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| President Obama announced today that the Department of Energy will issue $2.3 billion in clean energy manufacturing tax credits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) – the vast majority of which will be used to spur more energy efficient buildings and wind, solar, and fuel cell power. 183 projects in 43 states will receive tax credits to help create tens of thousands of high quality jobs and increase domestic manufacturing of advanced clean energy technologies. Among the leading recipients in Iowa is TPI Composites in Newton, which will get 3.9 million dollars to expand its production of wind turbine blades. | |
| In 2008, people in Iowa saved nearly nine million gallons of gasoline by riding transit in record numbers – the amount consumed by 15,300 cars. In addition to fuel savings, public transportation reduced global warming pollution here by 80,000 tons. Transportation accounts for more than two-thirds of the nation's dependence on oil, and about one-third of our carbon dioxide pollution Environment Iowa outlined in their new report “Getting On Track: Record Transit Ridership Increases Energy Independence.” | |
| A new national report finds that Iowa households would save an average of $282 per year and 6,200 sustainable jobs would be created in the state over the next ten years if Congress acts now to include strong energy efficiency improvements in energy and climate legislation. The efficiency provisions would prevent 5 million metric tons of global warming emissions from being released here in 2020 alone, the equivalent of taking over 900,000 cars off the road for a year. | |
| Between 2010 and 2030, the United States will spend as much as $30 trillion on oil, coal, and other fossil fuels - nearly four times the total earnings of all American workers in 2007. | |
| Many alternative fuels designed to wean America off of oil will cause a whole host of other problems and increase global warming emissions, according to a report released today by Environment Iowa. | |
| We thank Senator Tom Harkin for supporting the clean energy and a green economy today and are disappointed that Senator Chuck Grassley, who authored this legislation in 1992 chose not to support it today. | |
| Iowans could save millions of dollars per year, and reduce the need for new highly-polluting coal power plants if Iowa implemented a few simple policy changes on energy efficiency. Today the Environment Iowa Research and Policy Center released a report on energy efficiency which describes what Iowa could easily do to reduce waste in energy use and what policies the state should adopt to achieve those efficiencies. | |
| New Report Shows Why the 44th President Must Put America on the Clean Energy Path Des Moines – Environmentalists are urging all of the presidential candidates to pledge to put America on the clean energy path. Documenting the need, viability and support for an aggressive clean energy agenda, Environment Iowa released a new report by Environment America entitled, Clean Energy for America: Why the 44th President Must Put America on the Clean Energy Path. | |
| Passes national renewable electricity standard for the first time | |
| Joined by farmer, religious, public health, and environmental organizations, Environment Iowa, the new home of the Iowa Public Interest Research Group’s (Iowa PIRG’s) environmental work, released a new report showing that clean energy policies could save Iowa consumers over $1.086 billion on energy costs, create over 5,000 new jobs while reducing fossil fuel pollution by 2020 | |
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