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UI announces it will be coal-free by 2025

UI Power Plant will increase its use of biomass and other renewable energy sources to meet its goal
By: Wendy Moorehead  |  2017.02.20  |  08:33 am
The University of Iowa will divest fully from coal as a campus energy source by 2025. UI officials, led by President Harreld, announced the goal, which will come from the university increasing its use of biomass and other renewable energy sources.
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Deep-ocean carbon sinks

Study involves basic research on dark ocean microorganisms
By: Gary Galluzzo  |  2013.09.05  |  08:00 am
Although microbes that live in the so-called “dark ocean”—below a depth of some 600 feet where light doesn’t penetrate—may not absorb enough carbon to curtail global warming, they do absorb considerable amounts of carbon and merit further study.
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