Want to know more about climate change, but stumped about where to start? I’d recommend the recently published book “America’s Climate Century: What climate change means for America in the 21st Century and what Americans can do about it,” by Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids. Hogg has been active in environmental issues for a [...]
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The earth’s climate is changing. That isn’t a theory. It’s not controversial. It’s a fact. “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found as far back as 2007. We also know that human activity very likely has been driving that undeniable increase in global [...]
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Why do we journalists do such a crummy job of covering climate change? It’s complicated and technical, a sweeping, slow-moving issue. Not the stuff of sound bytes or short paragraphs, it can be hard to explain. It’s not a head turner, like a fire or a scandal. It’s not local, except that it’s happening [...]
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By Ann Christenson —- Considering the proposed comprehensive plan for Iowa City, I see a lack of imagination and a great deal of lip service. It is time for this city’s council and administration to take climate change as serious, with imminent consequences. Our leaders like to think of Iowa City as progressive, [...]
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By Barbara Eckstein —– Dear Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin: … Together, you have the extraordinary authority of long public service, political experience and commitment to Iowans. My concern is climate change and the need for political leadership to address this reality in a rational and compassionate manner. With your influence earned [...]
continue »Gov. Terry Branstad stopped by our shop on Tuesday. He arrived, along with Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, to talk about his legislative agenda. He knows it inside and out. There wasn’t a question about school reform, tax relief or economic development that he couldn’t answer. These are issues he cares about. Near the tail end [...]
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Goodbye, 2012. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Good riddance to another banner year for bad news. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the Pew Research Center’s list of the year’s most-followed stories: Shootings of Trayvon Martin and in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., hurricanes Isaac and Sandy and [...]
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By The Rev. Dr. Barbara Schlachter —– Dear Mr. President, We are a group of women of a “vintage” age in Iowa City organized as 100 Grannies for a Livable Future. Because many of us caucused for you in 2008 when you were still a long shot, we feel very connected to you. We worked [...]
continue »By James M. Taylor —- A number of professors and scientists at Iowa universities issued a Nov. 19 letter saying recent drought in Iowa is consistent with climate change. This is not surprising, considering global warming alarmists say anything and everything is consistent with climate change. A closer look at the science, however, [...]
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By The Rev. Susan Guy —- The weather is a favorite topic for small talk among Iowans, and there’s been plenty to discuss this year of extreme temperatures, drought, wildfires and storms. Yet when it comes to talking about the larger, long-term implications of the weather — that is, climate change — our [...]
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