Brittney J. Miller

The Gazette toured the West Dubuque Solar Garden with Alliant Energy staffers to learn more about solar energy and solar farms.

District 84 includes several townships in northwestern and southwestern Linn County and most of Benton County, including Vinton

Five experts discussed the widespread impacts of extreme weather during an hour-long panel at Iowa Ideas 2022

District includes northeast Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha and Robins

More than 30,300 clean energy jobs were recorded in Iowa by the end of 2021 — a 5 percent increase from the year before.

As rainfall has increased — a symptom of our warming atmosphere — the frequency of flooding has intensified. Now, river-adjacent communities like Cedar Rapids are turning away from flood mitigation to instead make room for the water.

ITC Midwest will conduct aerial patrols of its transmission infrastructure from Oct. 10 to Oct. 28, weather permitting.

The 2022 Iowa Climate Statement released Wednesday focused on trees and their help in mitigating flooding, heat and erosion

Two decades of bacteria and algae have plagued Iowa beaches, leading to constant warnings. The Gazette and Investigate Midwest analyzed 20 years of beach monitoring data from the Iowa DNR. The results show that although individual locations show some progress, Iowa’s beaches overall show little to no improvement.

Researchers find the barriers can remove nutrients from waterways

The Gazette toured Alliant’s English Farms Wind Farm to learn more about wind energy

Efforts in Iowa will focus in Cedar Rapids -- where both ADM and PepsiCo have factories -- and in Clinton.

A $17,000 grant will fund 30 cultural community gardens in Linn County.

Researchers want to know how co-locating solar and crops could benefit farmers and be a salve to a growing strain in the Corn Belt, where rural residents and towns are pushing back on solar projects that can often take farmland out of production.

Cedar Rapids wastewater pollution control facility fishes out one to two dumpster loads of these commonly flushed items every week.