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Blogger - Pam Mackey Taylor
Iowa's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report Released
December 29, 2023
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources' "2022 Iowa Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report" shows 31% of Iowa's greenhouse gas emissions come from the agriculture sector – livestock and crop production, enteric fermentation from cattle...
Funding Recreation, Water Quality, Soil Conservation - 3/8 cent sales tax
December 29, 2023
Sierra Club and its allies are asking our legislators to fund the trust with a 3/8 cent sales tax. You can help by contacting your state legislators, asking for their support of the 3/8 cent sales tax to support parks, wildlife, water quality, and...
Wildlife crossings and roadkill
October 23, 2023
We are inviting Iowans to add observations of roadkill or successful animal crossings across Iowa roads.
Navigator cancels CO2 pipeline project
October 20, 2023
Navigator cancelled it proposed Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide pipeline.
Local community works on IRA
July 26, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in our climate and clean energy in US history. See how one local community is taking advantage of it.
The Inflation Reduction Act
July 25, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in our climate and clean energy in US history. Learn how you can get involved.
Interim nuclear waste storage site
May 9, 2023
Holtec now has a license to ship the country's entire store of radioactive nuclear waste from power plants by rail to New Mexico, some of it through Iowa.
MidAmerian's coal plant economics
May 8, 2023
Iowa Supreme Court decision finds the Utilities Board Has Authority to Review Economics of MidAmerican's Coal Plants
