{"id":1093,"date":"2005-04-23T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-23T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/04\/23\/iowa-governor-vilsack-orders-energy-conservation-improvements\/"},"modified":"2005-04-23T20:09:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-23T20:09:00","slug":"iowa-governor-vilsack-orders-energy-conservation-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/iowa-governor-vilsack-orders-energy-conservation-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Governor Vilsack Orders Energy Conservation Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Green Car Congress, news<\/a> that Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa has signed Executive Order #41<\/a> (in PDF), which directs “state agencies to improve upon their current practices of conserving energy.” Mike has a list of some of the practices this order sets in place, along with a note of irony: apparently, “…the Governor just three days earlier had approved an increase in the speed limit on Iowa highways to 70 mph.” Still, when you’re sitting in a red state with a Republican governor ready to give away the farm in terms of environmental protection (or anything remotely protective of the common good), Iowa’s move looks pretty progressive…<\/p>\n Technorati tags: energy<\/a>, politics<\/a>, Iowa<\/a><\/p>\n