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| The Iowa Legislature has approved and Congress is considering risky investments in new nuclear reactors. Nuclear power is a not a proven solution to the nation's environmental and economic crises. Energy efficiency and wind and solar energy work and create jobs when we need them - now. | |
| Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb dependence on oil. There are already several projects underway in Iowa to build an infrastructure for plug-ins. | |
| As world leaders arrive in Copenhagen to negotiate a treaty on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, several U.S. Senators and industry groups have proposed spending hundreds of billions of dollars in nuclear power as a solution to global warming. Investment in nuclear power will actually set the U.S. back in the effort to reduce global warming pollution, according to a new report. | |
| Iowa is home to some of the nation's oldest and most polluting coal-fired power plants, according to a new analysis of government data. Half a year after a proposal for a new coal plant in Marshalltown was canceled and over one year after a similar proposal for Waterloo was denied, tougher regulation on existing power plants is needed. | |
| Davenport, IA—Global warming could cost corn growers in Iowa $259 million a year, according to a new report by Environment Iowa. Iowa ranks first for highest damage estimates. | |
| As the presidential candidates prepare to discuss some of the most important issues facing our country at their final debate tonight, Environment Iowa released a new report documenting that the average temperature in Des Moines in 2007 was 1.6°F above the historical average. | |
| Des Moines, IA—Scientists have said for years that global warming was “loading the dice†when it comes to increasing the frequency of severe storms, and a new Environment Iowa report makes it clear that the West North Central Region is already experiencing extreme downpours much more frequently. Specifically, the new report found that storms with heavy rainfall are now 24% percent more frequent in the Northern Midwest than they were 60 years ago. | |
| Environment Iowa released a report showing average summer temperatures were 3.5 degrees higher in 2006 in Des Moines, Dubuque, Waterloo and Sioux City over the averages for 1971 to 2000 - the effects of global warming. | |
| Governor Chet Culver signed the first major bill to address global warming in Iowa in a signing ceremony at the State Capitol today, attended by Environment Iowa. | |
| The Iowa Senate today approved Senate File 574, which is the first major bill to address global warming in Iowa. The bill creates an advisory council to find solutions to global warming and sets up a tracking system for global warming pollution. | |
| The Iowa Senate today took an important step towards solving global warming by approving a bill that gives the Iowa Department of Natural Resources the authority to quantify and assess potential greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other sources of pollution. | |
| Environment Iowa, 1 Sky, and several other co-sponsors organized the "Rock the Future: Green Jobs Now" concert in Ames on Sept. 27 as part of the 1 Sky National Day of Action on global warming. | |