by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A federal judge has permanently blocked two Iowa counties from enforcing ordinances that would have set restrictions for carbon pipelines. The ordinances in Shelby and Story Counties set zones around homes, schools and city limits through which pipelines were not to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 1, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
An ethanol industry group is accusing Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy of being hypocritical for supporting construction of an oil pipeline, but opposing carbon pipelines. Ramaswamy often recites what he calls the 10 “truths” on the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 28, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the government should not grant carbon pipeline developers authority to seize land from Iowans who do not want the pipeline on their property. “You have a lot of other Republicans that have been trained to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Nov 27, 2023 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of a Saturday afternoon explosion and fire at the Poet ethanol plant in Shell Rock. Witnesses reported seeing a fireball at that time and felt the explosion for a radius of several miles around the plant. Butler County...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 23, 2023 | Agriculture, News
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (NEGG) says there are opportunities for Iowa as the United Kingdom negotiates a free trade agreement with the United States. “Certainly that’s important in the U.K. as they are starting to forge a new trail...