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A Closer Look: Nadilia Gomez

Now the executive director at the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator, Nadilia Gomez grew up in Panama City, Panama, but developed a passion for agriculture as she visited her grandmother’s hometown, a small farming community without electricity …

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Millions of dollars riding on water quality in the Midwest

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Two tourism directors 700 miles apart, one in Iowa and one in Ohio, use the same word when describing the effect a swimming ban caused by water pollution would have on their lakeside …

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EPA levies $71,400 fine for diesel spill near Peosta

Radio Iowa: Federal officials say BP has agreed to pay a fine of more than $71,000 for a diesel fuel spill last year in northeast Iowa. The spill at BP North America Products near Peosta happened …

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Terry named president of ITC Midwest

Dusky Terry, a former aide to Gov. Tom Vilsack and vice president of Central Iowa Power Cooperative, has been named president of ITC Midwest and vice president of ITC Holdings Corp., which invests in the electrical …

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MidAmerican says turbine setback rule would ‘completely wipe out’ wind development

Des Moines Register: MidAmerican Energy says a Madison County proposal that would require that turbines be built 1.5 miles away from the nearest home would “wipe out” wind development in the state, if other counties were …

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Manager: Iowa City’s climate goal could be tough to reach

Iowa City’s city manager, Geoff Fruin, says a city goal to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 won’t be easy to reach, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. The City Council earlier this month declared …

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Rastetter says his company’s Brazil ethanol plants aren’t causing fires in Amazon

Cedar Rapids Gazette: An Iowan whose company is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to build ethanol plants in Brazil said his facilities don’t contribute to deforestation some have blamed for wildfires in the Amazon rainforest. …

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NOTEBOOK: Scorched: Heat changes real estate world

The Urban Land Institute, a real estate professional group with a branch in Iowa, recently released “Scorched: Extreme Heat and Real Estate.” The national group’s Katharine Burgess, vice president of urban resilience, was in town …

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NOTEBOOK: American Water uses AI, eyes tap water threats

When American Water President and CEO Susan Story stopped by our offices during a routine Des Moines business trip, the leader of the nation’s largest water system had two particularly intriguing things on her mind: …

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Smart Ag

As an up-and-coming startup in the agtech industry, the people behind Ames-based Smart Ag have experienced the startup scramble once or twice. 

Just before the 2018 Farm Progress Show – the international event that launched …