Category Archives: Energy

Bakken Pipeline Resistance Iowa Meetings

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Paul Deaton

(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 →

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Ed Fallon On The Iowa Bakken Oil Pipeline

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Paul Deaton

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 →

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Loebsack On KXL Vote: We Need Comprehensive Jobs Legislation

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Trish Nelson

“It is unfortunate that Republicans have refused to move any comprehensive jobs legislation to keep jobs from going overseas. A good first start would be an immediate consideration of a long-term transportation bill so American workers can get back to … Continue reading →

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Iowa Bakken Backers Braking

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company proposing to build a transfer pipeline from the Bakken/Three Forks shale oil production area in North Dakota, across 17 counties in Iowa, to its existing pipeline in Pakota, Illinois, announced yesterday it will delay … Continue reading →

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Meeting Iowa's Renewable Energy Challenge

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Paul Deaton

IOWA CITY– The University of Iowa Public Policy Center is hosting several events centered on the theme of “Meeting the Renewable Energy Challenge”.  Please mark your calendar to join us for any or all of the events, which include: Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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Iowa Bakken Pipeline Demonstrations Planned

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Paul Deaton

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Great March for Climate Action has been holding events along their path since they left California. The march is presently in Iowa, and they planned events in Des Moines, Newton, Iowa City and Davenport to rally opposition … Continue reading →

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Iowa's Proposed Bakken Pipeline

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Paul Deaton

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 →

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End Nuclear Power Subsidies In Iowa

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: The following letter from Michael Mariotte, president of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service arrived this week, reminding us of common ground with conservatives who would end government subsidies to the nuclear power industry. Iowa’s own nuclear plant … Continue reading →

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Work But No Jobs

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Dave Bradley

There are 63,000 bridges in this country that need structural repair. There are also a myriad of roads that need repair. There are also sewer lines and water lines that are needing to be replaced in nearly all of our … Continue reading →

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What Would The Greatest Generation Do?

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Dave Bradley

I will admit from the outset that I have not read Tom Brokaw’s book on “The Greatest Generation.” However, I have heard many discussions of those years and indeed did grow up in the home with parents from that generation. … Continue reading →

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