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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Obama's Baby Steps Forward
President Obama spoke in Berlin this week, and I have been waiting to listen to the speech, doing so this morning. Friends have been talking about Obama’s call for a new series of steps toward nuclear abolition. One friend, who … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Nuclear Disarmament, President Obama
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, Obama, president obama, Veterans for Peace, Veterans for Peace Chapter #161
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How Many More Floods Will It Take?
by Senator Joe Bolkcom As we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the historic 2008 floods and look back on the amazing amount of recovery work that has taken place in communities across Iowa, our recent extreme rains tell us more … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Flooding, Environment
Tagged climate change, energy, environment, Senator Joe Bolkcom, sustainability
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Iowa Pulls The Plug On Nuclear Power
Pursuit of new nuclear power in Iowa was a bad idea when then governor Tom Vilsack began promoting it, and remains so. MidAmerican Energy’s announcement in the Des Moines Register today, that the utility “has scrapped plans for Iowa’s second … Continue reading
Iowa Farmers Oppose Nuclear Power
WILTON—About 65 people gathered at the Wilton Community Center last night to view a screening of the documentary, “The Atomic States of America,” hosted by the group Saving America’s Farmland and Environment (S.A.F.E.). Attendees also heard an update from two … Continue reading
Passenger Rail and Eminent Domain Get Married
What will it take for the Iowa House to get a bill considered on the floor of the Iowa Senate? Representatives Dave Jacoby and Bobby Kaufmann are hoping that pairing a Senate Democratic priority— funding passenger rail in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature
Tagged bobby kaufmann, Dave Jacoby, Iowa Legislature, Iowa politics, passenger rail in iowa
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Vilsack's Energy Policy Legacy
Does Tom Vilsack’s 2007 consulting agreement with MidAmerican Energy matter any more? It does, but not in the way conservative pundits characterized it, as a form of political corruption, after President Obama appointed Vilsack to his current job as secretary … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged biofuels, coal fired power plants, Iowa nuclear plant, Iowa renewable energy, MidAmerican Energy, natural gas fired power plants, nuclear abolition, nuclear energy, nuclear power, Nuclear power in Muscatine County, Nuclear power legislation, renewable energy, Tom Vilsack
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Rot in the Nuclear Weapons Force
After the U.S. Air Force removed 17 nuclear weapons launch officers from duty this week for marginal job performance skills, it should be a wake-up call. Lt. Col. Jay Folds, deputy commander of the 91st Operations Group, which is responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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End Of The Mountaintop Removal Road Show
This note came from Dave Cooper, whose Mountaintop Removal Road Show made its way to Iowa along the way. There is no stauncher ally in advocating against mountaintop removal coal mining. Dave will be missed, but the work will go … Continue reading
Frac Sand Mines in Iowa
A friend from the fight against the coal-fired power plants in Waterloo and Marshalltown sent a note about mining companies wanting to move into Iowa to extract silica sand for hydraulic fracturing. There is a lot of silica sand laying … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, Energy, Environment
Tagged energy, environment, Frac Sand, Frac Sand Mines, fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, iowa fracking, Iowa's environment, mining, Natural Gas
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Framing the Medicaid Debate
Our family has been able to afford health insurance, and has had continuous coverage since my career in transportation began in 1984. It is a budget priority, regardless of our work situation. With the April 2013 16.3 percent increase from … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature, medicaid expansion
Tagged affordable care act, hawk-i, Iowa Medicaid, IowaCare, Jennifer Vermeer, Medicaid expansion, medicare, obamacare
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