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Cedar Rapids Gazette: For more than four decades, the name of former Cedar Rapids utility executive Duane Arnold has been synonymous with nuclear power in Iowa. Now it could have a new connotation: a massive solar …
Grants totaling $206,000 in assistance are available to communities rehabilitating their tree canopy through Alliant Energy’s Branching Out Program, a partnership with Trees Forever. The grant will fund more than 1,600 new trees in Iowa …
A SunCrate, developed with help from a grant from the Iowa Energy Office, is set up in Ames to test its solar energy collection and distribution capabilities. Photo by Michael Crumb
A Sioux City-based company is …
Radio Iowa: A 12-state group working to reduce the size of the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for support from the Biden administration. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is co-chair of …
A review of solar energy projects at Iowa’s schools, cities and other public entities reported average annual savings of more than $26,475, State Auditor Rob Sand announced recently. Eighty Iowa communities are currently using solar …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is offering teachers a new free, online supplemental curriculum for middle and high school students on the science behind genetically engineered plants. The curriculum, “Science and Our Food Supply: Exploring …
Funding is now available to derecho affected communities in Iowa and Illinois through a new grant program called Planting Hope, led by Trees Forever. Funding up to $5,000 will be awarded for tree planting and …
Washington Post: The Senate voted 92-7 today to approve President Joe Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary. Vilsack had been expected to have a smooth path to confirmation after the Senate Agriculture Committee voted …
Successful Farming: Summit Agricultural Group of Alden has created Summit Carbon Solutions, a business platform intended to develop the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. Summit Carbon Solutions will accelerate the transition toward sustainable, renewable …
This week, both Iowa and Texas faced below-freezing temperatures as residents bundled up indoors. The difference? As winter storms rolled in, more than 3 million Texas customers were hit with power blackouts as the Electric …
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