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PNS Daily News - October 11, 2019
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is handed a subpoena in the impeachment inquiry; and the Trump administration approves drug testing as a condition for unemployment benefits.
2020Talks - October 11, 2019
Nine candidates addressed LGBTQ issues last night, including Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay top-tier presidential primary candidate.
Public News Service - IA: Energy Policy
DES MOINES, Iowa - After four days of testimony last week, the Iowa Utilities Board on Wednesday announced it was holding yet another afternoon of public hearings tomorrow. The board even has reserved two additional days in March if necessary for further deliberation. But one Iowa group says it do
JOHNSTON, Iowa - The Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit is coming up next week in Altoona, and participants will be celebrating the Hawkeye State's biodiesel output. A record 242 million gallons of biodiesel fuel was produced in Iowa during the last calendar year, well above the old record of 230 million
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa generates nearly 30 percent of its electricity from wind, far more than any other state. The goal is to increase that to 40 percent by 2020. Ben Hammes, a spokesman for Gov. Terry Branstad, said developing the industry is a benefit for the state's other economic-development
DES MOINES, Iowa - It's the most wonderful time of the year, but according to Trish Radke, program coordinator of the Metro Waste Authority, it's also the most wasteful. "We actually produce 25 percent more waste during the holidays than any other time of the year," she says. "Reducing your impact
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa is already among the nation's leaders in wind energy, but a new report points to changes that the state could make to turn what can still sometimes be a stormy process for new operations into much more of a breeze. The study is from the Center for Rural Affairs. Energy and
DES MOINES, Iowa – Two new studies find the proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut carbon pollution from the nation's existing power plants makes a lot of financial sense for Iowa consumers. One report that looks at the economics of the Clean Power Plan is from Synapse Energy
DES MOINES, Iowa – Large sections of pipe are already being stockpiled along the proposed route through Iowa, but the approval of the Bakken Pipeline is far from a done deal and opponents are ramping up their fight. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is planning meetings across the stat
DES MOINES, Iowa - With the changing landscape of energy transmission in Iowa often comes the contentious use of eminent domain, but new research says the shortcomings can and must be addressed because a growing number of the population is being impacted. Johnathan Hladik, a senior policy advocate
