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Energy legislation pending at the statehouse - Iowa Public Radio (new window)
4/16/2007
Guests: Senator Rob Hogg of (D Cedar Rapids); Senator Jerry Behn (R Boone); advocate for Environment Iowa, Nathaniel Baer; and President of the Iowa Utility Association, Mark Douglas;
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4/16/2007
A measure killed in the House Commerce Committee would have required so-called “merchant” coal plants, or energy wholesalers, either to generate, provide or purchase 8 percent of the capacity of the plant from renewable sources.
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4/15/2007
A measure killed in the House Commerce Committee would have required so-called "merchant" coal plants, or energy wholesalers, either to generate, provide or purchase 8 percent of the capacity of the plant from renewable sources.
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4/15/2007
A measure killed in the House Commerce Committee would have required so-called "merchant" coal plants, or energy wholesalers, either to generate, provide or purchase 8 percent of the capacity of the plant from renewable sources.
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4/14/2007
A measure killed in the House Commerce Committee would have required so-called “merchant” coal plants, or energy wholesalers, either to generate, provide or purchase 8 percent of the capacity of the plant from renewable sources.
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4/13/2007
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Group Wants Clean Energy Pledges - Des Moines Register (new window)
12/29/2007
A national environmental group at a Des Moines event Friday called on presidential candidates to push for energy conservation, "green" alternative energy and a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants. Environment America, which has an Environment Iowa branch in Des Moines, said the next president must make clean energy a top priority. The group listed clean-energy priorities it plans to push in Iowa, site of next week's presidential caucuses, and the early primary states.
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12/22/2006
The Iowa Public Interest Group, a consumer and public-health advocacy group, is organizing its environmental issues under a new banner, "Environment Iowa."
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Group seeks clean energy standard - Cedar Rapids Gazette
12/21/2006
A coalition of environmental, public health, farm and religious groups today said they will push Iowa lawmakers next session to establish a clean energy standard that will require that 20 percent of Iowa's electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.
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12/20/2006
20 percent threshold sought by 2020
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1/25/2007
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1/2/2007
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Clean energy policies bring jobs, savings, report says - Des Moines Register (new window)
1/1/2007
Clean energy policies could save Iowa consumers more than $1 billion, create 5,000 jobs and cut fossil-fuel pollution by 2020, a nonprofit group said in new report.
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