Iowa has a total of 35 coal-fired power plants and coal-fired industrial plants (ethanol, corn milling). And Alliant has begun decommissioning 1 power plant in Iowa -- the Sixth Street Generating Station in Cedar Rapids. For a complete list of the plants, see http://www.iowa.sierraclub.org/Energy/CoalStatus.pdf pam -----Original Message----- From: Donna Buell <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 11:34 am Subject: Club's $50M gift from Mayor Bloomberg I'm sure you've seen the announcements of the donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies (NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg) to Sierra Club. $50M over a couple years, with $10M being c4 lobby funds and the rest for administrative advocacy, etc, for the Coal to Clean Energy Campaign. The Club is hiring 100 new staff to work primarily on closing existing coal plants around the country. Things are gearing up. How many coal plants does Iowa have? The universities, the one in Mike Gronstal's district, the monster one in Southern IA... ??? It's time to shut them down. Thanks for the helping hand, Mayor Bloomberg. Donna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp