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Video: Cultivating Iowa’s Bioeconomy

By Adam Burke 4/10/08

What does he want? Phytoremediation! When does he want it? Now!

For Lou Licht, cleaning up polluted land using plants is a no-brainer. He’s patented a process using poplar trees for phytoremediation. On Tuesday, the North Liberty entrepreneur was a keynote speaker at a “Bioeconomy” conference called “Keep it Small, Keep it All: Cultivating the Bioeconomy [...]

Videos: Caucusing for the Environment

By Adam Burke 12/17/07

About 25 people met on Sunday in Iowa City to discuss and develop environmental policies for their precinct caucuses. They drafted “planks” (also called platforms) for energy policy, air quality, urban growth boundaries and in-fill development.  Some of the participants identified themselves as being part of a presidential campaign, others were concerned about public health [...]

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