State lawyers consider the environmental offenses at the Lincolnway Energy ethanol plant in Nevada so serious that they want the attorney general's office to take over the case so bigger fines could be pursued.
Lincolnway has amassed a string of air- and water-pollution citations over the past year, and it has violated permit requirements and monitoring rules, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources alleges.
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Making cleaner, sustainable energy is no laughing matter
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Cornell University's David Pimentel's attacks on ethanol continue, even though his arguments on energy efficiency have been refuted by experts from the USDA, the Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory.
Today's ethanol plants have greatly increased efficiency and now use only three gallons of water to produce a gallon of ethanol, while it still takes eight gallons of water to make a gallon of gasoline.
Jean Zeigler's comments from the United Nations were beyond irresponsible. Genocide and war crimes are crimes against humanity. Finding solutions to global energy problems and feeding the world is anything but a crime against humanity. Texas oil interests have proposed a hold on the farm bill and balked at including renewable fuels like ethanol. That should speak loudly about who's joking around.
Providing a domestically produced renewable fuel, lessening our dependence on foreign oil sources and adding money to Iowa's economy are simply not subjects to laugh at. We take very seriously growing corn and converting it to ethanol.
- Craig Floss,
CEO, Iowa Corn,
Johnston.
- Monte Shaw,
executive director, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association,
Johnston.
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Making cleaner, sustainable energy is no laughing matter
OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1');
Today's ethanol plants have greatly increased efficiency and now use only three gallons of water to produce a gallon of ethanol, while it still takes eight gallons of water to make a gallon of gasoline.
Jean Zeigler's comments from the United Nations were beyond irresponsible. Genocide and war crimes are crimes against humanity. Finding solutions to global energy problems and feeding the world is anything but a crime against humanity. Texas oil interests have proposed a hold on the farm bill and balked at including renewable fuels like ethanol. That should speak loudly about who's joking around.
Providing a domestically produced renewable fuel, lessening our dependence on foreign oil sources and adding money to Iowa's economy are simply not subjects to laugh at. We take very seriously growing corn and converting it to ethanol.
- Craig Floss,
CEO, Iowa Corn,
Johnston.
- Monte Shaw,
executive director, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association,
Johnston.
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Two hunters shot during opening weekend
Two deer hunters sustained injuries after being shot in incidents in Osceola and Fayette counties over opening weekend.
Luke Siestra, 29, of Sheldon, was deer hunting at approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday with a group north of Melvin. A shot was fired at a deer running between him and the others, striking him in the arm and shoulder.
Siestra was taken to a hospital in Sheldon and was later transferred to a hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Derek Kleitch, 19, of Sumner, was shot in the leg in a similar incident in Fayette County at 9:45 this morning.
Kleitch was deer hunting with a group north of Fairbank in Fayette County when a shot was fired at a deer running between him and the other hunters. He was treated and released from a hospital in Sumner.
Both incidents are being investigated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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Luke Siestra, 29, of Sheldon, was deer hunting at approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday with a group north of Melvin. A shot was fired at a deer running between him and the others, striking him in the arm and shoulder.
Siestra was taken to a hospital in Sheldon and was later transferred to a hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Derek Kleitch, 19, of Sumner, was shot in the leg in a similar incident in Fayette County at 9:45 this morning.
Kleitch was deer hunting with a group north of Fairbank in Fayette County when a shot was fired at a deer running between him and the other hunters. He was treated and released from a hospital in Sumner.
Both incidents are being investigated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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