Smart, Affordable Energy Built Iowa. Voters Must Protect It

In 1983, before climate anxiety became injected into the American bloodstream by Washington, D.C. consultants, Iowa passed the nation's first Renewable Portfolio Standard. It wasn't driven by ideology - it was pro-agriculture and smart market-hedging behavior. A farming state hedged against energy price volatility the way farmers hedge against weather: practically, locally, without waiting for permission from the federal government.