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Iowa City Air Quality Coalition We are residents of Iowa City, Iowa, concerned about hazardous air pollutants affecting the health and wellbeing of families and neighborhoods.

We believe that everyone has a right to clean and healthy air.

This is not good news.
09/14/2026

This is not good news.

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

Public officials are duty sworn to protect the public health. This is a shameful episode in municipal malfeasance.
09/08/2026

Public officials are duty sworn to protect the public health. This is a shameful episode in municipal malfeasance.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that New Yorkers had gotten sick “because the leaders they trusted lied.” On Tuesday, he released 170,000 pages of records related to the aftermath of the attacks.

This is NOT good news for local air quality . We’ve just outsourced for an incinerator—those “pellets” contain wastes, i...
07/24/2026

This is NOT good news for local air quality . We’ve just outsourced for an incinerator—those “pellets” contain wastes, including paper and plastic.

The University of Iowa has signed a new contract with a Wisconsin company, Convergen Energy, to make fuel pellets out of miscanthus grass and other feedstocks to replace coal.

This is not good news for folks who live or work near EtO facilities
06/01/2026

This is not good news for folks who live or work near EtO facilities

Quick Takes Clean Air Environmental Justice EPA’s Proposal to Rescind Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Commercial Sterilizers April 21, 2026 Giancarlo Vargas Download paper (PDF) On March 17, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rescinding several ethylene oxide (EtO) emi...

Methyl methacrylate is used to manufacture plastics. A good argument for using zoning to keep industrial activities sepa...
05/22/2026

Methyl methacrylate is used to manufacture plastics. A good argument for using zoning to keep industrial activities separate from residential housing.

Evacuations expand with fears of toxic explosion

This is an astonishing piece
05/04/2026

This is an astonishing piece

The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous.

Even though they said they weren’t going to build a new factory right away, that’s exactly what they are doing.Zoning ma...
04/16/2026

Even though they said they weren’t going to build a new factory right away, that’s exactly what they are doing.

Zoning matters. Elections do, too.

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