Iowa Beyond Coal Campaign

Our goal is simple: Retire all coal plants in Iowa by 2030.

[Iowa Beyond Coal Campaign @IABeyondCoal]

TLDR summary of what's happening in Wind PRIME in case you're paywalled from today's Des Moines Register article

[Jeremy Fisher @J_I_Fisher]

Interesting story of why incentives for utility clean energy doesn't move the needle without some serious work on the ground. This one curtesy of Berkshire Hathaway's Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Company and their very sticky coal fleet. (1/6)

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“Every single one of the 45 beds in the burn center is full, he said, and one-third of patients are people who fell and burned themselves on the ground. There are also burn patients in the ICU; about half of those patients are people burned after falls.” https://t.co/brrnXtXhUQ

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

Checks notes: Yup they said that. “We estimate a collapse of the AMOC to occur around mid-century under the current scenario of future emissions.” Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation | Nature Communications https://t.co/GsAt6uGsVk

[Iowa Beyond Coal Campaign @IABeyondCoal]

This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been 'Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows https://t.co/MB4dS552DA

[Doug Lewin @douglewinenergy]

Another record for #ERCOT demand at 82.7GW. And another record for #renewable power production >31.5GW today for the first time. Renewables provided >35% on peak again.

And power prices were again very low @ <$50/MWh (cap is $5,000/MWh).
#txlege #txenergy #energytwitter

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“We are pushing temperatures up to Pliocene levels, which is outside the realm of human experience; it’s such a massive change that most things on Earth haven’t had to deal with it,” Huber said. https://t.co/tw4W7jhUgm

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

This is the definition of compound, concurrent heat extremes! What you're looking at is the pressure pattern & wind flow at the 500mb level (5600 m, 18K ft). This is why Death Valley hit 129, the Med may hit 118, Iran heat index 152F and China hit an all-time heat record of 126.

[Zoya Teirstein @zteirstein]

Today, the @AP and @grist launched a series on climate change and human health -- an overlap scientists all over the world are sounding alarm bells about.

Climate change threatens to undo 50 years of public health gains. It is the health story of our time.https://t.co/5Fpk7vUyRM

[Clean Up MidAm @CleanUpMidAm]

MidAmerican is one of the top coal burners in the country, leading to extreme weather like we saw in Iowa during the derecho in 2020. Tell them to close their toxic coal plants! https://t.co/ouObHt3vPE #CleanUpMidAm

[Chris Winslow (born 325 ppm) @moulmein]

Is anyone still sticking to the line that C02 is just plant food? #ClimateCatastrophe #collapse

[Iowa Beyond Coal Campaign @IABeyondCoal]

Meeting prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for the coming solar revolution
https://t.co/bWzakKQqX0

[Nick Stewart @NStewWX]

The view of the #derecho event moving through Charleston, IL earlier this afternoon. Last frame before the camera feed went down. #ILwx

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

The Washington Post: Analysis | Renewables are getting oil-rich Texas through scorching heat https://t.co/e9NYsuA8EE

[Blake Rupe @blakeatiowa]

"I cannot recall another pipeline construction docket involving eminent domain where the percentage of easements obtained was [...] this low. The current percentage, 13.4%, is an extraordinarily low success rate given the time that has elapsed."
https://t.co/UgzLOrT5aM

[CIRA @CIRA_CSU]

Incredible imagery of a derecho marching across the Midwest this afternoon.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

I wrote about media coverage of the potential UPS strike––and the trend more broadly in labor coverage––that paints a strike as something that harms "the consumer" or "the economy" rather than what it is: the only thing that gives workers any power. https://t.co/v93Svn3bBk

[Denver @denverrosefoote]

The current Des Moines Mayor has been silent on the current crisis of the air quality. We need a Mayor that will stand up for the people and address these major issues. We may not be able to do much for this issue locally but we can share that we understand and are w you.

[Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow]

“You hear these talking points all the time that renewables aren’t reliable. But there’s little that’s more reliable." -@douglewinenergy https://t.co/YwUZ9AvfGz

[Clean Up MidAm @CleanUpMidAm]

Fossil fuels are expensive, but don’t take our word for it. MidAmerican is now seeking a gas rate hike of about $60 per year, per customer. Coal is expensive too, and Iowans are stuck with the bill. Tell MidAmerican to switch to clean energy: https://t.co/VGekW6ZSuI #CleanUpMidAm

[Iowa Beyond Coal Campaign @IABeyondCoal]

At rules hearing, U.S. EPA hears human toll of unaddressed coal ash pollution https://t.co/KDIlO6xP7D

[Iowa CCI @iowacci]

Heads up in Council Bluffs this Thursday!

We'll have food, live music, and a discussion on how we can shape the the future we need!

RSVP here: https://t.co/ABmGlyr8mL