by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 25, 2024 | News, Politics & Government, Weather
The Iowa legislature has set aside $250,000 to start developing accurate maps of Iowa’s underground water resources. State geologist Keith Schilling is director of the Iowa Geological Survey, the agency that will develop the maps of shallow groundwater supplies....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 24, 2024 | Business, News
Developers of a northwest Iowa wind farm plan to erect 18 turbines in Emmet County. The Red Rock Wind Energy Center project is being scaled back in neighboring Dickinson County, though, as officials consider changes to Dickinson County’s wind turbine ordinance....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 19, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A House committee has approved a bill that outlines a new legal avenue for landowners who don’t want a carbon pipeline to run through their property. Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton said it’s the fifth time the House has introduced a bill to...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 18, 2024 | News, Weather
The spokesman for the state’s largest utility company says the heavy winds that accompanied the storms last week helped create an electric generation record. MidAmerican spokesman Geoff Greenwood, says the company’s turbines did a lot of turning....
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 21, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Wolf Carbon Solutions has withdrawn its application for a carbon pipeline permit in Illinois after learning regulators in that state were likely to reject it, but the company plans to regroup and refile its application early next year for a pipeline that would connect...