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From: Iowa Environmental Focus <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:27 AM
Subject: Sierra Club complaint leads to cleaner air in Iowa
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   The Iowa Environmental Focus has just released its weekly radio spot on our
blog <http://iowaenvironmentalfocus.org>.


 *This week’s segment discusses a complaint filed against MidAmerican
Energy by the Sierra Club.**
*


 You can listen to the file or read the transcript to find out more
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 Transcript: Sierra Club complaint leads to cleaner air in Iowa


 An environmental group’s complaint will lead to cleaner air in Iowa.

  This is the Iowa Environmental Focus.

Last summer, the Sierra Club threatened to sue MidAmerican Energy for
emitting more pollution than permitted by the Clean Air Act and Iowa
regulations at their power plants in Sergeant Bluff, Bettendorf and Council
Bluffs.

To avoid the lawsuit, MidAmerican agreed to stop burning coal in two
boilers at both their Council Bluffs and Sergeant Bluff facilities by April
2016. They also agreed to convert three coal-fired boilers in Bettendorf to
natural gas. MidAmerican is considering converting the coal units in
Sergeant Bluff and Council Bluffs to natural gas as well.

As a final part of the agreement, MidAmerican will install solar panels at
the Iowa State Fairgrounds, and set up a display with details about
renewable energy tax credits.

For more information, visit
IowaEnvironmentalFocus.org<http://iowaenvironmentalfocus.org/>
.

From the UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental
Research<http://cgrer.uiowa.edu/>,
I’m Jerry Schnoor.




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Mike Carberry

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