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Climate Reality Leadership Training May 5-7 In Iowa

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Paul Deaton

On Tuesday more than 400 people joined a webinar titled, “Change Starts with You: Becoming a Climate Reality Leader,” hosted by the Climate Reality Project in advance of the May 5-7 training in Cedar Rapids. The Climate Reality Leadership Corps … Continue reading →

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Road To #COP21 Comes Through Iowa

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Paul Deaton

On Tuesday, The Climate Reality Project announced three North American trainings, one of which will take place within a short commute from my home. Here is the announcement email I received from colleague Mario Molina: Dear Paul, Our New Delhi, … Continue reading →

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Hope For A Turning Point On The Climate Crisis

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: Al Gore’s article in the June 18 issue of Rolling Stone is hopeful about the climate crisis in a way we have not heard lately. As members of Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps, we see the former vice … Continue reading →

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Al Gore's Optimism

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Wednesday, the Washington Post published an Ezra Klein interview with former vice president Al Gore, titled, “Al Gore explains why he’s optimistic about stopping global warming.” Gore finds there is reason to be optimistic that public sentiment is changing regarding … Continue reading →

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RAGBRAI and Iowa Politics

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Trish Nelson, regular editor of Blog for Iowa, posted this photo on the Internet, reminding us that there is a world outside the confines of what Al Gore described as “the worldwide digital communications, Internet, and computer revolutions (which) have … Continue reading →

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December 12, 2000; A Day That Will Live In Infamy

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Like many people, I look back at days in history and play out scenarios that might have happened IF there had been just a quirky change and events took a different path. Usually these thoughts spring into my head based … Continue reading →

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What A Merry-Go-Round

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Dave Bradley

1, 2, 3 BYE! Well as I sit here on Tuesday a new game is being born. Who Goes First? Herman Cain? Joe Paterno? Sylvio Berlusconi? Any or all could be off the media map before this gets posted Sunday. … Continue reading →

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