The Iowa Department of Transportation this month will submit a plan to the federal government for how Iowa would spend $51 million over five years to expand electric vehicle charging capacity along interstate highways, including I-80, I-380, I-35 and I-29.
Residents of Linn, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton and Scott counties will have a chance in September to share their thoughts about another proposed CO2 pipeline -- this one connecting ADM ethanol plants.
Iowans whose property may be in the path of the proposed Navigator Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide pipeline are invited to informational meetings in 12 counties, including Delaware, Buchanan, Fayette and Bremer.
The Navigator Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide pipeline would no longer go through Linn County under a new route proposed by the company.
Navigator CO2 Ventures and POET have signed a deal to transport the carbon dioxide from 18 ethanol plants in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota through a proposed pipeline to Illinois.
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors voted 4-to-1 Monday not to rezone land to allow for the development of a cryptocurrency mining site -- the second in the county -- but members told the developer the board might support a different location.
This nondescript facility is one of the first — if not *the* first — large-scale cryptocurrency mining sites in Iowa.
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.
A white oak on track to be Iowa’s largest of its species is in the area where Navigator CO2 Ventures wants to lay an underground CO2 pipeline. The 175-year-old tree is in Lee County, 50 yards from the Mississippi River.
The Iowa Utilities Board will have oral arguments April 12 over where to hold a hearing to consider whether to grant Summit Carbon Solutions a permit for a carbon dioxide pipeline.
There’s a new type of nuclear power plant, smaller, modular and designed to be safer during power outages. Iowa utilities are watching pilot projects in other states, and MidAmerican Energy wants to invest in a study of new nuclear technology.
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are introducing legislation to replace banned Russian oil with American renewable fuels, saying biofuels are less expensive then straight-up petroleum products.
The scientists from Florida State University and Duke University found that 90% of children born in the U.S. between 1950 and 1981 had blood-lead levels higher than the CDC threshold. And the researchers found significant impact on cognitive development: on average, early childhood exposure to lead resulted in a 2.6-point drop in IQ.
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