Category Archives: Environment

Earthrise Studio on Fossil Fuels

I met Finn Harries in Cedar Rapids at Al Gore’s 2014 Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. The diminutive Brit showed up only for the days Gore gave his Inconvenient Truth lecture. Harries and his twin brother Jack had millions of … Continue reading

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Reducing Consumption of Animal Products

An uncomfortable truth about environmentalism — that no one wants to discuss, especially in Iowa — is the amount of land used to feed and husband animals. To say it another way, the best thing we could do to mitigate … Continue reading

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After COP 28 Keep On The Sunny Side

I met with State Senator Joe Bolkcom before he retired to discuss ways to mitigate the effects of climate change. He told me something important as we finished our conversation. “Join a group and get active,” he said. What does … Continue reading

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Electric Cars and Iowa

When we couldn’t get new parts for our 2002 Subaru in 2022, we decided to get a replacement car. First of all, it rots that basic suspension parts are unavailable from the manufacturer of a relatively new and otherwise fine … Continue reading

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COP 28 And Beyond

Ahead of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping’s Nov. 15 meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco, the parties pledged to strengthen their cooperation on climate change. The U.S. State Department released a statement detailing areas of agreement. … Continue reading

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Live Blogging The End Times

The climate crisis remains with us. A series of news articles reported stresses on Earth to which climate change contributed or caused: Canadian wildfires, heated ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida, the failure of a generation of Emperor Penguin … Continue reading

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While The Climate Burns, MAGA Throws Gas On The Fire

What can you say? A raging fire on one of the most beautiful and isolated spots on earth (Maui) should be getting much attention and spurring people to action on the climate. Yet even as ever higher temperature records are … Continue reading

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Getting To True Net-Zero

It has been ten years since I first attended former vice president Al Gore’s training on the climate crisis. Since then, the organization surpassed 50,000 trained climate leaders located in 190 countries. Every one of them will be needed because … Continue reading

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Let’s Remember Democratic Policies

I am so tired of reading and writing about Trump and his MAGA world. I am so sick of turning on the TV only to see the latest rumor being treated as ‘serious news’ such as the recent distraction using … Continue reading

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Hot, Hotter, Hottest

(5:54) If for some reason you have been hidden away in a cave here is some news you need to know: Monday was the hottest average day ever on planet earth. That is until Tuesday which was a bit hotter … Continue reading

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