Category Archives: Environment

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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Climate Reality in Iowa – Day One

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Paul Deaton

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa– On the first day of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training founder Al Gore gave his slide show, an updated version of the one used in the film An Inconvenient Truth. It’s the third time I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Climate Reality Project Comes To Iowa

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Paul Deaton

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa– More than 350 people from around the globe convene here for the Climate Reality Leadership Corps’ 28th training beginning Tuesday, May 5. The group is kicking off its North American advocacy effort for firm and substantial governmental … Continue reading →

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Calling All Pipeline Fighters For Urgent Action Tuesday

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Trish Nelson

A note from Ed Fallon: Dear Friends – I spoke with State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann today on my talk show and he announced big news on the Eminent Domain Bill: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 28th at 12:00 noon in Room 22 … Continue reading →

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To Our Grandchild

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dave Bradley

We want to get our apology in now. We won’t be around a lot longer and it looks like the one thing we had hoped to give you when you reached adulthood was a world that was at least trying … Continue reading →

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Earth Day And The Pentagon

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Trish Nelson

by Ed Flaherty This week we celebrate Earth Day. It is a day to bring into the active areas of our brains the innate understanding that we have only one Mother Earth to live on, and that she needs our … Continue reading →

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Is That Climate Change Article BS?

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paul Deaton

What’s true is there are a lot of posts, articles, books and periodicals that discuss global warming and climate change on the Internet. There will be more along the road to COP-21 in Paris this December. What’s more true is … Continue reading →

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Earth Day Is Coming April 22nd! Iowa Events

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Ed Fallon Invites All Iowans to Join Him At Grassroots Speak Out Former State Rep. Ed Fallon will complete his 400-mile anti-pipeline walk across 18 counties on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, and he invites all Iowans opposed to the … Continue reading →

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