23 Feb 2024

Environmental Coalition Calls Out DNR for Weakening Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Rules

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 23, 2024) — A coalition of ten environmental organizations has submitted comments to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), highlighting the inadequate protections for water quality in Iowa’s concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) rules.

30 Aug 2023

Iowa Utilities Board's Study to Examine Power-Company Regulations for Cost-Effectiveness, Reliability

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 30, 2023) — This week, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) kicked off the first of three public input and discussion sessions (“charettes”) to review state laws related to how utilities set their rates. These sessions will wrap up in early November and will result in a set of legislative recommendations to be considered in the 2024 legislative session.

26 Jun 2023

New Report Analyzes Expansion of CAFOs in Iowa's Floodplains

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 26, 2023) — This week, the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) and Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) published Animal Feeding Operations in Iowa’s Floodplain: A Risk to Iowa’s Waters, a report that details animal feeding operation (AFO) construction and expansion in Iowa’s 100-year floodplain.

26 May 2023

New “Iowa’s Declining Decade” Website Reveals Lack of Progress in First Decade of the Nutrient Reduction Strategy

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 26, 2023) — The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) this week launched a new website, decliningdecade.org, marking the tenth anniversary of the state’s taxpayer-funded nutrient reduction strategy (NRS).

01 May 2023

Iowa Utilities Board Takes Action to Protect Customers from Risks with MidAmerican Energy's Wind PRIME Proposal

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 1, 2023) — The Iowa Utilities Board issued an order on April 27 setting conditions for MidAmerican Energy’s ability to move forward with the Wind PRIME project, which includes 2,042 megawatts of new wind and 50 MW of new solar development.

20 Feb 2023

Iowa Utilities Board Publishes Secret MidAmerican Studies on Clean Energy Transition

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 20, 2023) — In response to an Iowa Utilities Board order, MidAmerican Energy filed new public versions of two internal studies that show solar is the lowest cost path for achieving carbon free energy and that acknowledge transitioning away from burning coal is an essential piece of achieving this goal.

22 Nov 2022

Environmental Groups Propose Alternative to MidAmerican’s Wind PRIME

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 22, 2022) — On November 21, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Iowa Environmental Council, and Sierra Club filed joint testimony in MidAmerican’s Wind PRIME docket before the Iowa Utilities Board.

04 Nov 2022

Environmental Groups Call on Iowa Utilities Board to Make MidAmerican Studies Public

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 4, 2022) — On November 3, ELPC, IEC, and Sierra Club filed an objection to MidAmerican’s attempt to hide studies of its electricity-generating facilities from public view.

29 Aug 2022

Iowa Environmental Council Calls for Action to Achieve Fertilizer Pollution Reductions, Real Progress with Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS)

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 29, 2022) — The Iowa Environmental Council has released a report calling on state agencies to take action after nearly ten years without progress under the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS).

15 Feb 2022

EPC Denies Environmental Groups' Water Quality Petition; DNR Proposes CAFO Siting Rules Be Reviewed in 5-Year Plan

By Michael Schmidt

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 15, 2022) — The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission today denied a petition for rules filed by the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) and Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) last year, ending a six-month review of the request to protect drinking-water from feedlots. Instead, the Iowa DNR announced at the hearing that it intends to address the questions raised in the petition as part of a broader rulemaking process on siting issues.

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