CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Iowa Groups Threaten Suit Over Ottumwa Toxic Coal Ash "This case shows exactly why Iowa must move away from coal and toward clean energy," says Josh Mandelbaum, Senior Attorney at ELPC DES MOINES--Today three environmental groups notified Alliant Energy's Iowa affiliate of their intent to sue for unpermitted discharges of polluted groundwater that is pumped out from under an Ottumw  more

AMES, Iowa, March 14 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Mueller named director of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory Karl Mueller has been named the new director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory, operated by Iowa State University. His tenure begins June 1. Since 2021, Mueller has served as the director of the Program Development Office for the Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate (PCSD) at Pacific Northwes  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 13 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Husker grad student surveys resilience in Nebraska's Sandhills By Russell Shaffer and Kyle Martens Kyle Martens has been exploring rural landscapes his entire life. Martens, originally from the Sioux City, Iowa, area and currently in his third year in the natural resource sciences doctoral program in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Natural Resources, has incorporated his passion for rur  more