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Anaerobic biodigester equipment.

Biogas expansion may compound worker risks

by Kari Lydersen November 16, 2022November 15, 2022

Government incentives are driving larger, more crowded concentrated animal feeding operations while protections lag for the workers inside.

Solar panels overlook downtown Des Moines, Iowa, and the Iowa Statehouse.

Wisconsin regulators should look to Iowa for third-party solar model, advocates say

by Kari Lydersen November 1, 2022October 31, 2022

A Greenpenny employee was among the homeowners who financed solar panels through the bank.

More Midwest banks see opportunity to finance solar, energy efficiency projects

by Frank Jossi August 11, 2022August 15, 2022

Supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe rally in opposition of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in front of the White House in September 2016.

Iowa carbon pipeline opponents see lessons from Dakota Access fight

by Dan Haugen May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

The MidAmerican Energy Company office in Sioux City, Iowa.

In Iowa, a lack of long-range planning dockets leaves utility critics in the dark

by Karen Uhlenhuth December 16, 2021December 17, 2021