Category Archives: Environment

Celebrate Renewable Energy on Winter Solstice Sunday in Iowa City

EVENT POSTPONED:  Join I-Renew to Celebrate Renewable Energy on Winter Solstice Tonight in Iowa City Postponed:  watch this space for new date and time… I-Renew Winter Solstice Event for tonight…Due to unfavorable weather conditions for today and this evening, I-Renew … Continue reading

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New Report Exposes Subsidies to Factory Farms

New Report Exposes Subsidies to Factory Farms Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, iowacci.orgFamily Farm Groups Demand Reform of Environmental Quality Incentives ProgramDes Moines, Iowa – A report released yesterday exposes how industrial hog and dairy operations are subsidized through the … Continue reading

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EPA Moves to Ease Pollution Rules

EPA Moves to Ease Pollution Rules by Matthew Blake, The Center for Independent MediaA Final Attempt by Bush Administration to Weaken the Clean Air ActThe Environmental Protection Agency seems on the brink of issuing a new regulation that would make … Continue reading

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Decision on ‘Organic’ Fish Sets Dangerous Precedent to Gut USDA Organic Program

Decision on 'Organic' Fish Sets Dangerous Precedent to Gut USDA Organic Program Consumers UnionIn case you missed it, last week Consumers Union derided the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) decision to accept the recommendations for “organic” fish production that will … Continue reading

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Hormone-disrupting Cosmetics Chemicals Found in Teenage Girls

Hormone-disrupting Cosmetics Chemicals Found in Teenage Girls The Campaign for Safe CosmeticsTeenage girls across America are contaminated with hormone-disrupting chemicals found in cosmetics and body care products, confirms a new study released recently by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a … Continue reading

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Obama Outlines Areas Where He Can Act Quickly

Obama Outlines Areas Where He Can Act Quickly According to the Washington Post, areas where Obama can quickly reverse Bush's executive orders are coming to light:1.  stem cell researchRep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) said that during Obama's final swing through her … Continue reading

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Oxfam, 1Sky Host Town Hall Meeting to Confront Climate Change – Ames, Nov. 3

Oxfam, 1Sky Host Town Hall Meeting to Confront Climate Change – Ames, Nov. 3 WHAT: The band, O.A.R. (Of a Revolution), will host a town hall meeting with Oxfam America and 1Sky, to discuss climate change with young people on … Continue reading

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Charlie Rose Profiles T. Boone Pickens in 60 Minutes Debut Tonight at 6pm (CT) on CBS

Charlie Rose Profiles T. Boone Pickens in 60 Minutes Debut Tonight at 6pm (CT) on CBS Charlie Rose makes his debut as a 60 Minutes contributor this week with a profile of Texas oil and gas maven T. Boone Pickens. … Continue reading

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Johnson County Ballot: Say YES to Conservation on November 4th

Johnson County Ballot: Say YES to Conservation on November 4th Citizens for Our Land, Water and FutureThis November 4th we will have the opportunity to vote for a $20 million investment over the next 20 years for increased water and … Continue reading

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Trouble the Water Opens in Des Moines Friday, October 10

Trouble the Water Opens in Des Moines Friday, October 10 The award-winning documentary Trouble the Water opens this Friday, October 10th, at The Fleur Cinema in Des Moines.The film tells an extraordinary story of one family's survival of the flooding … Continue reading

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