Trails project

The Great Outdoors Foundation, the fiscal agent of the Central Iowa Water Trails Consortium, today announced a $1 million commitment from the Athene Charitable Foundation. With this pledge, total private funding raised for the water …

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Board member of Ames-based bioscience company accused of fraud by firm’s treasurer

Two governing members of Ames-based biosciences company AgCertain Industries Inc. — one its treasurer and another a board member — are also adversaries in a Polk County lawsuit in which one has accused the other …

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Board member of Ames-based bioscience company accused of fraud by firm’s treasurer

Two governing members of Ames-based biosciences company AgCertain Industries Inc. — one its treasurer and another a board member — are also adversaries in a Polk County lawsuit in which one has accused the other …

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EPA official: Contaminated site will remain in Superfund program

“We are standing today at the doorstep of growth in greatness for the city of Des Moines,” Mayor Frank Cownie said during a news conference in which cleanup plans for the former Dico site were …