December, 2022

November, 2022

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Cedar River under threat

• Update on PFAS, a toxic chemical

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Victory!!  Shelby County Ordinance protects neighbors of CO2 pipelines

• Issues with carbon dioxide pipelines

• Wolf Carbon Solutions re-doing landowner meetings December 5 & 6

• Pipeline safety preemption fight brewing - Dec. 13

• IUB to set Summit's schedule

Plus

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

 

October, 2022

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Report from our annual meeting - "Celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act"

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Wolf Carbon Solutions re-doing landowner meetings

• Summit refuses to provide safety information

• Day of Action against the Carbon Pipelines - Join us for a Day of Action against the Carbon Pipelines, November 9, 9:30 to 3:30, 1800 Bell Ave, Des Moines, Iowa

Transition to Renewable Energy

• Actions by Congress Driving Renewables Boom

• MidAmerican: Largest Carbon Polluter in Iowa Scores a ‘D’ on Coal-to-Clean Transition Sierra Club Report Finds

Plus

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

 

September, 2022

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Annual meeting - October 1 - "Celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act"

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Wolf Carbon Pipeline Fails To Notify Over 5,000 Landowner Parcels In Pipeline Corridor

• Summit’s eminent domain requests are taking the whole farm

• Summit Schedule to be set on Sept. 16

• Summit goes to Supreme Court trying to keep landowners names confidential

• Navigator and Wolf also want to keep landowners names secret

• Navigator carbon dioxide pipeline meetings in September

• Wolf carbon dioxide pipeline meeting Sept. 19

• Ethanol’s Future Isn’t Bright: California bans the sale of gas powered vehicles in 2035

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• White Pine Group Seeks Executive Committee Members

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

 

August, 2022

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• News about Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Utilities Board ordered to release the names of landowners affected by the Summit carbon dioxide pipeline

• Summit’s Exhibit H dispute now settled

• Wolf carbon dioxide pipeline meetings in August and September

• Navigator carbon dioxide pipeline meetings in September

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Annual meeting - October 1 - "Celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act"

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

July, 2022

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• News about Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Wolf carbon dioxide pipeline meetings in August and September

• Navigator carbon dioxide pipeline meetings in August and September

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Iowa’s Beaches – Fun or Health Risk?

• Annual meeting - October 1 - "Celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act"

• Iowa Supreme Court fails to protect neighbors of factory farms

Wildlife and Wildlands

• Thinking about light and noise pollution

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

 

June, 2022

Climate Change

• SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS: How can Iowa improve its EV charging network?

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Navigator Files New Route - adds counties, drops counties

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Update on Supreme Beef - Flawed water withdrawal permit approved

• PFAS: EPA issues new health advisories

News from the Legislature

• Update on bills signed by the Governor

• The governor signed SF2378 - changes to the bottle deposit law.
• The governor signed HF2412 - radon testing in public schools.

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

 

May, 2022

Primary election information

• Primaries are June 7; are you registered to vote?

• Vote with an absentee ballot for June 7 Primary

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Update - Majority of counties on the pipeline routes object

Water Quality and Agriculture

• Update on Supreme Beef

• Digging into Outstanding Iowa Waters and Supreme Beef

News from the Legislature

• Legislation waiting for the governor's review

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

April, 2022

Climate, Pipelines

• And now there are 3 carbon dioxide pipelines

• Iowa Beyond Coal Joins Effort to Clean Up MidAm

• Report from the Iowa Labor and Climate Justice Summit

Water Quality

• UPDATE – PFAS contamination closes Central City well

News from the Legislature

• Legislation waiting for the governor's review

• Ask legislators to keep the bottle deposit law working for all Iowans

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

March, 2022

Water Quality

• Test results for PFAS in drinking water

News from the Legislature

• New Poll Affirms Bottle Deposit Law is Popular: ask legislators to keep the bottle deposit law working for all Iowans

• New Senate bill to implement I-Will falls flat

• Testing for radon in schools makes sense

• Bill curtailing fees charged for government records

• Proposed moratorium prohibiting eminent domain for hazardous liquid pipelines

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

February, 2022

Water Quality

• 594 Waterbodies on New Impaired Waters List

News from the Legislature

• Funnel stalls legislation prohibiting eminent domain for hazardous liquid pipelines

• Unnecessary solar farm restrictions proposed

• Ask legislators to keep the bottle deposit law working for all Iowans

• Effort underway to restrict purchasing land for parks

• Broken Trust: Senate bill to implement I-Will violates public trust

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events

January, 2022

Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

• Tell your legislators, "No eminent domain for hazardous liquid pipelines"

• Boards of Supervisors tell Utilities Board "No eminent domain"

• And now a 3rd pipeline

Water Quality

• Test results for PFAS in Iowa's drinking water

Coal-fired power plants

• EPA Announces Enforcement of Coal Ash Pond Clean-up

Other News

• Ask legislators to keep the bottle deposit law working for all Iowans

• Iowa Chapter Executive Committee Changes

Events

• Join us for interesting and informative webinars and Lunch and Learns

Plus

• Contribute to the Iowa Chapter

• Volunteer for the Iowa Chapter

• Calendar of events