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Energy legislation pending at the statehouse
- Iowa Public Radio (new window)
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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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Environmentalists fight for renewable energy requirements
- Mason City Globe Gazette
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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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Iowa House rejects renewable energy requirement for coal-fired power plants
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
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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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House panel kills renewable energy mandate
- Sioux City Journal
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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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Energy debate centers on coal-fired power plant
- Quad Cities Times
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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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Renewable energy measure taken out of House bill
- Ames Tribune
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4/13/2007 |
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Group Wants Clean Energy Pledges
- Des Moines Register (new window)
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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
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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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Coalition calls for renewable power standard
- GazetteOnline
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12/20/2006 |
| 20 percent threshold sought by 2020 | |
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Group urges moratorium on new coal-fired power plants
- Cedar Rapids Gazette
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1/25/2007 |
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"Clean Energy" Answer to Iowa's Pollution and Energy Costs
- All Headline News
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1/2/2007 |
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Clean energy policies bring jobs, savings, report says
- Des Moines Register (new window)
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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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