Iowa
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Meet the young lawmakers crossing party lines for a green future
Though they both grew up in Iowa, they hail from different worlds. Now, these two legislators are joining forces to advance climate solutions in their state.
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What’s on Iowans’ minds going into the 2020 caucuses? Climate change
A new CNN poll found likely Iowa caucus participants rank climate change as one of their top issues.
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Green group wants to use rare Pokemon to lure voters
NextGen Climate found the youth vote -- it's looking for Snorlax.
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Can we finally make gasoline out of corncobs?
Maybe we really will drive corn-powered cars someday
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The GOP’s king corn problem
Republicans contort themselves in order to champion big-government ethanol support.
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Giant LEGO wildlife is cooler than anything you made as a kid
The theme of the new installation at the Reiman Gardens, a massive public garden at Iowa State University, is “Nature Connects.” That usually means something about the complex interdependency of the ecological network and blah blah hippie stuff, but in this case it means nature literally snaps together out of LEGO bricks. And also blah […]
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Critical List: Iran could block oil shipping; presidential candidates can criticize ethanol in Iowa
If America and its allies put sanctions on Iran, the Iranian navy could block the Strait of Hormuz, an important channel for international oil shipments. Have Republicans ensured the death of Keystone XL by pushing Obama to decide one way or another about the pipeline? The EPA is scaling back requirements for cellulosic ethanol in […]
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Critical List: Keystone company calls route change ‘unconstitutional’; Perry hates Iowa
The Keystone XL company thinks changing the pipeline's route could be unconstitutional. Rick Perry appears to want to piss off Iowa. He's against ethanol and now wind subsidies. Fracking probably caused an earthquake in England. Michael Mann, one of the Climategate scientists, is still fighting off groups that want access to his email. Levi Strauss […]
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Can the wind industry survive without federal tax credits?
The wind production tax credit, a key incentive for new wind energy projects, is set to expire at the end of 2012.