Blog For Tag "Iowa legislature"

posted by Jordan Oster on Thursday, October 26, 2023 IEC recently took a group of state legislators on tours of Burlington and Ottumwa to see the benefits communities are seeing by going solar and adding energy efficiency.

posted by Kerri Johannsen on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 In 2023, the Iowa legislature adopted HF 617, which requires the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) to undertake a review of utility ratemaking laws in Iowa and recommend changes at the start of the 2024 legislative session. In this post, IEC shares what we and our coalition partners are seeking to gain for Iowa ratepayers by engaging in this process.

posted by Angelisa Belden on Friday, March 10, 2023 Recently, IEC has been receiving inquiries as some individuals and media outlets notice our registrations on bills related to gender, diversity, education, and other more typically social issues. So why is IEC registering on such bills?

posted by Guest Blogger on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Fertilizer pollution (composed of the chemical nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus) has plagued Iowa's waterways since long before the Iowa Environmental Council was formed in 1995. As the state's primary plan for addressing nutrient pollution approaches its 10th anniversary, what can we say about Iowa's water today? Several past IEC executive directors share their thoughts in this guest blog.

posted by Guest Blogger on Thursday, February 17, 2022 Northeast Iowa native Jim Fritz shares memories of his family farm, their goals of protecting the prairie, and how a bill like the current SSB 3134 would make a project like his impossible today.

posted by Michael Schmidt on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 The gas industry is trying to save itself at the expense of Iowans. HF 555 and SF 455 would prop up the methane and propane gas industries by creating special protections for out-of-state gas imports.

posted by Angelisa Belden on Monday, March 8, 2021 The first funnel for bills introduced in the 2021 session took place last week. Take a quick look at our list to see what environmentally-related bills didn't survive to continue on this session.

posted on Monday, January 18, 2021 IEC water program lobbyist Angela Davis shares her thoughts about the start, and future, of the 2021 legislative session.

posted by Angelisa Belden on Friday, June 26, 2020 Iowa's 2020 Legislative Session will go down in history as one filled with promise, but ultimately fraught with uncertainty, change, and strangely enough, status quo. There were also wins. IEC shares news on progress, losses, and bills on hold until next year.

posted by Kerri Johannsen on Thursday, April 2, 2020 On March 12, 2020, Governor Reynolds signed SF 583 – a bill IEC and our partners had dubbed the “Sunshine Tax” that failed a year earlier. In the course of that year, Senate File 583 evolved into something that is rarely achieved: legislation with unanimous support from both political parties in both houses of the legislature.