Blog posts from around the country
Iowa Chapter
Iowa’s farming systems will need to change in order to effectively adapt to the climate changes that are already occurring and that are predicted to occur in the near future. A number of states already have created plans to adapt to climate change…
Iowa Chapter
In the search for economic development opportunities and the race to increase the tax base, environmental concerns are often tossed to the side or considered as an afterthought. Iowa does not have an environmental policy act that requires…
Iowa Chapter
The legislature has the power to regulate the CAFO industry and to protect Iowa’s air quality, water quality, and the neighbors. It is time for the legislature to step up to the plate and begin a major overhaul of the CAFO regulations.
Iowa Chapter
The state of Iowa has an interest in maintaining, protecting, and preserving the waters of the state for today and for future generations. The government must protect and maintain the waters of the state for the public’s use. That is why is makes…
Iowa Chapter
The things that we share – the commons – have been ignored, have been degraded, and have been given away to private companies and individuals. It is now time to restore those things that we all share. That is where the Act to Protect the Commons…
Iowa Chapter
The values and priorities of the legislature and governor are reflected in the state budget. Iowa has utterly failed in fulfilling its fiduciary duty to care for the common assets of the state. Revenue must be raised to match the need instead of…
Iowa Chapter
Iowa’s constitution provides the authority for the State of Iowa to establish a state bank. But the state of Iowa has never done so. Creating a state bank would provide financial mechanisms for ensuring that Iowa’s money could be leveraged for…
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
AERA, which is owned by Shell and ExxonMobil, was met with protesters, signs and chants on January 17 in Santa Maria before a hearing on their draft environmental impact report, a hearing which went on for an unheard of three and half hours.
Iowa Chapter
When concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) discharge manure into a water body or onto land, an expensive clean-up process is sometimes involved. Sometimes the CAFO owner and operator is struggling financially, is not solvent, or has…