Tag Archives: Iowa Sierra Club

Helping Endangered Species In Iowa

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Iowa Chapter Sierra Club.  Follow them on Facebook.  Join the Friday weekly Lunch and Learn every Friday at noon. Today Wally Taylor, Sierra Club Iowa legal chair discusses what we can do to help endangered, threatened, and … Continue reading →

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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Climate Events In Iowa

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Rob Hogg – The climate crisis is accelerating, regardless of the election results. 2024 was the hottest year on record. It brought devastation to Spencer, Greenfield, and other towns in Iowa; hurricane devastation to Florida and North … Continue reading →

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Iowa Sierra Club Working Hard To Protect Our Environment

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Here’s a plug for the Iowa Sierra Club. They are doing great work for the environment and deserve our support. Check out the newsletter and sign up for updates here. The October 2024, newsletter from the Iowa Chapter of the … Continue reading →

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Stop DNR From Deregulating CAFOS

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Trish Nelson

So many opportunities to make a difference at the state level right now. Here’s another one! Take Action to Tell the DNR to Pass Strong CAFO Rules! A year ago Governor Reynolds issued Executive Order 10, which requires all state … Continue reading →

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Supreme Beef v Bloody Run Creek Update

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Jessica Mazour and Wally Taylor, representing Iowa Sierra Club, provide this update on the Save Bloody Run campaign. Check out the Lunch and Learn every Friday on Facebook “Supreme Beef is a beef operation (CAFO) near Monona in Clayton County, … Continue reading →

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Sierra Club: Big Changes At Iowa Utilities Board

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Jess Mazour, Coordinator of Conservation for the Iowa Sierra Club. provides a weekly Facebook update. Also, ICYMI  check out her recent appearance on Iowa Press where she successfully faced down Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, vice president of government and public affairs for … Continue reading →

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Iowa Sierra Chapter Trying To Save Bloody Run Creek From Big Ag

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Sierra Club has a weekly FB Live lunch and learn. In this live from November 18 environmental lawyer Wally Taylor discusses the fight to save Bloody Run Creek from Supreme Beef’s 12,000 head and expanding feed lot.  Taylor says … Continue reading →

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Here Comes Carbon Capture Technology

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Paul Deaton

Let’s be clear about Carbon Capture and Sequestration: it is an unproven technology to enable fossil fuel use when society should be turning away and leaving fossil fuels in the ground. Among the problems with the technology is our government … Continue reading →

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Iowa Sierra Club To Hold The People’s Budget Webinar Series

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Sierra Club invites you to our first in a series of webinars about the People’s Budget on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7:00pm. A large number of Sierra Club issues require some involvement with Iowa’s state budget. From supporting … Continue reading →

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Bakken Pipeline Resistance Iowa Meetings

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: Cheryl Valenta, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, announced three informational meetings in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls and Iowa City about the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline proposed to the Iowa Utilities Board in January). Have you heard about the proposed … Continue reading →

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