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Another renewable fuel plant closes as Iowa leaders wait for White House biofuels fix

Des Moines Register: An Iowa biodiesel plant announced Tuesday it’s shutting down as Gov. Kim Reynolds warned that federal waivers exempting oil companies from using renewable fuels are hurting the state’s rural economy. Roy Strom, CEO …

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Iowa plans for possible African swine fever outbreak

Iowa is running drills with 13 other states to prepare in case the African swine fever outbreak in other parts of the world reaches the United States, Successful Farming reported. In a four-day effort, state agencies, …

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Pink at the Pump launches

Ethanol retailers in October will donate 3 cents of every gallon of Unleaded 88 sold during its Pink at the Pump campaign to help prevent breast cancer. More than 70 stations will participate. Proceeds will …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Teen climate activist to world leaders: ‘How dare you!’

Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg blistered heads of state at a United Nations summit for, in effect, robbing her generation of its future by failing to address climate change, Bloomberg reported. “You have stolen my dreams and …

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Sioux Center ethanol plant shuts down, blames Trump’s refinery exemptions

Sioux City Journal: A farmers’ cooperative in northwest Iowa is blaming the temporary shutdown of its corn-based ethanol plant on President Donald Trump’s decision to exempt dozens of oil refineries from a federal law requiring them …

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Iowa climate educators warn of more frequent and severe heat

Radio Iowa: A group of 216 “climate educators” from 38 colleges and universities in Iowa issued a statement warning that “extreme” temperatures are ahead. “Conditions will become very dangerous at times, much more so than we …

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Iowa Energy Center begins new era at IEDA

The Iowa Energy Center decided in July to help Iowa State University researchers look into ways to avoid peak power problems at Iowa poultry facilities. 

A private firm will be looking into how ratepayers in …

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A Closer Look: Ingrid Gronstal Anderson

Ingrid Gronstal Anderson has worked on water issues for years, including as an environmental compliance worker at the University of Iowa. Much of her work involved making sure the university complied with major environmental regulations …

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Western Iowa officials warn of a third round of Missouri River flooding

Des Moines Register: A third round of flooding is anticipated in western Iowa, according to the Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency. A nearly 4½-foot rise of the Missouri River is forecast over the next week, putting …

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Judge: Water lawsuit can proceed

Another high-profile water pollution case in Iowa will proceed after Polk County Judge Robert Hanson threw out the state’s motion for dismissal.

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement has teamed up with a Washington, D.C., nonprofit and …