Clean Energy Solutions

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The

United States of America

is at an energy crossroads. Some believe we should continue the way we are going – meeting our energy needs by ruinous over-dependence on dirty coal and foreign oil, despite the economic, security, environmental and health impacts that are becoming more obvious by the day. While talking about new technologies, they fight to keep us dependent on their old products.

It’s time to chart a new energy future. We can declare energy independence and utilize available technology to improve energy efficiency and invest in clean, renewable, home-grown energy generation.

The State of Iowa, and the entire Midwest, is uniquely positioned to benefit from this change. Our abundant biomass resources, coupled with a fierce wind, place us in an economically advantageous position to supply the energy needs of the country in the 21^st century and beyond.

Yet, coal-fired power plants are being proposed across our beautiful landscape. The citizens of Iowa cannot leave our energy future up to out-of-state coal interests. Whatever we want our energy system to look like in fifty years, we must design it today.

We must speak up, and stop the coal rush being promoted by Big Coal that will make us dependent on their dirty fuel for the next half a century. As citizens of the State of Iowa, the Midwest, and the United States of America, all of us must make our voices heard in our local community, to our state legislative and regulatory bodies, and to our national elected officials.

Community Energy Solutions is a grassroots non-profit organization created by ordinary citizens who found a coal-fired power plant proposed on our doorstep, researched the issue, and decided that the future doesn’t have to be blotted out by emissions from a coal stack.

Learn more about our energy future through this website, contact us, and get involved!

Our projects

Clean Air for Waterloo – help us stop the construction of a coal plant proposed by New Jersey-based LS Power Co. near Waterloo, Iowa
Promoting Iowa Interfaith Power and Light – IIPL is a separate faith-based initiative to promote energy efficiency and combat global warming
Promoting Cool Cities – Cool Cities is a separate initiative to encourage mayors to sign onto the U.S. Conference of Mayors statement on greenhouse gases and promote energy efficiency and sustainable building technology in communities