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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Are Property Rights A Climate Action Tool?
For many, protecting property rights is high on the list of priorities. It’s the American way, shouldn’t it be so? A related and perhaps better question is whether climate advocates should use eminent domain as a tool to advocate against … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, Climate Action, climate change, environment, Keystone XL, Rock Island Clean Line
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Why Bakken Oil Is Dirty
People who care about hydraulic fracturing say the oil coming from the Bakken formation in North Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan is dirty. It is. All oil is dirty, and my two cents is we should leave what’s there in the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Bakken Crude Oil, Bakken Formation, Bakken Oil Pipeline, environment, First Responders, Shale Oil
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Road To #COP21 Comes Through Iowa
On Tuesday, The Climate Reality Project announced three North American trainings, one of which will take place within a short commute from my home. Here is the announcement email I received from colleague Mario Molina: Dear Paul, Our New Delhi, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged al gore, COP21, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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It's Not About Minimum Wage
Two bits of news related to minimum wage emerged last week, and neither of them represents a solution for low wage workers. The Iowa Legislature advanced Senate Study Bill 1151 from a subcommittee to increase the minimum wage to $8.75 … Continue reading
Posted in minimum wage
Tagged Iowa minimum wage, Minimum Wage increase, Social Justice, walmart, Walmart workers
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Is Iowa Prepared For A Megadrought?
State Senator Joe Bolkcom, member of the natural resources and environment committee, spoke last Tuesday at the capitol about environmental issues. “Is there anything related to the environment you would like to see covered in greater detail?” I asked. “There … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Joe Bolkcom
Tagged climate change, climate change and drought, DNR, drought, environment, Iowa DNR, megadroughts, Senator Joe Bolkcom, water usage
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Bakken Oil Pipeline Update
There has been a lot of news about the Dakota Access Pipeline (aka Bakken Oil Pipeline) during the last three months. Where does the project stand? Here’s a Blog for Iowa update based on information gathered this week. On Jan. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, Dakota Access Pipeline, environment, IUB
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Walking The Walk For Climate Action
Twelve participants in the Great March for Climate Action made a reprise visit to Washington, D.C. last Wednesday. Ed Fallon, march founder, tried to get meetings with the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency to coincide with the end … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged Chuck Grassley, climate change, Congressman Dave Loebsack, David Young, Ed Fallon, Great march for climate action, Iowa politics, joni ernst
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Environmental Lecture Series in Iowa City
100Grannies for a Livable Future planned a series of lectures intended to educate and encourage members of the public to take climate action. The lectures will take place beginning in February at the Iowa City Senior Center, 28 S. Linn … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged 100 Grannies, climate change, environment, Great march for climate action
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It Is Five Minutes To Midnight
(Editor’s Note: The BAS issued a press advisory that they will announce their decision regarding setting the Doomsday Clock at 10 a.m. CST on Jan. 22). The world has not tamed the nuclear beast and it is cause for concern. … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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Step Forward
Having bit my tongue for several years about the state of our electorate, 2015 will be a time of writing about our politics and society in a process of working through ideas, to determine a path by which progressive ideas … Continue reading
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Tagged politics, progressive movement, progressive values
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