As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal

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By By Anika Jane BeamerSep 14, 2026, 4:55 am121 pts
To meet surging electricity demand, Iowa utilities are increasingly turning to polluting coal plants that had been operating well below capacity. By Anika Jane Beamer Before Iowa was the nation’s most wind-powered state, it generated nearly all of its electricity with coal. Since 2000, the fossil fuel’s…

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