Miller-Meeks backs energy tax credits amid budget clash
Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks warns that dissolving clean energy incentives in the budget reconciliation bill could cost jobs and raise utility bills. She urged House leadership to preserve Inflation Reduction Act tax credits while facing Democratic and advocacy criticism for backing the broader bill. The piece notes Iowa's heavy renewable generation and strong solar and wind activity.
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Justices allow drowning lawsuit to proceed
Iowa Supreme Court ruling overturns dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Sharon Kahn and her daughter Vicki Hodges, both West Union residents, who drowned in June 2020 after tubing on the Turkey River and going over a low-head dam near Clermont in Fayette County.
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Dead zone in Gulf of Mexico to likely be average size this year
The NOAA forecasts the hypoxic Gulf zone will be about 5,000 square miles this summer with LSU scientists estimating about 4,800 miles. Both models agree the size remains roughly three times the targeted goal as nitrogen and phosphorus runoff fuels algae blooms depleting oxygen.
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