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Axios
01-05-2025
- Business
- Axios
New documentary focuses on Iowa's coal plants
A short documentary focusing on the public health and environmental impacts of MidAmerican Energy's five Iowa coal plants premieres Wednesday at Varsity Cinema. Why it matters:" Iowa's Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal" features testimony from residents, doctors and climate advocates, potentially shedding more light on a recent Reuters investigation that ranked the company among the dirtiest in the U.S. Zoom in: Wednesday's event is sponsored by multiple environmental groups, including the Iowa Environmental Council, which has advocated for years for closing the plants. The other side: The Reuters story blamed the plant for Omaha's 2023 summer air quality issues without accounting for broader pollution factors, including massive Canadian wildfires at the time, MidAmerican spokesperson Geoff Greenwood tells Axios. retire its coal plants by 2049, he said.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Thousands waking up without power amidst blizzard
DES MOINES, Iowa — Thousands of Iowans are waking up without power Wednesday morning because of the blizzard that rolled through overnight. Residents of Des Moines' East Village say power went out just after midnight, and many are still in the dark as of 7 a.m. The intersection of East 4th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway was just one of several intersections where stop lights were not working as a result of the power outage. As of 8:40 a.m., there are 15,032 MidAmerican customers without power, according to the MidAmerican Outage Map. This includes over 6,700 customers in the Des Moines metro and over 5,900 customers in Fort Dodge. Travel not advised in parts of Iowa due to blizzard conditions; crashes reported As of 8:40 a.m., there are over 3,200 Alliant customers without power, according to the Alliant Energy Outage Map. At its peak, there were over 15,000 MidAmerican customers in the Des Moines metro without power at around 4:30 a.m. Energy crews told WHO 13 News on Tuesday night that they were prepared for the overnight blizzard. 'We're taking an all hands on deck approach. So, making sure that we hold crews over if needed, bring crews in early if needed, that they are working longer shifts, and that we have back up crews to call in if needed,' said Geoff Greenwood with MidAmerican Energy. MidAmerican Energy also posted on Facebook Tuesday evening that they have crews ready to respond as quickly and as safely as possible. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
