America Needs Farmers? Farmers need Iowans, too
Dan Piller: The Iowa Farm Bureau might want to start thinking of city folks as partners, rather than supplicants, before it is too late. A big winner at the October 9 Iowa-Penn State football game in...
View ArticleWe All Want Clean Water
The “We All Want Clean Water” podcast is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. About us: Silvia Secchi is a Professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences at the University...
View ArticleTraveling in the Right Direction
The late Paul W. Johnson wrote the following essay as an introduction to Chapter Five of “The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries,” C. Meine and R. Knight, eds., University of...
View ArticleThe people must vote on WDM Water Works regionalization
Julie Stauch became invested and motivated about water issues after the 1993 floods. In 2017, she joined others across the metro area to speak out against the regionalization bill in the Iowa...
View ArticleDrinking water, vaccines, and the tragedy of the commons
Richard Lindgren is Emeritus Professor of Business at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, now retired in Gulf Coast Florida. He blogs at godplaysdice.com. Before a planned international trip for a...
View ArticleIowans don’t want carbon pipelines – here’s why
This post was co-authored by Emma Schmit, Food & Water Watch; Jess Mazour, Sierra Club Iowa Chapter; Caitlin Golle, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement; Mahmud Fitil, Great Plains Action...
View ArticleInterview: John Norwood outlines his vision for Iowa agriculture
Polk County Soil and Water Commissioner John Norwood announced on February 7 that he will run for Iowa secretary of agriculture as a Democrat. In a news release enclosed at the end of this post,...
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Environmental scorecard for the Iowans in Congress
Sheri Albrecht is a member of Indivisible Cedar Rapids Metro and on the executive committees of the Sierra Club's Iowa Chapter and Cedar-Wapsie Group. EcoFest 2022 was held on April 23 at the NewBo...
View ArticleNitrate water levels threaten health
Tom Walton is an Iowa attorney and was a Democratic primary candidate in Iowa House district 28. In early June, the Des Moines Water Works turned on its nitrate removal facility for the first time in...
View ArticleIowa environmentalists react to Inflation Reduction Act
Meaningful Congressional action on climate change seemed doomed in the 50-50 U.S. Senate after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia tanked President Joe Biden's Build Back Better proposal...
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