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Innovations In The Climate Crisis – CCS
I viewed the S&P Global Market Intelligence discussion between reporter Taylor Kuykendall and Former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Nov. 8. The thirty minute video is worth viewing to hear Moniz on major technologies and technological developments that will … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged ActOnClimate, Bold Iowa, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, climate change, climate crisis, Ed Fallon, environment, Ernest Moniz, Navigator CO2 Ventures, net zero, Summit Carbon Solutions
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CGRER Iowa Climate Statement 2021
On Wednesday, Oct. 13, The University if Iowa Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research released their annual climate statement at a press conference. Titled Iowa Climate Statement 2021: Strengthening Iowa’s Electric Infrastructure, it was signed by hundreds of Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, University of Iowa
Tagged ActOnClimate, CGRER, environment, University of Iowa
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The False Hope Of Biomass
“Earlier this year, the European Union was celebrated in headlines across the world when renewable energy surpassed the use of fossil fuels on the continent for the first time in history,” wrote Majlie de Puy Kamp for CNN. The European … Continue reading
Is Jessica Reznicek A Terrorist?
Jessica Reznicek, a 39-year-old environmental activist and Catholic Worker from Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court June 30 to eight years in prison for her efforts to sabotage construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. In November 2016, Reznicek … Continue reading
Iowa Officials Call For Clean Transportation Investment
Des Moines, Iowa – On Thursday, July 15, at 10 a.m. CDT, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, State Representative Marti Anderson and Des Moines City Council member Josh Mandelbaum will join climate and public health advocates for a virtual press … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, electric vehicles, environment, infrastructure investment, Josh Mandelbaum, Marti Anderson, Tom Miller, transportation
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Earthrise Studio Is Here
I met Finn Harries at the May 2015 Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He and his identical twin brother Jack had turned their attention, and that of their large YouTube following, to work on the climate … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Act On Climate, Climate Action, climate change, Climate Reality Leadership Training, Earthrise Studio, environment
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Iowa’s Senators and Climate Change
In March I wrote my U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst about the climate crisis as follows: I hope you will support the efforts of the Biden administration to act to mitigate the effects of our changing climate. Naturally … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, Climate Change, Joni Ernst
Tagged Chuck Grassley, climate change, climate crisis, environment, joni ernst, Political Advocacy
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In Contrast, Democrats Will Install Competent Government
The previous post today allowed me to do some venting on the incompetence of Republican led governments in general, and also the utterly miserable incompetence shown by the current administration. While the previous post concentrated on how the American people … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Health Care & Medicare, voter suppression
Tagged climate crisis, corona virus, Democratic competence, environment, incompetence
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Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer
In 2018 NextEra Energy Resources announced plans to retire the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) — a 615-MW nuclear power plant located in Palo, Iowa — before the end of 2020. NextEra’s main customer at DAEC, Alliant Energy, will buy … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged ActOnClimate, Duane Arnold, environment, Iowa nuclear plant, nuclear abolition, nuclear energy, Palo nuclear reactor
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Taking Seeds From The Prairie
Is it wrong to collect seeds from a prairie restoration project for use in a home garden or another prairie restoration project? I posed the question on social media. While the responses weren’t that many, they were a unanimous yes. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged environment, prairie restoration, seed saving, tallgrass prairie
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