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Tag Archives: climate change
Senator Cruz And The Sierra Club
The exchange between U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Sierra Club president Aaron Mair during an Oct. 6 Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing was a brief flash in the news cycle. Was it also a debate about climate change? The subject was … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged Aaron Mair, climate change, environment, Iowa Starting Line, Miriam Kashia, Sarah Beckman, Sierra Club, Ted Cruz
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Pope Francis On Climate Change And Our Common Home
by Ralph Scharnau As the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics and the first to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis’s recent visit drew large enthusiastic crowds in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. In … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged climate change, Pope Francis
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Gibson Resolution On Climate Change
(Editor’s Note: To some, eleven Republicans co-sponsoring the Gibson resolution to act on climate are merely stating obvious facts about the science of global warming, its impact on climate, and the need to take immediate action. Friends Committee on Legislation … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate change, climate change deniers, environment
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DSCOVR Our Blue Marble
This week NASA released new photographs from the DSCOVR satellite launched Feb.11 from Cape Canaveral. DSCOVR, or Deep Space Climate Observatory, is a NOAA Earth observation and space weather satellite. DSCOVR arrived at the L1 Lagrangian point, roughly 1 million … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged climate change, DSCOVR, NASA
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Going Solar In Iowa
(Editor’s Note: This is an update of a previous post on solar energy). Climate Reality Leadership Corps founder and former vice president Al Gore gave his slide show, an updated version of the one used in the film An Inconvenient … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Progressive Community
Tagged climate change, energy, environment, global warming, Solar Energy, Solar Power
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A View Of Climate Disparity
[by Dr. Maureen McCue] During a recent train ride returning from a family visit in Southern California, I couldn’t help observing the stark differences between the appearance of the unprecedented drought in the southwest, and the intense rain storms here … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged by Dr. Maureen McCue, climate change, environment, Global Health, global warming, Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Taking Care Of The 100 Percent
The story we would like to be able to tell is of a world that “works for 100 percent of humanity.” We’re not there. In fact, L. Hunter Lovins points out, “Humanity stands at the edge of a crumbling cliff.” … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged climate change, economic sustainability, Hunter Lovins, sustainability
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How You Can Help Eminent Domain Bill Pass This Week
fallonforum.com Time for “trump card” on eminent domain bill Dear Friends, With the legislative session likely to end this week and the eminent domain bill languishing, it’s time to pull out all the stops. I ask you to do three … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa legislature 2015
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken pipeline, climate change, Ed Fallon, Iowa eminent domain bill, Iowa legislature 2015
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Reducing Air Pollution Matters
We hear plenty of political chatter including the words “climate change.” This discussion among politicians isn’t about science. It’s about the power of money in politics. The tactics of the moneyed class have been to attack the messengers who would … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged air pollution, Clean Power Plan, climate change, COP21, environment, EPA, public health
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Climate Reality in Iowa – Day One
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa– On the first day of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training founder Al Gore gave his slide show, an updated version of the one used in the film An Inconvenient Truth. It’s the third time I’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged al gore, climate change, environment, global warming, Solar Energy, Solar Power, The Climate Reality Project
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