Rally Outside Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting Highlights Multi-State, Anti-Consumer Energy Policy

Key Facts

• Coal ash from these plants, including the Walter Scott Jr. Energy Center in Council Bluffs, has been found to leak toxic levels of arsenic, lithium, boron and more into nearby groundwater.
• "MidAmerican's anti-consumer lobbying in Iowa has left the state with some of the highest energy burden in the country," said Kerri Johannsen, Energy Program Director at the Iowa Environmental Council.
• At a time when wind and solar are the lowest cost sources of new energy generation, Berkshire Hathaway operates one of the largest fleets of coal plants in the nation.
• The Clean Up MidAm campaign is a coalition of organizations, including the Iowa Environmental Council, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Clean Energy Districts of Iowa, Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, the Sierra Club, Moms Clean Air Force, Action for the Climate Emergency, Great Plains Action Society and countless Iowans who care about our future.

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