A report shows Iowa made significant strides in advancing renewable energy over the last two decades with wind and solar rising to 64-percent of Iowa’s electricity generation last year. Steve Guyer, the main author of the report for the Iowa Environmental Council, says the state’s utilities need to speed up efforts to transition away from […] View Full Story
The City of Waterloo is rethinking bicycle transportation by painting its first quarter-mile stretch of bike lanes green, while moving them away from the curb to help cyclist visibility and traffic flow. Kyle Durant, a transportation planner with the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments, helped implement the changes. Durant says the previous lanes were […] View Full Story
Congress has failed for a second year to pass a new Farm Bill. The one-year extension of the legislation expired yesterday and the temporary spending package congress approved last week to keep the government operating through December 20 did not include even a temporary continuation of Farm Bill policies. Congressman Zach Nunn, a Republican who […] View Full Story
