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Category Archives: Climate Change
Climate Revolution Rally To Be Held In Des Moines
Action alert from Bold Iowa Bold Iowa is excited to announce that we’re hosting Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox (“Gasland”) and the Climate Revolution Rally stop in Des Moines on Sunday, Oct. 30. The Climate Revolution Rally will feature speakers … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged Bold Iowa, Climate Revolution Rally, Dakota Access Pipeline, Josh Fox
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Democrats Continue To Run On Issues
As Republicans across the country and across Iowa run on fear and hate, Democrats continue to run on actual issues. This is often overlooked by the corporate media. Donald Trump himself has so confused things that he has decided to … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, Climate Action, Climate Change, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Jobs, Medicare, middle-class, Patty Judge, President Obama, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy
Tagged Iowa medicaid privatization, kitchen table issues, wages
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Evacuation Of Cedar Rapids Under Way
The headline from this morning’s Des Moines Register was that residents of 5,000 Cedar Rapids homes were asked to evacuate in advance of the flood crest predicted to arrive Tuesday morning. The height of the crest has been revised downward … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged #flood2016, ActOnClimate, Cedar Rapids flood, climate change
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Protect Environment, Stop Nuclear Weapons
(Editor’s Note: When this guest column ran in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on Wednesday, Sept. 21, its abstract nature became real as heavy precipitation events pummeled Butler County and other parts of northeastern Iowa, disrupting lives there and downstream. Living … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged #flood2016, Cedar Rapids flood, climate change, environment, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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What To Write? What To Write?
about 30 seconds: This blog is a labor of love. A chance many folks don’t get to give a perspective on things that others may not have thought about. But trying to decide what stories to comment on is very … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Branstad, Charles Grassley, Climate Change, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Legislature, Republicn Policy
Tagged Branstad privatizing Medicaid, campaign finance reform, terrorism
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Autumn Begins With An Iowa Flood
There was a lot to make one cranky as summer ended yesterday, including the weather. Extremely heavy rains are flooding parts of Iowa and the impact will soon be felt downstream. The Cedar River is expected to crest at 24.1 … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Flooding, 2016 Election Campaign, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged 2008 Flood, 2016 Flood, Act On Climate, al gore, climate change, environment, Ron Corbett
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What's After Paris?
Last week, Al Gore reflected on the ten years since he founded The Climate Reality Project. Following is an excerpt from an email he sent to the Climate Reality Leaders he trained. Ten years ago, I trained the first group … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, al gore, climate change, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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Random Thoughts On A Hot Weekend
Too hot to work too hard today: – Congratulations to Patty Judge on her nomination to defeat Chuck Grassley this fall. Judge has always outperformed expectations. Let’s hope she can do it one more time. Grassley, you have obstructed your … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, Climate Change, David Koch, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Patty Judge, Rob Hogg, Trump
Tagged koch brothers, mike gronstal, Paul Ryan, Stephen Hawking, Trump
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IUB: Stop Rewarding Dakota Access
Change.org May 4, 2016 — The IUB has requested that Dakota Access produce justification to begin construction BEFORE the Army Corps of Engineers permit is issued. The company has repeatedly fed us the line that “delays will impact farmers over … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Corporate Greed, Environment, Environment Iowa
Tagged #nobakken, Dakota Access Pipeline
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Sen. Rob Hogg’s Earth Day Remarks
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, Earth Day 2016, Pope Francis, Rob Hogg
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