Iowa
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Agribiz BFF Bill Northey defeats reformer Francis Thicke for Iowa ag secretary
It's agribusiness as usual in Iowa, where voters sent a message to Washington that the status quo is just fine with them.
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Election 2010: The scoop on energy and environment ballot measures
Find out about California's Prop 23 and other ballot measures around the country on energy efficiency, bottled-water taxes, public transit, and more.
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Heartland grows new crop of anti-climate governor candidates
In Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming, four Democratic governors who have supported clean energy may be replaced by Republicans who have expressed fealty to big oil. The Republican candidates -- Terry Branstad in Iowa, Sen. Sam Brownback in Kansas, Rep. Mary Fallin in Oklahoma, and Matt Mead in Wyoming -- hold commanding leads in the polls over their Democratic opponents.
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Revelations from the House egg-recall hearing
On Wednesday, the House hauled in major players from the 550-million egg recall. Some squawked like caged hens. Others kept their beaks shut. Analysis follows.
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New Agtivist: Francis Thicke wants to lead Iowa agriculture to a greener future
An organic dairy farmer, soil scientist, and wind-energy proponent is challenging an agribusiness darling for Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture. See what Michael Pollan thinks this means for Big Agribiz and why you should care about Francis Thicke.
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Iowa governor's race: Culver vs. Branstad
Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Iowa. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
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Iowa ag secretary boasted of state's vast egg industry, failed to regulate it
Why was Wright County Egg owner Jack DeCoster allowed to run a massive feed mill completely unregulated by the state of Iowa?
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Fossil fuels keep getting the breaks
Leaders at G20 vowed to phase out oil subsidies. They might as well have vowed to end world hunger, because that is one huge rock to push up the hill
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Google Energy’s big green power purchase
A wind farm in Iowa.Photo courtesy Edith OSB via FlickrGoogle is officially in the green energy business. The search giant announced on Tuesday that its Google Energy subsidiary signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy. Google will begin buying 114 megawatts of electricity from an Iowa wind farm on July 30. Google, of […]