Welcome to the Iowa Chapter blog!
Blogger - Pam Mackey Taylor, with assistance from Jess Mazour and Briana Kouma
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.
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
MidAmerican Wind PRIME decision
May 7, 2023
Iowa Utilities Board order sets conditions for MidAmerican Energy’s ability to move forward with the Wind PRIME project, which includes 2,042 megawatts of new wind and 50 MW of new solar development
SIERRA CLUB WINS SUPREME BEEF LAWSUIT
April 30, 2023
A Polk County District Court judge ruled that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources improperly approved Supreme Beef’s nutrient management plan.
It's About Eminent Domain, Not About Ethanol
February 24, 2023
The pipeline battle is about eminent domain and forcefully taking an easement from a landowner for a carbon dioxide pipeline.
IUB Publishes Secret MidAmerican Studies
February 24, 2023
MidAmerican's internal studies show solar is most economical path to 100% clean energy
News About Coal Ash
February 6, 2023
EPA to publish a proposed update to the coal combustion residuals rule by no later than April 14, 2023
Senate seeks to restrict solar farm siting
January 30, 2023
A bill to restrict siting of solar farms is moving through the State Senate. The Sierra Club opposes this bill.