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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
In an Iowa Kitchen
The local food movement relies more on kitchens than grocery stores; more on gardens than commercial growers. While use of locally sourced food by many restaurants has changed to include more of it, a local foods movement cannot be sustained … Continue reading
Bakken Oil Pipeline Pledge
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Ed Fallon has long been a friend of Blog for Iowa. Here is his latest on the Bakken Oil Pipeline). Over the past two years landowners, farmers, tribes and environmentalists have done everything possible to stop the pipeline. … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken pipeline
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, civil disobedience, community action, direct action, Ed Fallon, environment
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What's After Paris?
Last week, Al Gore reflected on the ten years since he founded The Climate Reality Project. Following is an excerpt from an email he sent to the Climate Reality Leaders he trained. Ten years ago, I trained the first group … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, al gore, climate change, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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Hiroshima Day 2016
The Washington, D.C. rumor mill is saying President Barack Obama may “do something” about nuclear weapons before the end of his term. Among ideas being discussed are early retirement of some of the non-deployed weapons in the arsenal; declaration of … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged Hiroshima Day, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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Plasma Sales And Iowa Politics
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was written for On Our Own: Sustainability in a Turbulent World in 2013 and has been corrected and updated). The Cumulus radio station in Cedar Rapids was advertising how a person could earn up to $340 … Continue reading
Posted in money out of politics
Tagged Citizens United, corporate money, Money out of politics
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Voter Suppression In Iowa
Republicans have taken the effort to suppress voting rights nationwide, including in Iowa. Iowa Republicans have done their part, if not as egregiously as in other states. They would do more to suppress voting rights if they controlled our bicameral … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, voting rights
Tagged voter suppression, Voter suppression in Iowa, voting rights
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Encountering Chuck Grassley
The conventions dispersed and the road home was ahead as Blog for Iowa writers engaged with Senator Chuck Grassley last Friday. Both Trish Nelson, in a chance meeting in Mount Pleasant, and Dave Bradley, at a town hall event in … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged #iapolitics, #iasen, 2016 Election, Chuck Grassley, politics
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August Recess
SOLON, Iowa — While Trish Nelson takes a well-deserved break, I will attempt to fill her shoes at Blog for Iowa. Delegates from the national party conventions dispersed last week and there is a lot to write about. Party and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Progressive Community
Tagged Blog for Iowa, clean water in Iowa, Forestry, Iowa clean air, Local food, nuclear abolition, nuclear power, politics, voter suppression
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Cemeteries And Decorations
BIG GROVE TOWNSHIP, Iowa — A couple of years ago the Solon American Legion moved their annual Memorial Day commemoration from Oakland Cemetery to the new service memorial at American Legion Field. As remaining World War II veterans depart on … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged Memorial Day, Progressive Community, Veterans for Peace
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Earth Day 2016
My participation in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 evolved in a convergence of social vectors. Among them was this Apollo 8 photograph of Earth above a lunar landscape by astronaut William Anders. After viewing the photograph I … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Environment, Progressive Community, Sustainability
Tagged environment, sustainabiilty
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