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Eastern Iowa Sustainability Lectures
Paul Deaton of Blog for Iowa will give a series of four public lectures about personal finance, the environment and nuclear abolition between April 19 and 24. If you are nearby, please consider attending one of these events: April 19, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Sustainability
Tagged Climate Action Across America, economic sustainability, environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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Hogg, Kaufmann Oppose Keystone XL
Joint Statement by Senator Rob Hogg and Representative Bobby Kaufmann on Keystone XL Pipeline: BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION TO KEYSTONE PIPELINE IN IOWA BECAUSE OF EXPECTED USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN DES MOINES– Two Iowa state legislators– Senator Rob Hogg (D-Cedar Rapids) and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged environment, Iowa Legislature, Keystone XL
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Dems To Defend Obama Climate Action Plan
On Thursday, Jan. 16, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing entitled, “Review of the President’s Climate Action Plan,” begging the question, if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate change, environment
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A Bipartisan Strategy to Reverse the Changing Climate
Barbara Schlachter is a founding member of 100 Grannies for a Livable Future, Iowa City Climate Advocates and Citizens Climate Lobby. The following guest opinion appeared in the Nov. 14, 2013 edition of the Iowa City Press Citizen. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment
Tagged 100 Grannies, Citizens Climate Lobby, climate change, environment, Iowa City Climate Advocates
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BFIA Climate Change Series
For easy reference, following is a list of the author’s posts on climate change this summer. July 16: Take Action on Climate Change. July 18: Iowa’s Culture of Climate Change. Aug. 6: Climate March Staff Trained by Al Gore. Aug. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, environment, Iowa
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Doubt and Climate Change
Public discussions about climate change are closely connected with sales. Anyone who has taken professional sales training knows creating doubt about a competitor is a key tool used to gain favorable consideration from prospective clients. If there is a legitimate … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, environment, global warming, re-insurance, The Climate Reality Project
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The Founders and Climate Change
It must get a Republican’s hackles up when a Democrat talks about the founding fathers. After all, it was Republican Warren G. Harding who coined the term, first using it in his keynote address at the 1916 Republican National Convention. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Age of Enlightenment, climate, Deism, environment, Founders, William Faulkner
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Are GMOs Killing Monarch Butterflies?
The population of Monarch butterflies declined sharply this year. In Iowa, they have seldom been seen, even among people who preserve their milkweed plants for the orange and black insects to feed and reproduce. According to official counts, the population … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged environment, GMOs, Monarch Butterflies, Roundup Ready Corn, Roundup Ready soybeans
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RAGBRAI and Iowa Politics
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
Iowa's Culture of Climate Change
David Biello of Slate wrote an opinion piece in Newsday titled, “Why Don’t Farmers Believe in Climate Change,” on July 16. Link to the article here or here, but here’s a spoiler alert: it’s the Farm Bureau. I commented on … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Farming
Tagged climate change, environment, Iowa Farm Bureau, Iowa farmers, The Climate Reality Project
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