What companies might think their green claims mean and what consumers perceive could be vastly different. The Federal Trade Commission guides are meant to help avoid misleading marketing claims.
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Bobby Hansen - For The Gazette Columns Apr. 9, 2022 7:00 am
What companies might think their green claims mean and what consumers perceive could be vastly different. The Federal Trade Commission guides are meant to help avoid misleading marketing claims.
Gazette Fact Checker team Government & Politics Apr. 9, 2022 4:53 pm
Iowa environmental groups have claimed MidAmerican Energy Company, which has touted its goal to reach 100 percent renewable energy, is “secretly operating one of the largest coal fleets in the country” in a new ad airing in the state.
Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch Environmental News Apr. 8, 2022 6:00 am
Wild ducks that are prominent carriers of the highly contagious avian influenza are migrating through Iowa in their greatest numbers this month.
Erin Jordan Agriculture Apr. 8, 2022 11:48 am
A 2021 law change that allows Iowa to fine farmers when weedkiller — particularly dicamba — drifts to neighbors’ fields is on hold, at least until later this year, as the state develops new rules for private and commercial applicators.
Vanessa Miller Higher Ed Apr. 8, 2022 3:21 pm
Massive losses in international enrollment have decimated the University of Iowa’s need for English as a Second Language services – compelling big cuts.
Agriculture Apr. 7, 2022 9:37 pm
The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys.
Nick Westergaard - For The Gazette
Columns Apr. 7, 2022 6:30 am
As marketers, we don’t talk about email for a variety of reasons.
Gazette staff
Agriculture Apr. 21, 2022 4:04 pm
Bird flu has now been confirmed in 12 of Iowa’s 99 counties.
Zoos across North America -- including the one in Des Moines -- are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly bird flu.
Associated Press
Business News Apr. 6, 2022 11:27 am
President Joe Biden approved a $100 million transfer of Javelin anti-armor missiles — made by Raytheon Technologies — to Ukraine on Tuesday, according to an administration official.
Business News Apr. 6, 2022 6:00 am
A pandemic-related shortage of baby formula was exacerbated when Abbott Nutrition, which manufactures Similac, recalled several of its formulas in February. The shortage has become a constant financial and emotional burden on some Iowa parents.
Gazette staff
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:44 pm
This marks the 15th case confirmed this year in Iowa, all of them striking after March 1.
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — A 32-year rivalry between two Storm Lake newspapers has ended after the Storm Lake Times Company recently purchased the Pilot-Tribune from Hallmark II Publishing of Charles City.