Energy

Some people who live in the Iowa Great Lakes region want new restrictions for wind energy development.

Host Ben Kieffer discusses some of the week's headlines, including new funding for renewable energy in rural areas, the closure of Iowa Wesleyan University and more.

Environmental advocates and groups advocating for older and low-income Iowans have raised concerns about how the governor’s bill to merge and reorganize state agencies could impact the rates Iowans pay for electricity and natural gas.

A home improvement expert shares what tax incentives are available to make homes more energy efficient and answers callers' home maintenance questions.

Sioux Center in northwest Iowa will construct a pipeline to bring in natural gas from local dairy farmers.

Last year, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program received 90,000 applications. This year, things are slower.

The Woodbury County board of supervisors voted in favor of an ordinance that will almost entirely eliminate the potential for wind energy in the northwest Iowa county.

At a public hearing on Tuesday, Woodbury County residents urged the county board of supervisors to adopt an ordinance that would effectively eliminate the potential for wind energy in the county.

Speaking in Iowa President Biden announced Tuesday that his administration will temporarily allow E15 gasoline — gasoline that uses a 15 percent ethanol blend that is usually banned from sale from June to September — to be sold this summer, in an attempt to help ease gas prices.

El presidente Joe Biden ha realizado su primer viaje a Iowa desde que fue elegido presidente.