DES MOINES, IOWA (February 26, 2021) — State Auditor Rob Sand announced a review of solar-energy projects at Iowa’s schools, cities, and other public entities. A total of eighty communities are currently using solar-energy installations across the state. Those participating in this review reported annual savings as high as $80,000. The average annual savings was more than $26,475, and the average savings over the lifetime of the installation was $716,437.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 16, 2021) — Rechargeable batteries have created fires at the Waste Commission of Scott County facilities. Keep rechargeable batteries out of your garbage and recycling carts, and drop them off for proper disposal, instead.

MARION, IOWA (January 28, 2021) — Small trees with big futures are available for planting projects across Iowa and in the Quad Cities area of Illinois through a partnership between environmental non-profit Trees Forever, GreenState Credit Union and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

MARION, IOWA (November 13, 2020) — Trees Forever, a local non-profit organization, has announced a citizen campaign to support replanting the trees devastated by the August derecho. The Planting Hope campaign will plan for the purchase and repopulation of trees in communities including Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, Marshalltown, and rural areas in the derecho's path.