Iowa Environmental Council Press Releases

2008 Releases

• IUB Approves Dirty Coal Plant for Marshalltown 4-30-08
• Air Pollution Meetings Scheduled in Eastern Iowa 4-24-08
• Eastern Iowa Counties Exceeding Air Quality Standard 3-31-08
• Alliant Emissions Claims Misleading, Unethical Say Clean Energy Proponents 2-19-08
• Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council Meeting 2-7-08
• Iowa Environmental Council applauds decision by Iowa AG's office 2-1-08
• Advocates propose clean water, energy to Iowa lawmakers 1-24-08
• Black Hawk County Board of Health Votes for Coal Moratorium 1-16-08
• Natl energy expert testifies, talks to Iowa lawmakers 1-15-08
• NASA Scientist to Explain Threat of Coal 1-4-08

2007 Releases

• Iowa Caucus Goers - Interview Availability 12-28-07
• Important Iowa Climate Change Vote Expected 12-13-07
• Public Comments Needed to Protect Water Quality 12-10-07
• Historic Agreement on Global Warming Reduction 11-15-07
• New Report Calls for Action to Halt Degradation of Mississippi River 10-16-07
• Curtailing Climate Change: Responsibilities and Opportunities 10-3-07
• Clean Water Advocates Say Crop Subsidies Contribute to Water Pollution 9-10-07
• Franklin Codel Appointed to Iowa Power Fund Due Diligence Committee 9-4-07
• Iowans Swimming in Sewage 8-21-07
• Alliant Transmission Sale Means More Dirty Coal 8-3-07
• Dead Zone Among Largest Ever 7-31-07
• Energy Coalition Intervenes in Alliant Transmission Sale 6-01-07
• Water quality testing to be done throughout Polk County 5-21-07
• Council appoints new Executive Director 4-19-07
• Iowa River among nation's most endangered 4-17-07
• Merchant power plants, which contribute to global warming emissions in Iowa, should contribute to solutions, too. 4-9-07
• Climate change impacts Iowans; Iowans can help turn it around 4-6-07
• Media Alert: Senate Committee to Consider Green House Gas Emissions 2-20-07
• President's Bush's Budget Will Harm Iowa's Water Clean up Efforts 2-6-07
• Interim Director Appointed
• Environmental Lobby Day - Media Alert

2006 Releases

• Iowa Environmental Council to Cedar Rapids Wastewater Pemit at Public Hearing 10-17-06
• Harkin to Speak in Des Moines 10-12-06
• Farm Bill Report Card 10-11-06
• Water, Soil, Farming and Farmers Benefit from CRP
  But Farm Bureau wants it Eliminated 8-30-06
• Estate Tax Media Conference Call 6-1-06
• Vilsack Keeps Promise to Fund Water Quality 5-26-06
• Iowa Environmental Council Concerned by Passage of

House Budget Resolution

• Volunteers Needed for Polk County Snapshot
• Federal Budget Update 03-30-06
• Iowa Groups Concerned Congressional Budget Will Harm Farmers, Land 03-28-06
• Clean Water Not so Expensive After all
• Megademand for Megawatts

2005 Releases

• Iowa's Impaired Waters List Grows to 316
• Public Support Needed to Adopt Improved Water Quality Standards
• Annual Conference: Global Climate Change
• Environmentalists Sue EPA to Protect Iowa Waters
• Governor's Conference on Environmental Education
• 2005 Annual Meeting Announcement
• Unsewered Communities 3-31-05  
• Bush budget hurts Iowa farms, parks and waters 3-7-05

2004 Releases

• Teleconference Alert: Radio Ads Highlight Air Quality Issues in Iowa
• 2004 Annual Meeting Announcement
• REPORT: Water Quality Threatened by Iowa's Failure to Control Livestock Industry Waste Pollution
• Polk Co. Water Quality Snapshot Rescheduled
• Federal Mercury Standard Proposal Flawed
• Iowa Experts Available for Earth Day 2004
• Air Quality Veto an Opportunity to Consider Mercury
• Iowa Environmental Council Welcomes Bill Fink Aboard
• Air Quality Standards - DNR Proposal: Good; Air Quality Bill: Bad
• Iowa Environmental Council Hosts 2004 Lobby Day
• Iowa Environmental Council Lists Conservation Spending, Renewable Energy and Water Quality as 2004 Legislative Priorities
• Iowa Environmental Council Responds to Iowa Water Summit Initiative

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