The electric grid can handle a certain amount of damage, but climate change is increasing extreme weather events in the state. Can utilities keep it running under extreme conditions without raising consumer costs?
Many surveyed by the Associated Press described 2025 as turbulent and challenging for clean energy, though there was progress as projects connected to the electric grid.
How are normal high and low temperatures, and average precipitation numbers calculated, and how far back does the data go? Find out with Curious Iowa — a series from The Gazette that answers readers’ questions about the state and how it works.
The Detroit-based automaker will no longer make the electric pickup truck, instead opting for an extended-range version of the vehicle.
The purchase was made possible by a roughly $2 million federal grant allocation for low-emissions vehicles.
Brazil has lost about 131,000 square miles of mature rainforest since 2001 — an area roughly the size of Germany — and more than a third of that loss was in Para.
Republican Iowa AG Brenna Bird on Wednesday celebrated that a California climate reporting law was paused by a U.S. appeals court after she filed a brief alongside 24 other GOP-led states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay on the law.
Nearly 200 professors and researchers endorsed this year’s climate statement highlighting how a warming climate may lead to increased insurance costs in Iowa.
It’s a problem that may grow worse for cattle farmers as the scavenging birds’ range expands, in part due to climate change.
After years of complaints, lawsuits and legislation against similar efforts, the Tallgrass Trailblazer Pipeline began operating in September with virtually no opposition.
Researchers at Iowa State University are testing a new mobile app that alerts residents when their homes begin to overheat — a tool designed to help prevent heat-related illnesses in vulnerable communities.
Rising temperatures — including in Iowa — take a heavier toll on the body during pregnancy.
Iowa City is moving toward a goal of full electrification of its city vehicles, leading the way among municipalities across Iowa. Last week, it unveiled an electric Iowa City Police patrol vehicle, thought to be the first fully electric vehicle being used by law enforcement for patrol in Iowa.
Justin Glisan, the Iowa state climatologist since 2018, said Friday that he is preparing to help National Weather Service employees by taking some of their climate work if the federal government shuts down next week.
Across major corn-growing states, climate change is fueling conditions that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers. Factors like consistently high summer overnight temperatures, droughts and heavier-than-usual rains at the wrong time can all disrupt the plants’ pollination.
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