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Governor Chet Culver said it best himself, on April 27th of this year:

"Global warming is a real danger that threatens our very way of life, and it is our responsibility to take any and all steps that we can to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and hope to curb global warming."

Well, we have a suggestion for the Governor. He should immediately impose a statewide moratorium on the building of new coal-fired power plants, and instead direct state funding and subsidies to developing Iowa's enormous potential for clean and renewable wind energy.

At the present time, a New Jersey company has proposed building a 750-megawatt coal-fired power plant just east of Waterloo; a 600-megawatt plant has also been proposed for Marshalltown. These plants will pour out carbon dioxide equal to almost two million cars on Iowa's roads -- for the next 40 to 50 years. They will also pollute eastern Iowa's rivers and lakes with hundreds of pounds of mercury annually, making fish caught from these waters unsafe to eat.

The governor has the opportunity to put a hold on the permitting process until the Iowa legislature can act on the Climate Change Advisory Council's recommendations for greenhouse gas reductions in Iowa. Drop him a note today and ask him to show leadership on this issue.