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Tag Archives: The Climate Reality Project
Crops in Northwest Iowa Suffer Due to Drought
Photo credit: Josie Taylor | July 6, 2022. This is the second in our July series called Feature Friday. Iowa Environmental Focus, a product of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) at the University of Iowa, is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged #ActOnClimate, climate change, climate crisis, Iowa agriculture, The Climate Reality Project
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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
Reynolds Proclaims Weather Disaster – 11 Times
Governor Kim Reynolds proclaimed counties in Iowa to be a disaster because of severe weather. It is time to act on climate. Tornadoes tore through Marshalltown, Pella and Bondurant last Thursday as I got off work at the home, farm … Continue reading
Act On Climate — Scary Edition
You may have seen David Wallace-Wells’ New York Magazine article titled, “The Uninhabitable Earth.” It’s a scary article with frightful truths circulating on social media. Half truths according to Michael E. Mann, director of Earth System Science Center at Penn … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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Exiting Paris – Not The End Of The World
We survived U.S. failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gas emissions and will survive if Republicans drag us out of the Paris Agreement after the 2020 general election, as was announced June 1 in Washington, D.C. Make … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged Act On Climate, ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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U.S. Not Leaving Paris Agreement Yet – Here’s What You Should Know
Dear Friends, As you know, today the White House announced that the United States would begin the process of leaving the Paris Agreement. Removing the United States from the Paris Agreement is a reckless and indefensible action. It undermines America’s … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Climate Action, Climate Change
Tagged #trumpresistance, al gore, Paris Agreement, The Climate Reality Project
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Waiting For Trump On Climate Action
While in Europe, Pope Francis and the G7 leaders bent President Trump’s ears about climate change. The Pope presented a copy of Laudato Sí, On Care For Our Common Home, his encyclical on consumerism, irresponsible development, environmental degradation and global … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Act On Climate, climate change, environment, global warming, The Climate Reality Project
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24 Hours of Reality — 2016 Edition
Who knows what President Trump’s impact on the environment will be? To hold ground environmental advocates have claimed since the Nixon administration, we can’t ignore the renewed challenges presented by the mogul’s rise to power. We don’t know what Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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What's After Paris?
Last week, Al Gore reflected on the ten years since he founded The Climate Reality Project. Following is an excerpt from an email he sent to the Climate Reality Leaders he trained. Ten years ago, I trained the first group … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, al gore, climate change, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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Al Gore Comes To Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa– Al Gore held up a T-shirt presented by a youth group from Indiana that said, “Ask me about my future.” The context can be political, even if the presenters intended the question be about the environment. Gore … Continue reading