CCI Action’s Post-Funnel Legislative Agenda
Battle lines drawn on budget as first funnel narrows legislative agenda Medicaid expansion and the battle of the budget are the two issues that will define the 2013 legislative session, Iowa Citizens...
View ArticleNo April Fooling On Factory Farm Pollution
No April Fooling on Factory Farm Pollution Des Moines Water Works blames “agriculture runoff – especially livestock operations and manure fertilized fields” – for ammonia and organic matter pollution...
View ArticleKnow your Factory Farm Five: Cindy Greiman
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commissioner Cindy Greiman Five out of the nine Iowa Environmental Protection Commissioners own, or have a direct financial interest, in factory farms. Despite this...
View ArticleKnow your Factory Farm Five: Gene Ver Steeg
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commissioner Gene Ver Steeg Five out of the nine Iowa Environmental Protection Commissioners own, or have a direct financial interest, in factory farms. Despite this...
View ArticleKnow your Factory Farm Five: Nancy Couser
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commissioner Nancy Couser Five out of the nine Iowa Environmental Protection Commissioners own, or have a direct financial interest, in factory farms. Despite this...
View ArticleBranstad’s toxic blue-green algae problem
What Will Governor Branstad and His Political Appointees Do To Stop Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms? Stronger Clean Water Act rules to crack down on factory farm manure pollution could make measurable...
View ArticleKnow your Factory Farm Five: Brent Rastetter
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commissioner Brent Rastetter Five out of the nine Iowa Environmental Protection Commissioners own, or have a direct financial interest, in factory farms. Despite this...
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Bill for Clean Water Iowa passes out of sub-committee!
A commonsense bill to strengthen manure application laws passed out of the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Sub-committee in a 2 to 1 vote today. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action...
View ArticleYour legislative forum toolkit!
Going to a local legislative forum in your area? Great! Legislative forums are an important space to raise issues you care about and to engage your legislator face-to-face. They are a space to quickly...
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What does the election mean for our moratorium on factory farms?
Nothing – not even a Republican-controlled legislature and Kim Reynolds in the Governor’s seat – can stop our movement for a moratorium on factory farms. We never thought winning a moratorium would be...
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