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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
The False Hope Of Biomass
“Earlier this year, the European Union was celebrated in headlines across the world when renewable energy surpassed the use of fossil fuels on the continent for the first time in history,” wrote Majlie de Puy Kamp for CNN. The European … Continue reading
Is Jessica Reznicek A Terrorist?
Jessica Reznicek, a 39-year-old environmental activist and Catholic Worker from Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court June 30 to eight years in prison for her efforts to sabotage construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. In November 2016, Reznicek … Continue reading
Iowa Officials Call For Clean Transportation Investment
Des Moines, Iowa – On Thursday, July 15, at 10 a.m. CDT, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, State Representative Marti Anderson and Des Moines City Council member Josh Mandelbaum will join climate and public health advocates for a virtual press … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, electric vehicles, environment, infrastructure investment, Josh Mandelbaum, Marti Anderson, Tom Miller, transportation
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Conversations With Deidre DeJear
On Monday, July 12, Deidre DeJear of Des Moines announced a series of “Conversation Tour Events” as she explores a run for Iowa governor in 2022. The following is from DeJear’s campaign website: As a small business owner and entrepreneur, … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Deidre DeJear, Iowa governor, Iowa governor's race, Iowa politics
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Earthrise Studio Is Here
I met Finn Harries at the May 2015 Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He and his identical twin brother Jack had turned their attention, and that of their large YouTube following, to work on the climate … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Act On Climate, Climate Action, climate change, Climate Reality Leadership Training, Earthrise Studio, environment
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Coming in September: Iowa Redistricting
Like most Iowa political activists, I’ve been looking forward to new political districts to be created during the decennial, non-partisan redistricting process. Republican legislators repeatedly asserted they wouldn’t change the law and didn’t. While door-knocking in Wilton during the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Deidre DeJear, Iowa politics, Iowa redistricting, redistricting
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Iowa’s Senators and Climate Change
In March I wrote my U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst about the climate crisis as follows: I hope you will support the efforts of the Biden administration to act to mitigate the effects of our changing climate. Naturally … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, Climate Change, Joni Ernst
Tagged Chuck Grassley, climate change, climate crisis, environment, joni ernst, Political Advocacy
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Masking In The United States
I recently flew to Florida to help someone move to the Midwest, my first non-local trip since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. We convoyed from central Florida to Chicago, following major interstate … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
Tagged coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, living in society, masking, public health
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The Climate Crisis Is Accelerating – Now What?
What can we do when confronted with the climate crisis? The answer is everything. If climate change is developing faster than human solutions, what then? During the last few months we have been assaulted with news about the climate crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged al gore, Bill McKibben, climate change, Farhad Manjoo, Julia K. Steinberger
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There’s A Reason Republicans Call It ‘Communist China’
“The unprecedented global challenges that the United States faces today—climate change, pandemics, nuclear proliferation, massive economic inequality, terrorism, corruption, authoritarianism—are shared global challenges. They cannot be solved by any one country acting alone. They require increased international cooperation—including with China, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs
Tagged Bernie Sanders, China, Foreign Affairs, Trade, trade war with china
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