29 Jan 2019

Report: Wind Turbines and Health

By Iowa Environmental Council

IOWA CITY, IOWA (January 29, 2019) — On Thursday, January 31, at 11:15AM, a team of researchers from the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) at the University of Iowa, the Iowa Policy Project (IPP), and the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) will release a new report documenting the findings of numerous studies of health impacts on people living near wind turbines.

22 Jan 2019

Survey of Iowa Energy Efficiency Contractors Reveals Negative Business Outlook, Job Cuts Due to 2018 Utility Legislation

By Iowa Environmental Council

Des Moines, Iowa (January 22, 2019) — Survey results released today by the Iowa Environmental Council show that more than 74% of energy-efficiency employers in Iowa expect the severe cuts to utility-efficiency programs adopted by the legislature in the 2018 Legislative Session to hurt their business. More than half expect the cuts to result in layoffs over the next six to 12 months.

05 Oct 2018

Iowa Ranking Drops More than any State in US for Energy Efficiency

By Iowa Environmental Council
08 Nov 2017

Federal Tax Proposal Threatens Iowa Wind

By Iowa Environmental Council

This past week, the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a tax bill that would have a disastrous effect on wind energy development in Iowa and the United States, threatening over 100,000 jobs. The proposed bill backs out of the bipartisan law that provides certainty and stability to the wind energy production tax credit, or PTC, a key federal policy that supports wind.

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