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Sen. Grassley and “so-called” Green New Deal
Below is the response I got from Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley after I asked him to support the Green New Deal. In my letter I talked about the advantages the Green New Deal could bring to Iowa, including many jobs … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement update 2/28/2019
So much is happening now with the Sunrise Movement that this is the second post about the online meeting last night. Last night’s meeting began with the panelists suggesting this might be a time to pull back a little and … Continue reading
30,000
Tonight I was glad to join the ZOOM online meeting for updates about the Sunrise Movement. Over 450 people were on the call. Over 30,000 have joined the Sunrise Movement in the past couple of weeks! Last week over 100 … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement call tonight
Many of you know I’ve had a life-long concern about care for our environment. After decades of unsuccessful attempts to get people to reduce their carbon footprint, I’m enthused to see, and be part of the Sunrise Movement. Our strategy … Continue reading
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Senator Ernst and Green New Deal
Yesterday Iowa Citizen for Community Improvement (ICCI) hosted a meeting with Senator Joni Ernst’s state director, Clarke Scanlon, to talk about the urgent need for a Green New Deal. A number of ICCI staff and members were at the event, … Continue reading
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Green New Deal and Iowa
I was glad to be on a conference call this week, where Ed Fallon, Christine Nobiss, Kathy Byrnes, Shari Hrdina of Bold Iowa were able to talk with Sunrise Movement’s Will Lawrence about how we can support the Sunrise Movement … Continue reading
Save the world by changing the rules
This title is from the TEDxStockholm talk given by 16 year old Greta Thunberg, 12/12/2018, the video of which is below. As I wrote yesterday, youth have the moral authority. “So we can’t save the world by playing by the … Continue reading
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Youth Have the Moral Authority
It has been an adjustment for me to become involved in a movement that is emphatically youth led and made up of thousands of young people. But I have tried for decades to get adults to come to grips with … Continue reading
#OilMoneyMitch
The Sunrise Movement is the primary organization leading the efforts to promote a Green New Deal (GND). It was Sunrise that organized the sit-ins in Congress last November and December, generating national attention. Behind the scenes a lot of organizing … Continue reading
Time to Panic
The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways “Time to Panic” is the title of a recent opinion piece in the New York Times. One could argue it is way past time to panic, but the point is climate catastrophe … Continue reading
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