Category Archives: fracking

“Contaminated Water Would Travel Across Nebraska In Three Days”

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Trish Nelson

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Iowa Pipeline Walk Uncovers New Hero

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Trish Nelson

“All we wanted was to have the house fixed.”  –  Kenneth Larkin Iowa Pipeline Walk: Day Nineteen Posted on March 24, 2015 by Ed Fallon Monday, March 23, 2015 – Cambridge, Iowa Click here to go to original post at … Continue reading →

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Ed Fallon On The Iowa Bakken Oil Pipeline

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Blog for Iowa caught up with Ed Fallon in Iowa City at a March 11 fundraiser for his Iowa Pipeline Walk along the proposed route of the Dakota Access oil pipeline from the Bakken shale formation through Iowa to Illinois. … Continue reading →

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Finding A New World? Harder Than Some Think!

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Tip of the hat to http://www.dailykos/comics As some of you may have read here Thursday Iowa is in the process of “studying” allowing the Bakken Oil to build a pipeline across Iowa. Minnesota is also looking at a pipeline from … Continue reading →

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Looking Back At The Session

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Once again we wish to thank Iowa Policy Project for their solid and in depth analysis on issues in the state of Iowa. We are quite lucky to have such a policy analysis group in a small state such as … 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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George Raveling And “The Speech”

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Iowans who have been around for the last 30 years can hardly forget George Raveling, the high energy former Iowa Men’s basketball coach. Raveling always prided himself more as a leader and shaper of young men than as a basketball … Continue reading →

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Oops – Steve King Accidentally Speaks The Truth

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Every now and then some Republican loses their talking points and without those to guide them they accidentally tell the truth. Such a horrible misfortune befell our own Steve King this week. He was discussing immigration and he slipped and … Continue reading →

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