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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.
Duane Arnold Solar Farm - Clean Sustainable 21st Century Power
December 27, 2021
The Sierra Club supports the Duane Arnold Solar project being proposed by NextEra Energy and Alliant Energy at Palo, Iowa.
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...
Paying for the Nutrient Reduction Strategy
November 17, 2021
Estimates are that implementing the Nutrient Reduction Strategy will cost $5 billion. Finding money to pay for it has been a challenge. The Sierra Club is suggesting a Nutrient Management Strategy fee which would be paid for by the integrators -...
Planning for the future beyond ethanol
October 22, 2021
As painful as it may be, it is wise to plan for the future in the event of significantly reduced demand for ethanol. The shifts happening in the ethanol industry and the side-effects on the farmers are difficult to think about. But we do need to...
Easements
October 16, 2021
It is time to review, and reconsider, how landowners are paid for the use of easements.
Use the $1 Billion Surplus as a Down-payment on Nutrient Reduction Strategy
October 7, 2021
The State of Iowa is running a $1 billion surplus. Here's an idea - put the surplus to work on the Nutrient Reduction Strategy which has a $5 billion price tag.