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Meeting Iowa's Renewable Energy Challenge

IOWA CITY– The University of Iowa Public Policy Center is hosting several events centered on the theme of “Meeting the Renewable Energy Challenge”.  Please mark your calendar to join us for any or all of the events, which include: Wednesday, … Continue reading

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Iowa Climate Advocates Update

Five items for August from Iowa Climate Advocates: 1. The Great March for Climate Action is now in Iowa, and is making its way across our state.  The march has events in Atlantic (Aug. 3), Greenfield (Aug. 7), Winterset (Aug. … Continue reading

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Iowa's Proposed Bakken Pipeline

The Great March for Climate Action left Nebraska, entering Iowa on Wednesday. Their focus turns briefly from stopping the Keystone XL pipeline from the Tar Sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, to what has been dubbed as the … Continue reading

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Climate Change Is Really Political

If one didn’t think the U.S. discussion of climate change was political, think again. U.S. Rep. David McKinley (R-West Virginia), added an amendment to a House appropriations bill to fund the Department of Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of … Continue reading

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Friday In Iowa: Environmental Roundup

While the planet experienced its hottest May in recorded history last month, the weather in Iowa was dry with normal temperatures. “Temperatures averaged 61.0°, right at normal, while precipitation totaled 3.16 inches or 1.40 inches below normal,” wrote state climatologist … Continue reading

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Erase The Keystone XL

Dear Climate March supporters, The Keystone Pipeline is a powerful symbol of the urgent necessity for climate action. On July 19, the Great March for Climate Action crosses the proposed path of the pipeline outside Bradshaw, Nebraska. We are working … Continue reading

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Hope For A Turning Point On The Climate Crisis

(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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Great March For Climate Action: Join The 'Keystone Summer'

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EPA Clean Power Rulemaking

“The United States has a moral responsibility to act on climate,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on Monday, June 2. Her agency proposed what they described as “a commonsense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants.” New rules would … Continue reading

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Bruce Braley: Climate Disruption Is Real

Bruce Braley Statement on Carbon Reduction Plan Thursday, June 5, 2014 Washington, D.C.– Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) today released the following statement after the announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency of a preliminary plan to reduce carbon emissions. “In the … Continue reading

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