Environment
They might as well have asked about ice cream flavors
The Des Moines Register’s latest Iowa Poll writeup breaks some big news: Iowans like renewable energy.
This is such big news that the Register sat on the results for over a month.
A grand opening for Iowa’s new state park resort
A project 30 years in the making has finally been realized with the opening of the resort lodge at Honey Creek State Park.
Latham and Greenwald debate as equals
ANALYSIS: After listening to Monday night’s WHO radio debate, the 4th district congressional race sure feels close.
McCain-Palin Liveblog
Iowa Independent’s John Deeth was at the Cedar Rapids airport Thursday liveblogging events at the John McCain-Sarah Palin rally. Anti-war protesters briefly disrupted the event and while John McCain adapted, Sarah Palin stuck to the speech.
Legislators look at gambling for bars to offset smoking losses
Some Iowa legislators are considering allowing limited gambling in bars to help them offset losses due to the Iowa smoking ban and to deal with the grossly unfair advantage casinos have with their smoking exemption, according to a story in The Sioux City Journal:
A state lawmaker says a small group of legislators is quietly assembling [...]
Montana guv says McCain no friend to renewable energy
The focus of Schweitzer’s speech was energy, and he said that Republican slogans like “Drill, baby, drill” simply aren’t enough.
“We can’t drill our way out of our energy problem, and anyone who thinks we can is delusional,” he said. “Drilling is one aspect, but we need to focus on American sources of energy like biofuels, wind, and solar.”
EPC member resigns, cites anti-agriculture direction of board
A member of the state’s Environmental Protection Commission who has been labeled by critics as “pro-factory farms” has stepped down.
Obama reaffirms support of Renewable Fuels Standard
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama reaffirmed his support of the federal Renewable Fuels Standard on Tuesday. Obama’s Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, opposes the fuel standard that mandates a specific amount of ethanol be used in the nation’s fuel supply.
Many farmers may opt out of Conservation Reserve Program
A federal program designed to protect environmentally sensitive farmland may be losing some of its luster.
Thousands of U.S. farmers have a decision to make this month, as they must choose to either keep their acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or put those acres into crop production.
Orthodox Union to Agriprocessors: Hire new management or lose certification
Updated 9/10/2008 @ 10 a.m.
“Within the coming days, or lets say a week or two, we will suspend our supervision unless there’s new management in place,” Rabbi Menachem Genack, the head of kosher supervision for the Orthodox Union, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency this afternoon.