Category Archives: Energy

Let’s Be Number One: Improving Iowa’s Utility-Run Energy Efficiency Programs

Posted on March 21, 2008 by bfiasamgarchik

Let’s Be Number One: Improving Iowa’s Utility-Run Energy Efficiency Programs By Andrew Johnson and Teresa Galluzzo, The Iowa Policy Project Electricity is such an integral part of our lives that we may rarely give a thought to the number of … Continue reading →

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Tell your senator to make energy efficiency a priority; to vote for SF 2083.

Posted on March 3, 2008 by bfiasamgarchik

Tell your senator to make energy efficiency a priority; to vote for SF 2083. By the Iowa Environmental Council Call or Email Your Senator Today! Energy efficiency measures allow us to do more with less–to enjoy the same quality of … Continue reading →

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National Clean Up Dynegy Launch

Posted on February 19, 2008 by bfiasamgarchik

National Clean Up Dynegy Launch By the Sierra ClubThe Sierra Club is launching a national grassroots campaign tomorrow (Wed. 2/20) to urge Houston-based coal giant Dynegy/LS Power to clean up its act. Event information and details below. Also of interest: … Continue reading →

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IFU Legislative Alert: Support Locally Owned Energy!

Posted on February 12, 2008 by bfiasamgarchik

IFU Legislative Alert: Support Locally Owned Energy! By the IFUBy the way, I've added some new content. The delegate tracker, courtesy of MSNBC (which, as a caveat, has been the most generous towards Obama of all the networks out there).We … Continue reading →

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Jan. 16 and 17 coal plant speaker events, Des Moines and Iowa City

Posted on January 12, 2008 by bfiasamgarchik

Jan. 16 and 17 coal plant speaker events, Des Moines and Iowa  City By Plains Justice “At a January Iowa Utilities Board hearing, an impressive slate of experts will testify that the proposed Marshalltown coal plant would be a costly … Continue reading →

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We Must TAKE Our Country Back!

Posted on January 3, 2008 by bfiacarolinevernon

We Must TAKE Our Country Back! By Caroline Vernon Whether it’s health care, the cost of education, our environment or global trade, Corporate America is holding us all hostage to the almighty dollar. Greed continues to trump need as corporations … Continue reading →

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IOWA SURVEY: COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT FREEZE FAVORED BY TWO-THIRDS OF MOST LIKELY CAUCUS GOERS, OTHER STATE RESIDENTS

Posted on December 20, 2007 by bfiasamgarchik

IOWA SURVEY: COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT FREEZE FAVORED BY TWO-THIRDS OF MOST LIKELY CAUCUS GOERS, OTHER STATE RESIDENTS By Plains Justice Echoing Coal Roll Backs in KS and FL, 4 Out of 5 State Residents Favor More Energy Conservation Over New … Continue reading →

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Big Oil and the Senate

Posted on December 12, 2007 by bfiasamgarchik

Big Oil and the Senate By True Majority Don't let Big Oil rewrite the Energy Bill Seven votes in the Senate and Big Oil. That's all that's standing in the way of energy legislation that an overwhelming majority of Americans … Continue reading →

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CASHING IN ON THE WIND

Posted on November 28, 2007 by bfiasamgarchik

CASHING IN ON THE WIND By ISU ExtensionIowa State University Extension and the Iowa Energy Center are co-sponsoring the Central Iowa Wind Energy Conference on Nov. 30 in Nevada and on Dec. 7 in Eagle Grove. The same program will … Continue reading →

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Marshalltown Coal Plant Proposal under Fire

Posted on November 2, 2007 by bfiasamgarchik

Marshalltown Coal Plant Proposal under Fire By Carrie La Seur, Ph.D., J.D., President, Plains Justice National Experts Testify in Opposition; Dr. James Hansen to return home to testify against coal, global warming The Cedar Rapids-based public interest environmental law center … Continue reading →

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