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Category Archives: Publicity
Deb Schoelerman 11/18/2016 Press-Citizen LTE
Eliminate single-use plastic bags I am pleased that the City Council at its Nov. 2 meeting approved four waste minimization initiatives for Iowa City. The measures include curbside collection of food waste, requiring landlords and property managers of dwellings in … Continue reading
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from 350.org – Keystone XL nixed by Obama
Friends, We just made history together. 4 years to the day after we surrounded the White House, President Obama has rejected the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline! This is huge. A head of state has never … Continue reading
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Ann Christenson to Lee county sheriff
From: Ann Christenson <annfchris@gmail.com> Subject: Water Protectors Date: October 5, 2016 at 5:21:40 PM CDT To: mshort@leecounty.org Lee County Attorney Mike Short: Among other things, the First Amendment to the U.S Constitution prohibits interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning … Continue reading
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Plastic bags on the outs – Daily Iowan
Daily Iowan, July 12, 2016 Officials are considering banning or taxing plastic bag use in Iowa City. By Addison Martin addison-martin@uiowa.edu Following a long line of cities across the country banning or taxing plastic bags, Iowa City officials are exploring … Continue reading
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Pat Bowen – Iowa factory farm rules need strengthening 6/17/16
Every five years, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reviews and makes changes to Iowa’s factory farm rules. Iowans have a chance to weigh in and demand the rules be strengthened and close corporate ag loopholes that allow factory farms … Continue reading
Miriam Kashia – May 13, 2016 – Ecology protest
Ecology protest was a very invigorating experience Two years ago when I began a 3,000-mile walk across American with the Great March for Climate Action, it was hard to find a story in the mainstream media about climate change, fossil … Continue reading
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Stephen Dykstra op ed CR Gazette 2 May 2016
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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Miriam Kashia’s LTE – DM Reg, March 19, 2016
Civil disobedience is key element to inciting change Miriam Kashia, North Liberty, Letter to the Editor 12:02 a.m. CDT March 19, 2016 State Rep. Ralph Watts [Don’t let IUB’s work on pipeline become undone, March 7] seems to have a problem with … Continue reading
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Jeff Biggers in Ecowatch – Solar Tree
http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/05/iowa-grannies-solar-tree/ Iowa Grannies Plant Seed for Solar Tree Jeff Biggers | March 5, 2016 As a game-changing “solar tree” public art initiative, the 100 Grannies for a Livable Future in Iowa City has galvanized a groundswell of support for a … Continue reading
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Ann Christenson in Daily Iowan 29 Feb 2016
Guest opinion: Proposal for Ped Mall art As Iowa City’s leaders and many citizens are working hard to make our community a leader in sustainability, members of 100Grannies for a Livable Future are baffled that in the selection of an … Continue reading
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