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Energy Burden Calculator Highlights Unaffordable Burden for Home Energy Bills
April 13, 2022
Energy burden is the percentage of a family’s income that is spent on energy bills each year, an often under-reported symptom of racial and economic inequities.
Iowa Beyond Coal Joins Coalition to Clean Up MidAm
April 12, 2022
A new coalition of organizations and Iowans wants to hold MidAmerican Energy accountable for its greenwashing and lack of climate goals
“Clean Up MidAm” Campaign
April 5, 2022
A coalition of organizations and concerned Iowans launched the “Clean Up MidAm” campaign today to hold MidAmerican Energy accountable and ask for a public plan to close its Iowa coal plants by 2030. While MidAmerican Energy advertises a 100%...
Successful public hearing on "No Eminent Domain for Private Gain"
March 30, 2022
Landowners facing the threat of eminent domain gathered at the Iowa Capitol on March 29 to let legislators know that they do not support the use of eminent domain for private gain.
Sierra Club Explains Support for Green Hydrogen
February 13, 2022
See the Sierra Club primer on Green Hydrogen
Summit Files for CO2 Pipeline Permit Despite Overwhelming Opposition
February 3, 2022
Summit Carbon Solutions filed it’s petition for a Hazardous Liquid Pipeline permit with the Iowa Utilities Board despite overwhelming opposition from landowners, counties and everyday Iowans.
EPA Announces Enforcement of Coal Ash Pond Clean-up
January 13, 2022
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will require utilities in several Midwestern states to clean up their coal ash waste, including the site in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Retiring MidAmerican Coal Plants by 2030 Could Save Iowans Over $1 Billion
January 7, 2022
Analysis filed today with the Iowa Utilities Board shows that MidAmerican Energy could save Iowans nearly $1.2 billion by retiring all of its coal plants by 2030.
Illinois isn't role model for reducing Iowa's nutrients
December 23, 2021
The Governor’s Carbon Sequestration Task Force and its Agriculture Work Group are considering a proposal to modify the Maximum Return to Nitrogen, which determines how much nitrogen should be applied to Iowa's corn fields. Although one of the...
Sierra Club Responds to Terry Branstad’s False Accusations
December 21, 2021
Sierra Club and its work on the carbon dioxide pipelines work was recently attacked in a letter written by former Governor Terry Branstad that was sent to all of the landowners whose land will be taken for an easement for the Summit carbon dioxide...