Category Archives: Environment

The 2012 Farm Bill Forum

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Trish Nelson

The 2012 Farm Bill Forum Conserving the Land, Water, People and Communities: Iowa Environmental CouncilIf you have not already registered, it's not too late! We hope you will be able to join us on Wednesday, June 22, from 9:30 a.m. … Continue reading →

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Iowans Should Say "Nuclear Power? – No Thanks"

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paul Deaton

by Paul Deaton While living in Germany in the late 1970s, we saw cars with a bumper sticker that said “Atomkraft? – Nein Danke” throughout the country. The phrase means “Nuclear Power? – No Thanks” and it was a tagline … Continue reading →

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Environmental Terrorism: Is Nature Fighting Back?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Environmental Terrorism: Is Nature Fighting Back? The following article appeared as a guest column in Monday's Iowa City Press-Citizen. Tom Walz is a professor emeritus in social work at the University of Iowa.We live in an age of terrorism. The … Continue reading →

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Food Hoarding and Iowa's Future

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Food Hoarding and Iowa's Future by Paul Deaton [Editor's Note: This is the third article in a Blog for Iowa series about food and food pricing in Iowa, centered around a comparison shopping trip to buy ingredients for a bowl … Continue reading →

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An Iowan on Biodiversity and Seed Banks

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Paul Deaton

An Iowan on Biodiversity and Seed Banks by Paul Deaton Ari LeVaux asserted on AlterNet last week, “How Seed Banks, Vaults and Exchanges are Saving Our Food from Disaster.” It is hard to argue with preserving seeds to maintain crop … Continue reading →

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Muscatine Iowa and a Triple Bottom Line

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Muscatine Iowa and a Triple Bottom Line by Paul Deaton Grain Processing Corporation may have already received return on its proposed $75 million investment in a new grain dryer in Muscatine when Mayor Richard O'Brien said the company's plans should … Continue reading →

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Why Did Tom Vilsack Ignore This Warning?

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Why Did Tom Vilsack Ignore This Warning? Fooddemocracynow.org Last week we released a video interview with Dr. Don Huber, a senior plant pathologist who wrote to Secretary Vilsack on January 17th of his grave concerns about the discovery of a … Continue reading →

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Public Health and the 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Public Health and the 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl Physicians for Social Responsibility Cite Flawed Evacuation Zones & Nuclear Power Health Risks on Chernobyl Anniversary Washington, DC – April 26, 2011 – Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today cited gross inadequacies … Continue reading →

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Will the Iowa Legislature Go Nuclear?

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Will the Iowa Legislature Go Nuclear? by Paul DeatonThe answer to this question about House File 561/Senate File 390 is maybe. House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer (R-12) indicated there is “strong bipartisan support” for House File 561 during a recent … Continue reading →

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Earth Day and Corporate Reputations in Iowa

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Earth Day and Corporate Reputations in Iowa by Paul DeatonWord coming from K Street in Washington, D.C. is that all this talk about the budget, federal deficit and the debt ceiling has been bad for business. Without an omnibus spending … Continue reading →

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