Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that JCPenney in Shawnee, Oklahoma, placed sixth in the fourth-annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings across ...
Tags: EPA, Certification
The Platts Japan Korea Marker for May delivery trended down 45 cents/MMBtu over the Asian trading week, closing at $14.95/MMBtu Friday, as supply for the month began to outweigh demand. Sellers were forced to reduce May offers from the ...
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Although 84 percent of Americans believe that eating breakfast is an essential part of their morning routine, 56 percent skip it several times a week or more. To address this gap for time-starved consumers, Hormel Foods has introduced ...
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The 2014 corn crop's going to be 4% smaller than 2013, while soybean acres will grow, according to Monday's USDA-NASS annual Prospective Plantings report. Those numbers were immediately bullish, but those bulls didn't run far. And now, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have selected the Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) for the 2014 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for Climate Communications and Partner of the Year for ...
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US miner Drummond restarted coal loadings from its Colombian export terminal late Monday after its environmental restrictions were lifted following a three-month export ban, the company said in a statement. The miner's Colombian ...
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The 2014 edition of Maison & Objet held in January and twice annually, design fair at the Parc des Expositions at Paris Nord Villepinte, welcomed a total of 83,282 visitors while representing an extensive assortment of international home ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring 127 organizations for their commitment to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. Recipients of the 2014 Energy Star ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Certification, EPA
Elsewhere, Kansas lawmakers advance a bill that would exempt the state from the health law and some California lawmakers work to restore Medi-Cal cuts. The Oregonian: SEIU Withdraws Health Care Ballot Measures, Part Of Deal With ...
Tags: SEIU, Health Law, Health Insure, Medi-Cal Funding
Temperatures across the Midwest this morning range from the 20s and 30s across northern areas with some lower 40s across southern regions. Most of us will be greeted by abundant sunshine this morning, with sun across western areas fading ...
Tags: Winter Weather, Gulf, river transportation, Des Moines
This year marks the 10th Annual Luminaire Design Competition for students enrolled in Designing with Light (DES 136 B) at the University of California, Davis. The competition gives students the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art ...
Tags: LED module, LEDs
E.ON and Projection Lighting have worked with Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall to replace its auditorium lighting with an LED system.? The solution, which was installed by DES Electrical, saw more than 500 incandescent light fittings taken ...
Tags: Lighting, Lights, LED system, LED lighting
DES MOINES, Iowa --After starting the session lower, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets found just enough support to close higher Wednesday. The March corn futures contract settled 1 1/2 cents higher at $4.43. The March soybean ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With little movement, the CME Group corn and soybeans ended higher Monday. At the close, the March corn futures contract closed 2 1/4 cents higher at $4.31. The March soybean futures contract finished ...
Tags: Corn, Soybeans, Agriculture
Many Iowans like to have picnics in the summertime, but not many attempt a picnic in January in Iowa unless it's the Iowa Pork Producers Association. IPPA did just that on January 22 at Capital Square in downtown Des Moines as the ...
Tags: Pork