The Newsroom Blog is a compilation of news summaries, media advisories, events and new media clips. RE-AMP members and the Media Center contribute to the posts of the Newsroom Blog.
The Iowa Power Fund board of directors will hold the first of three regular meetings to be held around the state on July 9 in Jefferson. This meeting, as well as the other two summer meetings of the Power Fund directors, will be followed by an evening public forum on energy issues.
Xcel Energy recently imploded its coal-fired smoke stack in St. Paul, Minn. Read the Clean Energy Minnesota media advisory below, or view the video footage in the Newsroom Blog's previous posting. ...read more »
The Associated Press reports that Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge is moving toward energy efficiency. The Mackinac Bridge Authority says it will power down computers at night and on weekends; decorative lights will turn off at 1 a.m.; and wattage will be reduced at the toll plaza. The measures will reduce energy costs by 11 percent or $13,000 a year.
The National Parks Conservation Association has listed 10 national parks as at risk to coal-plant pollution. While many were aware of the threat to North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, two South Dakota parks made the list—the Badlands and Wind Cave. ...read more »