They face each other in back-to-back games in the the NBA Development League this weekend for the first time, Finch with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Nurse with the Iowa Energy.
As Iowa goes on energy policy during a presidential election season, so goes the nation.
Vilsack has championed the development of ethanol, an alternative energy, in Iowa -- something that coincides with Obama's vision for an energy-independent future, and something he can promote from the Department of Agriculture.
Iowa, you can choose an energy plan written by and for the big oil companies, or you can choose an all-of-the above energy strategy for America. (Applause.) At a time when homegrown energy is creating new jobs right here in Iowa, when farmers are helping to create new biofuels, when once-shuttered factories are churning out new wind turbines -- (applause) -- my opponent wants to end tax credits for wind energy producers.
With more than 1, 000 turbines, Iowa produces more wind energy than all but two other states, California and Texas.
Extrapolating from North Carolina, perhaps other states with an abundance of energy-producing manure and lower-than-average energy costs (like Iowa) can expect to see interest from other tech giants and their fuel cells.
Right now, homegrown energy, things like wind energy -- creating new jobs all across the states like Iowa -- and Governor Romney wants to end tax credits for wind energy producers.
Just perhaps their high-sounding arguments had something to do with South Dakota and Iowa both being home to huge wind energy facilities.
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Acciona Energia, Clipper Windpower and Siemens USA now operate wind manufacturing facilities in the state, and last month Culver's office announced that TPI Composites will open a plant in Iowa to build turbine blades for GE Energy.
In October a coalition of Canadian energy companies struck a deal with Iowa farmers to buy up to 3.3m tonnes of carbon dioxide credits.
If he came here to Iowa, he might know that 20 percent of Iowa's electricity now comes from wind energy. (Applause.) Over the past 4 years, America has doubled its -- the amount of electricity that is produced from wind, and this is enough to power 13 million homes with clean and renewable energy.
We're at a moment right now when homegrown energy, like wind energy, is creating new jobs all across Iowa and all across the country.
In Iowa, the President is going to talk about wind, energy, drought.
At a moment when homegrown energy is creating new jobs here in states like Iowa, he wants to bring an end to it.
There are jobs to be had -- and Iowa knows all about it -- when we are pursuing aggressively clean energy and alternative energy.
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The PTC has strong support, even from many staunch Republicans such as Governors Terry Branstad of Iowa and Sam Brownback of Kansas, whose states are leaders in wind energy production and development.
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Does Iowa have a distinct advantage over other states in shaping the nation's energy policy?
And maybe the President should get out of the White House and come to Iowa and meet some of those families who are going to get cut off of energy assistance because of his veto.
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And those investments include -- and he brought this up in Colorado -- the production tax credit, the wind energy tax credit that has broad bipartisan support in states like Colorado and Iowa, that is essential to 5, 000 jobs in Colorado.
MidAmerican Energy is the operator of a 1600 megawatt four unit coal-fired power plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa, commonly known as Walter Scott, Jr.
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