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Category Archives: Environment
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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Coalition Of Farmers And Ranchers Support The Green New Deal
This is another one of many things that our corporate media will either probably not carry or if it is carried will be done so as a story with little information around it. This is also a story that … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, Farming
Tagged Green New Deal, Ranchers
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Taking Seeds From The Prairie
Is it wrong to collect seeds from a prairie restoration project for use in a home garden or another prairie restoration project? I posed the question on social media. While the responses weren’t that many, they were a unanimous yes. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged environment, prairie restoration, seed saving, tallgrass prairie
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A Climate Action For Every Iowan
Iowa Public Television devoted its weekly Iowa Press program to climate change. Dr. Gene Takle, Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University and Dr. David Courard-Hauri, Professor and Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Drake University faced reporters … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate change, environment, global warming, Iowa politics
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Algae And The Politics Of Denial
During his July 8 speech on the environment, the president mentioned his administration’s fight with “toxic algae” in Florida 50 miles from his Mar-a-Lago resort. Bruce Hrobak, a bait and tackle shop owner in Port St. Lucie, Fla. gave a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, water
Tagged environment, Iowa water quality, phosphorous, water quality
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Jay Inslee At The Cedar River
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Saturday afternoon I drove to the Overlook Pavilion in Ellis Park where State Senator Rob Hogg had organized a “climate conversation” with Washington Governor Jay Inslee who is an announced candidate for president. Hogg reminded us … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Candidates, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, Iowa Caucus, Jay Inslee
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Gardening The Climate Crisis
Gardening is one of the most popular activities on the planet. Whether one lives in an apartment, in a single-family home, or on a farm, local food and flower production can be satisfying on multiple levels. A garden can be … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Act On Climate, climate change, environment, Gardening, global warming
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