WATERLOO — Tonight the Waterloo City Council voted unanimously to adopt a goal of reaching community-wide carbon-free electricity by the year 2035. With the resolution’s passage, Waterloo joins Des Moines as the second city in Iowa to commit to 24/7 carbon-free electricity, and the fourth nationwide. Waterloo resident speaks in favor of the resolution during public…
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IOWA CITY — 100% Iowa City, a community-driven movement to make Iowa City the next 24/7 carbon-free energy city launched this spring to urge the City Council to commit to a path towards 100% clean electricity. After formally declaring a climate crisis in 2019, the City Council announced new emission targets, building on those established in its…
Earlier this year, Des Moines made headlines with the passage of an ambitious city-wide clean energy resolution. If these announcements are starting to sound familiar to you, there’s a reason why — to date, over 180 cities across the country have committed to 100% clean energy, and that list is expected to grow. So what exactly…