Category Archives: Environment Iowa

Is Your Community About To Be Corporate Factory-Farmed? Find Out About “Rights-Based” Organizing

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Trish Nelson

If your community is going to be “hydro-fracked, factory-farmed, used as a dumping ground for sewage sludge, drilled for corporate water withdrawals, used as a laboratory for genetically modified seeds; used for a transmission line, pipeline, or other energy project … Continue reading →

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Attend Environmental Lobby Day 2013 At The Iowa Statehouse

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Trish Nelson

iaenvironment.org/ The Iowa Environmental Council cordially invites members and supporters to our 2013 Environmental Lobby Day at the statehouse. This year’s event will be especially memorable because members of the Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) Alliance and the Iowa’s Water … Continue reading →

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Allamakee County Just Says No To Fracking…For Now

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Trish Nelson

http://www.kwwl.com/stor/allamakee-county-passes-frack-mining-moratorium ALLAMAKEE COUNTY There will be no frac sand mining in Allamakee County. The county passed an 18-month moratorium Monday morning. Frac sand is becoming a hot commodity because it’s being widely used in a process called hydraulic fracturing or … Continue reading →

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You Can Help Save Iowa’s Raccoon River For A Dollar

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Next Raccoon River Watershed Association (RRWA) Meeting–Hotel Pattee, Downtown, Perry, Iowa Friday –Dec. 7 7:30 p.m.  Show “America’s Darling: The Story of Jay N. “Ding” Darling” –-Hotel Pattee, Perry, Iowa, Saturday–Dec. 8,   9:30—11:00 a.m.  Board meeting General Meeting–11:00 to 11:25 … Continue reading →

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Quad Cities 5th Annual 2012 Earth Charter Summit

Posted on September 7, 2012 by bfiacarolinevernon

2012 Earth Charter Summit on Economic Justice You’re Invited! Quad Cities 5th Annual 2012 Earth Charter Summit: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:00am – 3:00pm Western Illinois University Riverfront Campus 3300 River Drive, Moline, IL Keynote Speaker: Ellen Augustine, M.A.,  notmypriorities.org … Continue reading →

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Iowa Environmental Council: DNR Funding Trend Ignores Iowa Voters

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Yesterday was Environmental Lobby Day at the Iowa statehouse.  Check out the Iowa Environmental Council’s website and blog.   You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.  They got nice coverage by WHO-TV.  Also at the statehouse yesterday was Iowa … Continue reading →

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How You Can Protect Iowa’s Soil and Water in the Farm Bill

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Trish Nelson

From Iowa Environmental Council – iaenvironment.org/ Protect Iowa’s Soil and Water in the Farm Bill Restore the Conservation Compliance Covenant   Take Action! Calls and emails needed by Tuesday Nov. 1 US lawmakers are currently proposing major changes to the Farm … Continue reading →

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Moving Planet Day September 24 – Local Events In Iowa

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Trish Nelson

moving-planet.org Moving Planet September 24, 2011 Moving Planet will be a day to put our demands for climate action into motion—marching, biking, skating—calling for the world to go beyond fossil fuels. WHY: For too long, our leaders have denied and … Continue reading →

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Scott County Board of Supervisors Gives Pass To More CAFOs

Posted on September 22, 2010 by bfiamollyreagan

Scott County Board of Supervisors Gives Pass To More CAFOs by Molly Regan When the Scott County Board of Supervisors took public comment on Tom Dittmer's request for an expansion to existing hog confinements, the board asked that speakers address … Continue reading →

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Animal Factory: David Kirby Coming to Eastern Iowa

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Trish Nelson

Animal Factory:  David Kirby Coming to Eastern Iowa “Nature did not intend for animals to live and die in a factory assembly line.  In David Kirby's startling investigation Animal Factory, he gives a human face to the terrible cost our … Continue reading →

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