Category Archives: Environment

Ed Fallon On The Road To Paris

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Paul Deaton

D-Day March & Pilgrimage for Climate Action LA to DC walkers continue trek to Paris for UN Climate Summit DES MOINES — On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, two men who last year walked across America for action on climate change … Continue reading →

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Loras College To Host Discussion Of Laudato Si'

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Academic experts to highlight pope’s ecology letter “Understanding the Pope’s Encyclical on the Environment” will be the subject of a public presentation and group discussion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Loras College in the campus center. Father Robert … Continue reading →

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Iowa's Algae Blooms

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Iowa recreational lakes have become a nutrient-rich soup in which blue-green algae thrives.  The Iowa Environmental Council won’t say what I will: nutrient runoff from agriculture, and to a much lesser extent from home lawn applications, is a key ingredient … Continue reading →

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Going Solar In Iowa

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: This is an update of a previous post on solar energy). Climate Reality Leadership Corps founder and former vice president Al Gore gave his slide show, an updated version of the one used in the film An Inconvenient … Continue reading →

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Iowa Has A Water Problem

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Paul Deaton

DES MOINES—”We have a water problem,” Mayor Frank Cownie said at the state convention of the League of Women Voters of Iowa on Saturday. Like all municipalities, the Des Moines Water Works must comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act … Continue reading →

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Reducing Air Pollution Matters

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Paul Deaton

We hear plenty of political chatter including the words “climate change.” This discussion among politicians isn’t about science. It’s about the power of money in politics. The tactics of the moneyed class have been to attack the messengers who would … Continue reading →

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Letter From NCEL Re: Fast Track Authority

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Even though the boat may have sailed in the US senate, there still may be time to help stop it in the House. The following press release and letter were sent by the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators including Iowa … Continue reading →

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Monsanto Preps For TPP – By Moving Overseas?

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Considering the way that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has set up the Investor-State Dispute Settlement or ISDS process the only logical step for corporations who claim to be frustrated by US laws is to move their corporate headquarters out … Continue reading →

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This Week On The Fallon Forum: More On Bakken Pipeline Cartel, Eminent Domain Bill SF 506

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Trish Nelson

 fallonforum.com This bunch from the pipeline cartel — what I call ’em — is just a bucket of snakes and you can’t tell which head belongs to which tail.” Dear Friends, There’s nothing like courage to inspire principled acts of … Continue reading →

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Al Gore Comes To Iowa

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Paul Deaton

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa– Al Gore held up a T-shirt presented by a youth group from Indiana that said, “Ask me about my future.” The context can be political, even if the presenters intended the question be about the environment. Gore … Continue reading →

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