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Tag Archives: eminent domain in Iowa
This Week: Pipeline Activist Trainings in Des Moines, Grinnell, Storm Lake
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
Posted in Bakken pipeline, Environment Iowa, Rural Iowa
Tagged #nobakken, #NoDAPL Iowa, eminent domain abuse iowa, eminent domain in Iowa, Iowa oil pipeline, Iowa progressive activist training
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Help Stop Eminent Domain Abuse In Iowa
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
Posted in Bakken pipeline
Tagged #nobakken, #NoDAPL Iowa, Dakota Access Pipeline, eminent domain in Iowa
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Bold Iowa Direct Action To Stop Oil Pipeline
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
Posted in Bakken pipeline
Tagged #FarmersDefenseCamp, #nobakken, Bold Iowa, Dakota Access Pipeline, eminent domain in Iowa, Rockwell City, Shirley Gerjets
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Iowa Democrats Include Climate Mobilization Language In Party Platform
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
Posted in Bakken pipeline
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken Oil Pipeline, Bakken pipeline in Iowa, climate mobilization pledge, Ed Fallon, eminent domain in Iowa, Pledge of Resistance
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Bakken Pipeline Protest Party
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
Posted in Calls to Action, Climate Action, Corporate Greed
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken pipeline resistance, eminent domain in Iowa
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Ed Fallon And Governor Branstad Achieve Common Ground
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
Posted in Ed Fallon, Fallon Forum
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken Oil Pipeline, Ed Fallon, eminent domain in Iowa
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This Week On The Fallon Forum: More On Bakken Pipeline Cartel, Eminent Domain Bill SF 506
fallonforum.com This bunch from the pipeline cartel — what I call ’em — is just a bucket of snakes and you can’t tell which head belongs to which tail.” Dear Friends, There’s nothing like courage to inspire principled acts of … Continue reading
Posted in Ed Fallon, Environment, Fallon Forum, Iowa legislature 2015
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken Oil Pipeline, Ed Fallon, eminent domain in Iowa, Hughie Tweedy, SF 506
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Eminent Doman Bill SF 506 Moves To Full Senate
senate.iowa.gov/democrats Reforming the use of eminent domain in Iowa The Senate Government Oversight Committee has approved legislation that would curtail the use of eminent domain for certain energy projects proposed by private companies in Iowa. Eminent domain is the right … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa legislature 2015
Tagged #nobakken, eminent domain in Iowa, Iowa legislative session 2015, Rock Island Clean Line
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Calling All Pipeline Fighters For Urgent Action Tuesday
A note from Ed Fallon: Dear Friends – I spoke with State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann today on my talk show and he announced big news on the Eminent Domain Bill: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 28th at 12:00 noon in Room 22 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Ed Fallon, Energy, Environment, Environment Iowa, Fallon Forum, Farming
Tagged #nobakken, Climate Action, eminent domain in Iowa, Iowa legislative session 2015, Iowa Pipeline Walk
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Eminent Domain Bill Emerging In #ialegis
An eminent domain bill is emerging in the Iowa legislature. If it becomes law, it would impact both the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Rock Island Clean Line which share the issue of being merchant distribution lines for oil and … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged Bakken Oil Pipeline, Clarke County Reservoir Commission, Dakota Access Pipeline, Eminent Domain, eminent domain in Iowa, Kelo v City of New London, Rock Island Clean Line
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