Iowa is one of the nation's more affordable states, with residents paying 28% less in housing than the national average and a median home value of only $160,700. Iowa also has a high percentage of homeownership: at least7 in 10 residents own their homes, according to the Census Bureau....
A large proportion of the state's economy is still agricultural, even though only a small percentage of the population (around 2%) consider themselves to be farmers. Minnesota is a leading US producer of sugar beets, soybeans, and corn. Additionally, northern Minnesota is a source for iron o...
Iowa is one of the nation's more affordable states, with residents paying 28% less in housing than the national average and a median home value of only $160,700. Iowa also has a high percentage of homeownership: at least7 in 10 residents own their homes, according to the Census Bureau....
Four years after “An Inconvenient Truth” detailed some of the potential lasting damage modern-scale fuel reliance could do, the automobile industry was getting in on the renewable energy game. In the wake of high gas prices, which would soon rise again, hybrid and electric vehicles began to...
All LEGO bricks are made from resin, which includes a mix ofvirgin plastics made from fossil feedstocks, as well as renewable materials. The company says it is working to increase the percentage of certified renewable or recycled materials, which means less oil would go into the bricks that ar...
Four years after “An Inconvenient Truth” detailed some of the potential lasting damage modern-scale fuel reliance could do, the automobile industry was getting in on the renewable energy game. In the wake of high gas prices, which would soon rise again, hybrid and electric vehicles began to...
was higher than that of 1992 (221) and was higher than that in 1998 (219); students' scale scores in Minnesota were higher than those in 30 jurisdictions, lower than those in 2 jurisdictions, and the difference was not found to be significant for 15 jurisdictions; and the percentage of ...
Four years after “An Inconvenient Truth” detailed some of the potential lasting damage modern-scale fuel reliance could do, the automobile industry was getting in on the renewable energy game. In the wake of high gas prices, which would soon rise again, hybrid and electric vehicles began to...
Four years after “An Inconvenient Truth” detailed some of the potential lasting damage modern-scale fuel reliance could do, the automobile industry was getting in on the renewable energy game. In the wake of high gas prices, which would soon rise again, hybrid and electric vehicles began to...
While losing farmland is a concern for the state, solar energy projects only make up a “very small percentage” of the actual loss of prime farmland, said Michael Zastoupil, agricultural and food systems planner, and that residential development is the main driving cause. THE LATEST...