Action alert from Rob Hogg –
The climate crisis is accelerating, regardless of the election results. 2024 was the hottest year on record. It brought devastation to Spencer, Greenfield, and other towns in Iowa; hurricane devastation to Florida and North Carolina; and now the heartbreaking wildfire devastation to Los Angeles County.
At this very moment, we know the new Administration is taking us in the wrong direction on climate policy, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and stopping the permitting of all new wind power that requires a federal permit, taking down the White House climate policy page, and promoting more fossil fuels that will literally add more fuel to the climate fire.
These developments call for people who are concerned to come together, to build community, and to chart a new path forward.
One opportunity to come together is “Called to Climate Action,” a conference sponsored by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light at Grinnell College on Saturday, March 29, from 9 am to 3 pm. I am currently the board chair of Iowa IPL, and I hope you can join me there.
More details are coming up, but we will have a strong program of workshops and a keynote speaker for you to help bring together the movements for climate action with racial justice and economic justice.
College students and faculty are free, thanks to the generosity of Grinnell College and our donors. For others, we are asking for a $35 registration fee to cover the cost of lunch and help with other conference expenses, too.
Here is a link where you can register:
https://iowaipl.org/2025/01/03/2025-called-to-climate-action-conference
Here is a Facebook event page you can share to invite others to join us:
https://www.facebook.com/events/929432099386214
Other Upcoming Events
I do want to mention that if you are interested in state level advocacy, please join the Iowa Environmental Council and its members for its State Capitol legislative advocacy day on Wednesday, February 19. Here is a link with more details:
Locally, in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar Wapsi Group of the Sierra Club is organizing its annual dinner for Saturday night, March 29 (after the Iowa IPL conference) and Eco-Fest is being planned for Saturday, April 26. If you know of other events in the Cedar Rapids area that are of interest, please let me know.
I hope this is helpful, and I hope to see you March 29.
Rob
Blog For Iowa 