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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Iowa's Proposed Bakken Pipeline
The Great March for Climate Action left Nebraska, entering Iowa on Wednesday. Their focus turns briefly from stopping the Keystone XL pipeline from the Tar Sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, to what has been dubbed as the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, Bakken Shale, Bruce Braley, climate change, Great march for climate action, Keystone XL, T. Boone Pickens
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Loebsack Holding Government Accountable
“I pledge to never become a lobbyist,” said Congressman Dave Loebsack in a July 30 video, “and help introduce legislation to permanently ban other members from doing the same.” Ask yourself this question, are Republicans calling for a pay decrease … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, David Loebsack
Tagged Congressman Dave Loebsack, Government Accountability, Loebsack for Congress
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Marshall Islands Take On The Nuclear Nine
Commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan with Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND). WAND is hosting a webinar on the lawsuits filed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in the International Court of … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition
Tagged #NoNukes, Marshall Islands, nuclear abolition
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#IASEN Roundup: Ernst at Exxon Mobil Funder
As this posts, Joni Ernst is scheduled to be at the McDermott Building in Washington, D.C. for a fundraiser with the Exxon Mobil Political Action Committee and the American Petroleum Institute. Yesterday, Bruce Braley issued the following statement: RELEASE: Ernst … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Bruce Braley
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Sports And Net Neutrality
“Fast lanes would serve only one purpose,” said Michael J. Mellis of MLB (Major League Baseball) Advanced Media LP in a public comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding net neutrality. “For Broadband ISPs to receive an economic windfall.” … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Issues
Tagged FCC, Free and open internet, internet, net neutrality
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Iowa's Nuclear Challenge
Carolyn Heising doesn’t get it about nuclear power. Iowans don’t want more of it, and there is a nascent movement to shut down the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo for good when the ten-year extension of its license from … Continue reading
#NoNukes Roundup
This video by comedian John Oliver is making the rounds of District of Columbia nuclear disarmament folks today, and is worth sharing. Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety plays … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged Eric Schlosser, John Oliver, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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Braley-Ernst In The Heat Of Summer
At BFIA we keep calm and help progressive Democrats win elections. Sweet corn is in, first tomatoes are being harvested, and RAGBRAI just finished. We are in the summer doldrums of this midterm election campaign, where the real action is … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Bruce Braley
Tagged 2014 Midterm Election, Bruce Braley, Jeff Kaufmann, joni ernst, koch brothers
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Feeding The World–Iowa-Style
Iowa Can’t Feed the World; Local Producers Can’t Either The frequent jeremiad of big agriculture is about propping them up so Iowa farmers can feed the world. Political speeches at the recent opening of a first of its kind biorational … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Food Insecurity, Local Food
Tagged biorational pesticides, farming, Food Security, Local food, Orascom, sustainable farming
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Obamacare On The Shoals?
The ship has sailed on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the treacherous waters of partisan legal cases haven’t sunk it yet. Tuesday the law weathered another storm. On July 22, a three-judge panel of the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act
Tagged obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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