Resources

Plains Justice maintains an archive of resources of information for the benefit of all the communities and organizations we serve. However, the documents are primarily intended for internal use by Plains Justice, and as such, are only minimally categorized. Included in the archive are the following:

• For more information about how climate change might affect daily life and what costs are anticipated by the most respected scientific bodies to study the question, download the following studies: (1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report; (2) Midwest Climate Impacts Report; (3) Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
• Iowa Coal Combustion Waste Report 2007
• Plains Justice has intervened in three utility energy efficiency planning dockets before the Iowa Utilities Board in 2008, on behalf of clients Community Energy Solutions, Iowa Farmers Union, Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. We are beginning to put documents online that relate to these dockets. For example, the Quantec Report on Iowa Utility Efficiency Potential was produced for the Iowa Utility Association early in 2008. Other documents are available on the IUB’s energy efficiency page. By clicking on the embedded links you can download the testimony of Synapse Energy Economics’ Christopher James, expert witness for our coalition, and the exhibits to his testimony: (1) Christopher James’ resume; (2) Sales Forecast; (3) Sustainability and Costs of Increasing Efficiency Impacts; (4) Nuclear Power, Joint Fact Finding; (5) Coal News and Markets; (6) Public Health Benefits of Insulation Retrofits; and (7) Carbon Dioxide Emissions Costs and Electricity Resource Planning. Please contact Plains Justice at 319-362-2120 with any questions.
• Our Marshalltown Coal Plant page includes the petition and expert testimony filed by Plains Justice on behalf of a coalition of five Iowa organizations opposed to Alliant Energy’s proposal for a new 660MW coal plant at Marshalltown, Iowa. Also posted are agency filings by Alliant and the Iowa Department of Justice Office of the Consumer Advocate, which opposes the plant.
• The Green Hat Archive, a series of peer-reviewed scientific articles and reports on the effects of fossil fuel combustion on agricultural yields.
• Our Waterloo Coal Plant page includes all public filings by LS Power/Elk Run Associates/Dynergy for the Elk Run Energy, a 750MW coal-fired power plant proposed to be built in Waterloo, Iowa.
• Information about the Council Bluffs Energy Center
• Self-reporting of pollution to the Department of Natural Resources (along with documents for some other, older, coal-fired power plants in Iowa)
• Response to Public Comments on the PSD permits for CBEC4.
• Greening your office. This memo explains what it means to “go green”, offers suggestions to help businesses do so, and provides rationales to help advocate and justify such a decision.

For a complete listing of available documents, see http://plainsjustice.org/files