Wind energy progress drives Iowa plans to 10 GW
Iowa advances wind capacity with Wind XI totaling 680 megawatts across Mahaska Boone Greene and Poweshiek counties plus a 340 MW North English site. By 2020 utilities target 95 percent of annual demand from wind and near 100 percent with Al liant. total wind could reach about 10,000 MW. Landowners earn millions in lease payments while tax revenue climbs.
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Beaver Creek
Mahaska County
Boone
Greene
Poweshiek County
MidAmerican
Alliant
Nathaniel Baer
Iowa Environmental Council
Lipari
Iowa
Pottawattamie
Buena Vista
Carroll
Council
Clinics face 9 million could lose regular health care access
The GOP push against the Affordable Care Act threatens funding for community health centers serving 27 million people. If funding lapses, up to 2,800 clinics may close, leaving as many as 9 million patients without regular care. In Iowa, 184,500 patients rely on Medicaid across 14 providers, with 93 percent living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
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Jana Eubank
National Association of Community Health Centers
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Joe Lock
Congress
National Health Service Corps
Federal Health Resources and Services Administration
Kaiser Family Foundation
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