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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Environmental Round Up – It’s Getting Hotter
I’ve written about the environment on Blog for Iowa since my first post on Feb. 25, 2009. Never in the time since then has there been more happening regarding degradation of our environment. As Scott Duncan’s graphic above indicates, it … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, climate change, climate crisis, environment, global warming
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Webinar: Burn Hydrogen At Home?
Why in the world should we be concerned about hydrogen? The answer comes from utility companies and can be summed up in two words: hydrogen blending. Gas companies across the country are proposing to blend hydrogen gas with methane to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged #ActOnClimate, climate change, Hydrogen, Natural Gas, public health
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Feature Friday: The Franciscan Sisters Of Clinton
Our third July Feature Friday group is the Sisters of St. Francis of Clinton, Iowa. I first visited the sisters while working on a nuclear disarmament campaign. They are great peace and justice allies and when they say they will … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged community action, Iowa progressive actions, Organizing for Action, Peace, Sisters of St. Francis
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A Vast Right-Wing Shadow Network
Al Franken interviewed Anne Nelson, author of the 2019 book, Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right. If you read Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise … Continue reading
Posted in dark money
Tagged dark money, dark money in politics, Iowa politics
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Retire Chuck Grassley. It’s Long Overdue
Editor’s Note:: This post was written by long-time friend of Blog for Iowa Ellen Ballas of Iowa City. If Iowans want a better life, and who doesn’t, Mike Franken should be our next U.S. Senator. Senator Chuck Grassley has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Grassley, Franken v Grassley, FrankenforIowa, Michael Franken
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Message Is To Vote. How Do We Get There?
In a 589-word article published Monday, July 11, Des Moines Register reporters Katie Akin and Francesca Block managed to reduce Sunday’s Reproductive Freedom Rally of thousands of people at the State Capitol to pabulum. “Speakers encouraged attendees of the event … Continue reading
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Tagged #iapolitics, abortion, politics
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Newspaper Closings Cripple Our Democracy
U.S. newspapers close at a rate of two per week, according to David Bauder of Associated Press, referring to a recent study. In most cases, there is no replacement, creating a news desert. Lack of local news is bad for … Continue reading
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Becomes Law
On June 25, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law S.2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The bill passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 65-33, and the U.S. House by a vote of 234-193. Chuck Grassley, Randy Feenstra, … Continue reading
Posted in gun control
Tagged Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, gun control, gun control legislation, Uvalde
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Politics In An Unending Pandemic
Part of the new protocol for summer events in Iowa, including political events, is recognition of and taking action to avoid contracting the coronavirus. It may not be going well because it seems a lot of people recently tested positive … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged #iapolitics, coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Covid-19 in Iowa, Iowa Democrats
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Crops in Northwest Iowa Suffer Due to Drought
Photo credit: Josie Taylor | July 6, 2022. This is the second in our July series called Feature Friday. Iowa Environmental Focus, a product of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) at the University of Iowa, is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged #ActOnClimate, climate change, climate crisis, Iowa agriculture, The Climate Reality Project
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