In 2020, Flint Hills Resources, the previous owner of the Shell Rock ethanol plant (and a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries) added technology to increase the amount of protein in the grain byproducts used for animal feed. However, Flint Hills underestimated the amount of pollutants created by the process. ...
On June 25, the Iowa Utilities Board approved Summit Carbon Solutions LLC’s use of eminent domain to place liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in Iowa, including Bremer and Butler counties. Summit’s pipelines will require in excess of half a billion gallons of groundwater per year to cool the carbon dioxide for transport. or...
In an attempt to frame himself as pro-education, Pat Grassley has spent several recent columnstouting his House education bills. He went so far as to write, “For Iowa House Republicans,education remains a top priority.” Harming public education appears to be a top priority forGovernor Reynolds and Pat Grassley. Please consider...
