Category Archives: Legislative

Watch live: 2019 Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Katharine

Friday, November 8, 6pm ET This Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at 6 p.m. ET, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and former EPA official Mustafa Ali will co-moderate the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice.

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City of Iowa City – Climate Action Commission

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Katharine

IOWA CITY – CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION Three vacancies to fill a three-year term, upon appointment – December 31, 2022 Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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Sanders, AOC set to visit Coralville Saturday

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Katharine

https://100grannies.org/sanders-aoc-set-to-visit-coralville-saturday/

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all elected officals can do their part

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Charlene Lange

Published: March 16, 2019, Cedar Rapids Gazette Climate change? Global warming? Even if you are not on board with these issues, you know our world is changing. More heat. More cold. More forest fires and floods. Rivers, air, oceans, and … Continue reading →

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Anna Meyer op ed in Storm Lake newspaper

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Katharine

Your taxpayer dollars are funding corporate propaganda Submitted by on Wed, 11/29/2017 – 8:38am Congress wants to spend millions peddling corporate talking points on GMOs BY ANNA MEYER While Congress hasn’t accomplished much in 2017, it did manage to pass … Continue reading →

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Stephen Dykstra op ed CR Gazette 2 May 2016

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Katharine

Much has been said since the Iowa Utilities Board approved the Bakken pipeline in Iowa this spring. Indeed, the project poses many environmental and health risks; it also illustrates how the opinions of a select few can override the concerns … Continue reading →

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Dane County, WS (Madison) banning the TPP

Posted on February 7, 2016 by 100 Grannies

Dane County WI TPP-free zone TPP-Free Zones Building on a history of community resistance to global corporate governance Global corporations are engaged in a series of elaborately planned moves to take away our democratic rights, and currently, nowhere is that … Continue reading →

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Moscow, Maine – Local Food Ordinance 2015

Posted on December 10, 2015 by 100 Grannies

This Ordinance Shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance.” [Read PDF]      

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Nov 2015 Bakken / Boone

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Katharine

Paul’s photos from Nov 2015 Bakken / Boone Monsanto, friend of the fair:  

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Rob Hogg op ed 2015 DM Register

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Katharine

WE MUST TAKE ACTION NOW It’s early fall and many of us are still talking about what we did this past summer.Have you been to Glacier National Park in Montana? If not, you had better go soon — if you … Continue reading →

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