Environment Iowa Report: Waterways still at risk from hog lots
By Alana Stamas
This fall's edition of Environment Iowa's newsletter is now available online at http://www.environmentiowa.org/newsletters/fall07
It's
the same newsletter you've always gotten — but moving to the Web means
less printing, which helps us reduce our environmental impact and keeps
more of your contribution working toward real results for Iowa.
Top Stories
Waterways still at risk from hog lots
Reforming industrial livestock confinements
This
summer, Environment Iowa continued to amass public support for
protecting our streams, rivers and lakes from pollution from the
industrial livestock industry.
Keeping the national parks legacy alive
From
the majestic mountains of the West to the misty forests and bayous of
the Southeast, there are many places in America's landscape that
inspire wonder and awe. Our national parks protect that pristine
beauty, and provide opportunities for us to share it with the next
generation.
Taking on global warming
This spring, Gov. Chet Culver signed the first major bill, backed by Environment Iowa, to address global warming in Iowa.
Recent action
States band together to protect Great Lakes
http://www.environmentiowa.org/newsletters/fall07/recent-action
Global warming law to cut pollution 80 percent
http://www.environmentiowa.org/newsletters/fall07/recent-action
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Sincerely,
Alana Stamas
Environment Iowa Field Organizer
AlanaS@environmentiowa.org
http://www.environmentiowa.org