Tag Archives: eminent domain in Iowa

Melton Says Feenstra Not Doing Enough For Iowans

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Iowa’s News Now Statehouse Reporter Skylar Tallal sat down with Democratic candidate Ryan Melton who is running in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. He wants to address eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines and breaks down why he believes his Republican … Continue reading →

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Listen To Iowans Speak Out On Carbon Pipelines

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Chapter Sierra Club  The big Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration- PHMSA-  carbon pipeline safety meeting is next week, May 31-June 1. Watch this video to see why we don’t want carbon pipelines in Iowa. @noco2pipeline Iowans oppose carbon … Continue reading →

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Iowa Press Discusses Carbon Capture Pipeline Issues

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Trish Nelson

You must watch this episode of Iowa Press not just for the dull questions but also for the slick GOP-like evasiveness of the Navigator VP.  The contrast was stark between the fast-talking, polished Elizabeth Burns-Thomas and the “good guy” on … Continue reading →

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Stop Eminent Domain By Pipeline Profiteers

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from  Momentum is building to stop the use of eminent domain by pipeline profiteers. How do we know? Check out this new bill introduced in the Iowa House today that has the support of 22 Republicans. Our job … Continue reading →

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This Week: Pipeline Activist Trainings in Des Moines, Grinnell, Storm Lake

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Bold Iowa In case you missed it, on Thursday the nine farmers and landowners suing the Iowa Utilities Board for eminent domain abuse over the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline had their court hearing in the … Continue reading →

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Help Stop Eminent Domain Abuse In Iowa

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Action Alert from Bold Iowa: Dakota Access came to our state two years ago and began trying to buy off landowners and farmers to get permission to run a pipeline roughshod through their property. Those who resisted were subjected to … Continue reading →

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Bold Iowa Direct Action To Stop Oil Pipeline

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Trish Nelson

  Action Alert from Bold Iowa: On Tuesday, Bold Iowa set up the #FarmersDefenseCamp with the permission of farmer Shirley Gerjets on her property near Rockwell City, which was taken against her will via eminent domain by Dakota Access for … Continue reading →

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Iowa Democrats Include Climate Mobilization Language In Party Platform

Posted on June 22, 2016 by bfiatracykurowski

fallonforum.com When I spoke at the Rockefeller Fund Conference on Pipelines and Eminent Domain last week, I emphasized that if we’re going to argue against the abuse of eminent domain for a pipeline, we truly have to get to know … Continue reading →

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Bakken Pipeline Protest Party

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Climate Action Now Hughie Tweedy is a farmer in southeast Iowa near Montrose, whose property is in the path of the proposed Bakken oil pipeline. On August 29, 2015, he threw a party protesting the pipeline, and thousands showed up. … Continue reading →

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Ed Fallon And Governor Branstad Achieve Common Ground

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Trish Nelson

fallonforum.com Dear Friends, Last month, when I asked Governor Branstad to meet with me to discuss the Bakken Oil Pipeline and the eminent domain bill, I believed that – historically at least – we had two things in common: (1) … Continue reading →

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