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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Organic Food & The Farmer's Face
Is the local food movement here to stay? Intellectually, how could it not be? The future must necessarily be one of producing food much closer to where people live, especially as transportation costs escalate, and current food sources in the … Continue reading
Is That Climate Change Article BS?
What’s true is there are a lot of posts, articles, books and periodicals that discuss global warming and climate change on the Internet. There will be more along the road to COP-21 in Paris this December. What’s more true is … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged climate change, environment, global warming
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Eminent Domain Bill Emerging In #ialegis
An eminent domain bill is emerging in the Iowa legislature. If it becomes law, it would impact both the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Rock Island Clean Line which share the issue of being merchant distribution lines for oil and … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, Clarke County Reservoir Commission, Dakota Access Pipeline, Eminent Domain, eminent domain in Iowa, Kelo v City of New London, Rock Island Clean Line
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Webb, O'Malley Speeches Kick Off Iowa Caucus Season
Former U.S. Senator from Virginia Jim Webb and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley kicked off the run up to the Iowa Caucuses on Friday at the Polk County Democrats Spring Awards Dinner in Des Moines. Polk is a Democratic county … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Iowa Caucuses
Tagged 2016 Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton, Iowa politics, Jim Webb, Martin O'Malley, Polk County Democrats
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Climate Reality Leadership Training May 5-7 In Iowa
On Tuesday more than 400 people joined a webinar titled, “Change Starts with You: Becoming a Climate Reality Leader,” hosted by the Climate Reality Project in advance of the May 5-7 training in Cedar Rapids. The Climate Reality Leadership Corps … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Progressive Community
Tagged al gore, climate change events in Iowa, environment, local events, The Climate Reality Project
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Slaves Produce Seafood For U.S. Market
While Iowans engaged in the NCAA Basketball Tournament another story was being written by Associated Press reporters Robin McDowell, Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza about food not far from televisions tuned into the games. Following a year-long investigation, AP broke … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, Progressive Community, progressive values, Sustainability
Tagged Consumerism, March Madness, NCAA Basketball, progressive values, Slavery
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Boycott! The Art Of Economic Activism Comes To Iowa
Scattergood Friends School in West Branch will host a traveling art exhibition sponsored by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) March 31 through April 11. Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism features poster art from more than … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Progressive Community
Tagged AFSC, American Friends Service Committee, art, Ed Fallon, Mary Swander, Maureen McCue, Scattergood School
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Bakken Pipeline Resistance Iowa Meetings
(Editor’s Note: Cheryl Valenta, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, announced three informational meetings in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls and Iowa City about the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline proposed to the Iowa Utilities Board in January). Have you heard about the proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, Bakken pipeline resistance, climate change, Dakota Access Pipeline, energy, environment, Iowa City Area Group - Sierra Club, Iowa Sierra Club
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Ed Fallon On The Iowa Bakken Oil Pipeline
Blog for Iowa caught up with Ed Fallon in Iowa City at a March 11 fundraiser for his Iowa Pipeline Walk along the proposed route of the Dakota Access oil pipeline from the Bakken shale formation through Iowa to Illinois. … Continue reading
Posted in Ed Fallon, Energy, Environment, Fallon Forum, fracking
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, climate change, Ed Fallon, energy, environment, fallon forum, Iowa Legislature
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Iowa City Area Sierra Club Spring Events – Mark Your Calendar
Iowa City Area Group – Upcoming Events 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A Program: NO Bakken Pipeline Wally Taylor(Chapter Chair and Legal Chair for the Iowa Sierra Club) and Cheryl Valenta(co-leader of the Bakken … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Bakken pipeline resistance, environment, Great march for climate action, Iowa City Area Group - Sierra Club, Sierra Club
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