Articles Tagged: Climate change

Residents can participate in the city’s Sustainable Neighborhoods program to track their steps to go green, find more sustainability resources and get inspired by climate action around Cedar Rapids.

Applications are being accepted now for the committee, which will complete an annual greenhouse gas inventory for the county.

The City of Iowa City is one of 95 cities in the world recognized by the Climate Disclosure Project as a leader on environmental action and transparency.

Cattle are the top source of methane in agriculture. One cow can belch more than 200 pounds of methane each year, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. There were about 3.7 million cattle and calves in Iowa as of January.

State Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, sees the need for a larger role in the climate change discussion for the faith community, which already helps mitigate the physical and emotional trauma of disasters related to global warming.

Iowans are vulnerable to more frequent and longer power outages because of climate change, according to the 2021 Iowa Climate Statement signed by more than 200 Iowa scientists.

City officials laud the plan, which centers equity, as a model for other communities to be more green and achieve carbon neutrality.

Sunrise Movement and Advocates for Social Justice call for Alliant Energy to make a shift to renewable energy sources

Summit Carbon Solutions is looking to build a five-state carbon pipeline that could help Iowa’s ethanol industry but has faced some opposition.

Events will be held virtually and in-person

Residents may stop by the downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday to see the plan draft, which will become final once the City Council considers it later this month.

It’s now a Climate Resilience Hub, looking to do more

The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based biofuels producer recognizes need for “bolder solutions” to protect planet.

“At some point, you have to take action,” said Tamara Marcus, county sustainability program manager and co-author of the county’s first greenhouse gas emissions report. “We have to act now.”

Senate Budget Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders said his proposed budget is about “making people understand that government can, in fact, in a democratic society, work for working families, and not just the wealthy and the powerful.”