Category Archives: Environment

Iowa Bakken Backers Braking

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company proposing to build a transfer pipeline from the Bakken/Three Forks shale oil production area in North Dakota, across 17 counties in Iowa, to its existing pipeline in Pakota, Illinois, announced yesterday it will delay … Continue reading →

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Friday In Iowa: Environmental Roundup

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Paul Deaton

While the planet experienced its hottest May in recorded history last month, the weather in Iowa was dry with normal temperatures. “Temperatures averaged 61.0°, right at normal, while precipitation totaled 3.16 inches or 1.40 inches below normal,” wrote state climatologist … Continue reading →

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Erase The Keystone XL

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Dear Climate March supporters, The Keystone Pipeline is a powerful symbol of the urgent necessity for climate action. On July 19, the Great March for Climate Action crosses the proposed path of the pipeline outside Bradshaw, Nebraska. We are working … Continue reading →

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EPA Clean Power Rulemaking

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Paul Deaton

“The United States has a moral responsibility to act on climate,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on Monday, June 2. Her agency proposed what they described as “a commonsense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants.” New rules would … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Clean Water v. Factory Farms

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Trish Nelson

The Sierra Club Iowa Chapter has waited since September 2007 when it filed a dedelegation petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to develop and approve rules requiring concentrated animal feeding operations … Continue reading →

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Every Day Should Be Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Trish Nelson

According to EarthDay.org, every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day.  That fact in itself is cause for hope. But it is tempting to be cynical because we’ve been having Earth … Continue reading →

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Eastern Iowa Sustainability Lectures

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Paul Deaton of Blog for Iowa will give a series of four public lectures about personal finance, the environment and nuclear abolition between April 19 and 24. If you are nearby, please consider attending one of these events: April 19, … Continue reading →

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What Would The Greatest Generation Do?

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Dave Bradley

I will admit from the outset that I have not read Tom Brokaw’s book on “The Greatest Generation.” However, I have heard many discussions of those years and indeed did grow up in the home with parents from that generation. … Continue reading →

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Hogg, Kaufmann Oppose Keystone XL

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Joint Statement by Senator Rob Hogg and Representative Bobby Kaufmann on Keystone XL Pipeline: BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION TO KEYSTONE PIPELINE IN IOWA BECAUSE OF EXPECTED USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN DES MOINES– Two Iowa state legislators– Senator Rob Hogg (D-Cedar Rapids) and … Continue reading →

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Why We Must Say No To Frac Sand Mining In Iowa

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Say NO to FRAC SAND MINING There is a petition to Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors: John Logsdon, Dennis Karlsbroten, Mark Kuhn, Floyd Ashbacher, and Dean Thompson, which says: “We, the people of Winneshiek County, call for a rights-based ordinance … Continue reading →

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