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Category Archives: Environment
Why Palm Oil Is Bad For Iowans
On Friday, Feb. 5, the benchmark crude palm-oil future contract traded on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange reached its highest level since May 2014, according to NASDAQ. Traders were feeling bullish as warm, dry weather caused by El Niño in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged Climate Action, climate change, Deforestation, environment, Palm Oil, Rainforest
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Electric Car Emissions vs. Gasoline
Thought this would be of interest to folks here: (about 2 minutes)
The Facts About CAFOs Speak For Themselves
CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) proliferation is ruining Iowa. Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors are fighting hard to save what we have left. Please share this article and help them get the facts out about CAFOs. jfaniowa.org Letter to Editor … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Factory Farms (CAFOs), Farming, Local Control
Tagged CAFOs in Iowa, corporate factory farms, corporate hog lots, Factory farming in Iowa, iowa farming
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Reading Naomi Klein
Unlike the climate crisis story spoon fed to us in decreasing numbers of corporate media stories, in social media memes, and in fleeting conversations at community gatherings, in This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate, author Naomi Klein said there … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, Climate Action, environment, extractivism, Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything
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Senator Cruz And The Sierra Club
The exchange between U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Sierra Club president Aaron Mair during an Oct. 6 Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing was a brief flash in the news cycle. Was it also a debate about climate change? The subject was … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged Aaron Mair, climate change, environment, Iowa Starting Line, Miriam Kashia, Sarah Beckman, Sierra Club, Ted Cruz
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RFK, Jr. Calls Koch Brothers “Deadly Parasites” On Democracy
Ever wonder why you rarely see Robert Kennedy, Jr. on the TV? Possibly because he is the most knowledgeable and articulate spokesman for the environment there is, and he is unafraid to tell the truth about corporate greed. Prepare to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Environment, Ring of Fire Radio, water
Tagged citiens united, corporate greed, environment, koch brothers
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Gibson Resolution On Climate Change
(Editor’s Note: To some, eleven Republicans co-sponsoring the Gibson resolution to act on climate are merely stating obvious facts about the science of global warming, its impact on climate, and the need to take immediate action. Friends Committee on Legislation … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate change, climate change deniers, environment
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Denial and Denali
Environmentalists are having trouble wrapping their head around a president who visited Alaska above the Arctic Circle on Wednesday to speak on the need to mitigate the causes of climate change, while at the same time on Aug. 17 approved … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Alaska, energy policy, environment, president obama, ShellNo
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Iowa Breaks Beach Warnings Record
(Editor’s Note: The Iowa Environmental Council released this statement Aug. 14 on record levels of microcystin produced by certain types of algae blooms. They rightly associate the problem with the nutrient-rich soup lakes and waterways have become as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Iowa Environmental Council
Tagged blue-green algae, Iowa Environmental Council, microcystin, Nutrient runoff
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Oak Leaf Tatters And Herbicides
What to make of a study of the impact of herbicide drift from farming operations on oak trees? In a peer reviewed 2004 study at the University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences in Urbana, Ill., scientists … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged chloroacetamide, environment, Forestry, Herbicides, industrial agriculture
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