Student group wants to see a coal-free UI

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B.A. Morelli • Iowa City Press-Citizen • May 7, 2010

50% of energy use on campus comes from coal

A group of environmentally minded students will meet with University of Iowa officials today to seek a commitment to immediately stop burning coal at the campus power plant.

UI has reduced its coal use and carbon emissions over the past several years as it grows a Biomass Fuel Project, which relies on recycled oat hulls. But coal still accounts for more than 50 percent of the energy use on the main campus, according to UI data.

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