MidAmerican Energy - still greenwashing

MidAmerican Energy - Green In Name Only.  Despite flashy branding and greenwashed marketing, MidAmerican Energy has no plans to say goodbye to fossil fuels and its five Iowa coal plants.  In fact, those five coal plants make MidAmerican Energy Iowa's number one climate polluter.  To learn more, see the flyer Blowing Smoke

Sioux City paddles with Beyond Coal’s Graham Jordison.  Nebraska Beyond Coal organizer Graham Jordison is paddling the full Missouri River this summer and calling attention to nearby coal plants along the way.  Several coal plants dot the riverside of the Missouri River in Iowa, including the George Neal North and George Neal South plants which are located south of Sioux City and owned by MidAmerican Energy.  The Northwest Iowa Group of the Sierra Club hosted Graham as he paddled through Sioux City and heard first hand from his experience.  A small flotilla of Sierra Club volunteers paddled with him when he relaunched the next day.  Graham was headed to Council Bluffs, where MidAmerican Energy has another coal-fired power plant - the Walter Scott Jr. Energy Center.

The Sierra Club is working on shuttering all coal plants.  At this point, MidAmerican refuses to retire their coal plants even though they claim that they are delivering 100% renewable energy to their Iowa customers. 

A special thanks to Jeanne Bockholt for her help in organizing the Sioux City welcome to Graham.

Top Photo: Graham Jordison (left), paddles in the morning light on the Missouri River near Sioux City along with Sierra Club members Andrea Porter and Bill Zales. Photo by Emma Colman.

Botom Photo: Graham Jordison paddles on the Missouri River near Sioux City. Photo by Emma Colman.