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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Waiting For Trump On Climate Action
While in Europe, Pope Francis and the G7 leaders bent President Trump’s ears about climate change. The Pope presented a copy of Laudato Sí, On Care For Our Common Home, his encyclical on consumerism, irresponsible development, environmental degradation and global … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Act On Climate, climate change, environment, global warming, The Climate Reality Project
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It’s Not Memorial Day
We can end the witch hunt because it’s been found in the person of Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer. I had hoped our first female speaker would be different from other politicians. Those hopes were dashed as she proved herself … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans
Tagged Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, veterans, Veterans for Peace
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Iowa Water Quality And Confirmation Bias
Progressives, farmers and environmentalists heard there is movement in the Iowa legislature to fund water quality and ears perked up — a natural impulse to interpret new events as supporting something we already believe or are working on, also known … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, water
Tagged #ialegis, #iapolitics, environment, Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, water quality
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Republicans Shell The Democratic Party
“The objective is to destroy the coherence of the enemy’s defense, to fragment and isolate enemy units in the zone of attack, and to secure operationally decisive objectives.” U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-09.22 The political battlefield changed during the … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Democrats, Iowa legislature 2017, Progressive Community
Tagged Iowa Democratic Party, Iowa politics, politics, Progressive Community
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Into The Wilderness, Will Iowa Democrats Find Their Way?
The Iowa Democratic Party has its work cut out between now and the 2020 presidential election. About 75 people gathered Tuesday night at the Coralville Public Library to air grievances, express hopes, make observations and promote causes to party representatives. … Continue reading
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Bait And Switch Over Manufacturing Jobs
Since the general election I’ve been laying low, listening to people talk about the new administration and what President Donald J. Trump means to them. Most supporters found a lot of what the president said and stands for to be … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged #Trumpworld, jobs, labor, manufacturing
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Rain Remains
Rain is the best natural resource left in Iowa, helping us grow crops without irrigation because of its abundance. If other parts of North America can more deserving be called America’s breadbasket — Central Valley, Imperial Valley and Salinas Valley … Continue reading
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Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, global warming
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Making Climate Change Personal
“We could use some of that global warming,” a truck driver told me. It was a joke. The ambient temperature was in the low teens and we both work outside as part of our jobs. If the weather were warmer … Continue reading
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Command And Control To Air Nationwide
On Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. CST Command and Control will air nationwide on Public Television. The film from director Robert Kenner, based upon the book by Eric Schlosser, is the true story of a Titan II missile silo … Continue reading
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24 Hours of Reality — 2016 Edition
Who knows what President Trump’s impact on the environment will be? To hold ground environmental advocates have claimed since the Nixon administration, we can’t ignore the renewed challenges presented by the mogul’s rise to power. We don’t know what Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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