Welcome to the Iowa Chapter blog!
Blogger - Pam Mackey Taylor, with assistance from Jess Mazour and Briana Kouma
Dirty Truth Report
October 21, 2024
The 50 utility companies in the U.S. most invested in fossil fuels are planning to replace just half of their existing fossil fuel generation with clean energy by 2035, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report.
Sierra Club responds to IUB approval of the Summit CO2 pipeline
June 25, 2024
Unfortunately the Iowa Utilities Board approved the application for the Summit CO2 pipeline on June 25, 2024. The Sierra Club is disappointed in the ruling.
2024 Webinar Series
June 24, 2024
We kicked off 2024 with a monthly webinar series for our membership here in Iowa! In case you missed them live, you can still see them.
Nishnabotna fishkill
May 29, 2024
Ask the Environmental Protection Commission to refer NEW Cooperative to the Attorney General for stiff penalties for its fertilizer leak and fish kill in the Nishnabotna River.
EPA releases coal plant rules
April 27, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency finalized four separate standards that will slash air, water, and carbon pollution from power plants.
Requiring super-majority for income tax increases
April 20, 2024
Bills moving through the Iowa legislature call for a constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds majority of the house and senate in order to pass an income tax increase; a decrease would need a simple majority, plus it would require a...
Single income tax rate
April 20, 2024
A bill was introduced to amend Iowa's constitution to require a single income tax rate
