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Category Archives: Environment
CCS Push Back And Climate Change
When we took the land after the 1832 Black Hawk Purchase, it was decimated to make neatly cut rectangles of farmland. People are used to that now. Today Iowa farmland is used mostly as a production landscape for hogs, cattle, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, climate change, corn, environment, ethanol, sustainability
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Here Comes Carbon Capture Technology
Let’s be clear about Carbon Capture and Sequestration: it is an unproven technology to enable fossil fuel use when society should be turning away and leaving fossil fuels in the ground. Among the problems with the technology is our government … Continue reading
Carbon Capture and Sequestration References
Like it or not, Iowa Republicans have hoodwinked us into a carbon capture and sequestration method of addressing the climate crisis. It is common sense that hooking a polluting ethanol plant, coal-fired electricity generating station, or a propane grain drying … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, climate change, climate crisis, environment, ethanol
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CGRER Iowa Climate Statement 2021
On Wednesday, Oct. 13, The University if Iowa Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research released their annual climate statement at a press conference. Titled Iowa Climate Statement 2021: Strengthening Iowa’s Electric Infrastructure, it was signed by hundreds of Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, University of Iowa
Tagged ActOnClimate, CGRER, environment, University of Iowa
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Bohannan Endorsed By 314action.org In Ia-02
https://314action.org/2021/09/09/314-action-fund-endorses-state-rep-christina-bohannan-in-ia-02-race/ 314action.org is a website with this stated mission: We’re on a mission to elect more scientists to Congress, state legislatures, and local offices. As trained problem-solvers, STEM professionals are ready, willing, and able to find solutions for the significant … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Climate Action, Climate Change, Covid-19, Environment
Tagged Christina Bohannan, environmental engineer
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How Is Mother Earth Doing On Mother’s Day?
CNBC mini documentary 20 minutes long Why am I writing about climate change when Earth Day was just a couple of weeks ago? Because everyday should be a day when we take care of the only option we have for … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged climate change, climate change emergency, normal temperatures, weather extremes
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Iowa Public Beach Water Quality
A person could post every year about water quality at Iowa state park beaches. The state fails to adequately reduce nutrient flow into public water. The source is primarily from fertilizer runoff, yet from other sources as well. Last year … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged blue-green algae, environmental news, Iowa DNR, Iowa environment, Iowa toxic algae, University of Iowa
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Earth Day 50 Years Later
I helped organize my home town for the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders’ Dec. 24, 1968 Earthrise photograph changed the way we look at our lives. We became aware of the fragility of human … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, Earth Day, Earth Day 2020, Nationalism
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While Your Attention Is Diverted ……
with the impeachment hearings our environment is taking another wallop from the EPA. As if that wasn’t bad enough a new report raises alarms about insect collapse. The current administration is hard at work 24 hours a day 7 days … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Environment
Tagged A Warning, bee collapse, David Cay Johnston, EPA, EPA regulation rollback, EPA rules, insect collapse
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Frustrated Rant
This week comes to an end with our current president once again – ONCE AGAIN mind you – being accused of some sort of major breach of security. Does it rise to the level of treason? So far we … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Environment, gun control, gun safety, Joni Ernst
Tagged NRA
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