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Tag Archives: Iowa
Listen To Iowans Speak Out On Carbon Pipelines
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
What Is A CAFO?
Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. – JFAN This is the first of five videos in a JFAN interview series with Dr. John Ikerd about CAFOs, Iowa’s #1 problem. Visit Dr. Ikerd’s website here: johnikerd.com/ “The operation runs like a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged #CAFOResistance, CAFO moratorium, CAFOs in Iowa, factory farms, Iowa, Jefferson County, Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors, JFFAN
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Iowa Drops In “Best State” Poll
Well, that didn’t last long – from 2018: (1.5 minutes) Healthcare Education Economy Opportunity Infrastructure Crime & Correction Fiscal Stability Quality of Life Iowa 2019. (#14) 20 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Kim Reynolds, Republican Policy
Tagged best state rankings, Iowa
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The Beautiful Arabs of Iowa by Amer Zahr
Amer Zahr, popular Palestinian-American comedian, is hosting the first-ever live Palestinian-American comedy event at Carnegie Hall in NYC on February 5, 2016, called Being Palestinian Makes Me Smile. For more information or to contribute, click here. For tickets, click here. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Amer Zahr, Arabs, Carnegie Hall, comedy, Iowa, Palestine, Palestinian
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Obamacare's Ship Has Sailed
All the people waiting for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to collapse under its own weight had better find something else to do. Almost four years in, there’s no way to hop in the DeLorean, go back in … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Tagged Iowa, obamacare, Obamacare enrollment, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Moving Forward With Obamacare
Late last Thursday the electronic payment to Coventry Health Care cleared our bank account, indicating we have new health insurance coverage effective Jan. 1, 2014, purchased on the exchange created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. With that … Continue reading
Crunch Time For Obamacare
According to the Dec. 11, 2013 issue of the New York Times, “nearly 365,000 people picked a health insurance plan through state and federal exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through the end of November. While the pace … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act
Tagged affordable care act, Health Insurance, Iowa, obamacare, Obamacare enrollment
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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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Tomato Sandwiches on RAGBRAI
BUSSEY– Trish Nelson is enjoying RAGBRAI and sent a brief note with a couple of photos. Trish wrote on her mobile device, “another shot of the tomato sandwiches being made. Very Iowa. Selling like hotcakes at 2 bucks apiece as … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged Iowa, Local food, locally grown food, RAGBRAI
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Postville Immigration Raid 5 Years Later
Posted in Immigration
Tagged immigration reform, Iowa, postville, Postville immigration raid
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