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Category Archives: Environment
Iowa Water Quality And Confirmation Bias
Progressives, farmers and environmentalists heard there is movement in the Iowa legislature to fund water quality and ears perked up — a natural impulse to interpret new events as supporting something we already believe or are working on, also known … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, water
Tagged #ialegis, #iapolitics, environment, Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, water quality
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Rain Remains
Rain is the best natural resource left in Iowa, helping us grow crops without irrigation because of its abundance. If other parts of North America can more deserving be called America’s breadbasket — Central Valley, Imperial Valley and Salinas Valley … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, global warming
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Making Climate Change Personal
“We could use some of that global warming,” a truck driver told me. It was a joke. The ambient temperature was in the low teens and we both work outside as part of our jobs. If the weather were warmer … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, global warming
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2016 Revisited Do Not Despair
Following the mainstream news sources, we only get certain kinds of news. Generally speaking, bad news, superficial, biased, sensationalized news, sprinkled with dramatic over-reaction by the punditry in some cases or bewildering under-reaction (nothing to see here!) in others. But … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Climate Action, coal mining bans, global carbon emissions, Paris Agreement
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How SILT Creates Farming Opportunities For Young Iowans
Sustainable Iowa Land Trust Meet Ben. Ben grew up in Cedar Falls, but after a stint volunteering on a farm decided to dedicate his life to it. He didn’t see Iowa offering the opportunity he was looking for, so he … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming
Tagged iowa farming, Iowa landowners, SILT, Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, young farmers
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24 Hours of Reality — 2016 Edition
Who knows what President Trump’s impact on the environment will be? To hold ground environmental advocates have claimed since the Nixon administration, we can’t ignore the renewed challenges presented by the mogul’s rise to power. We don’t know what Trump … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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Call For Medical Professionals At Standing Rock
Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH is coordinating a medical response to the eviction notice served last week to the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock, asking for physicians and other medical professionals to volunteer. Wendy Ring, member of Physicians for Social … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Progressive Community
Tagged #noDAPL, Bakken pipeline resistance, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, climate change, Dakota Access Pipeline, environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Standing Rock, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
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The Planet Lost Big Time November 8th
America lost so much in this election. The world lost so much in this election. Perhaps no entity lost more in this election than the planet and its systems for sustaining life. Humanity was finally, slowly coming to grips with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate science, earth, Iowa climate change
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Pipeline Protesters To Camp On Iowa Farmer’s Land
Monday Action Alert from Bold Iowa: Bold Iowa is setting up a #NoDAPL camp today with an Iowa farmer in Calhoun County, whose land was taken against her will via eminent domain to build the Dakota Access pipeline that threatens … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken pipeline, Environment, Fallon Forum
Tagged #noDAPL, Bakken Oil Pipeline, Calhoun county Iowa
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After The Latest Iowa Flood
The Cedar River crested in Cedar Rapids at 21.91 feet at 11 a.m. yesterday. As the river recedes over the next few days the temporary flood wall and earthen berms built over the weekend will be monitored for breaches. They … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged #flood2016, 2016 Flood, ActOnClimate, environment, Rob Hogg, sustainability
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