Boone County Residents Demand Freedom From Brent Rastetter’s Factory Farm
BOONE COUNTY RESIDENTS DEMAND FREEDOM FROM BRENT RASTETTER’S FACTORY FARM Factory Farm Proposal By Branstad Donor & EPC Appointtee Would Sit Between Two Creeks That Feed Into The Des Moines River...
View ArticleHeathcote never owned a CAFO
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Against Farm Bureau In “Viewpoint Bias” Case: EPC Commissioners Under Fire For Conflict of Interest Iowa Supreme Court Case Farm Bureau vs Susan Heathcote clarifies “viewpoint...
View Article225+ Protest Branstad’s Pro-Factory Farm Agenda
225+ Iowans Picket Terrace Hill, Demand Branstad Sign Clean Water Fight Pledge To Crack Down on Factory Farm Manure Pollution Iowa CCI members say Iowa needs local control of factory farm siting and...
View ArticleTell Gov Branstad: Stop the IA Bakken Oil Pipeline
Governor Branstad, the Iowa Bakken Oil Pipeline will be a climate disaster. Building it could harm Iowa’s water quality, contribute to catastrophic climate change, and threaten the property rights of...
View ArticleLS2Group Greases Bakken Oil Pipeline Wheels
REVOLVING DOOR GREASES THE WHEELS: Corporate PR Firm LS2Group With Deep Ties To The Branstad Administration Joins Energy Transfer Partners, Three State Agencies, For “Informal Meeting” On Bakken Oil...
View ArticleGov Branstad met privately w/Big Oil on July 22
Governor Branstad Met In Private With TX-Based Big Oil Corporation On July 22 While Branstad publicly claims he hasn’t made up his mind yet, his administration appears to be working behind closed...
View ArticlePipeline Protests Planned
BOLD IOWA RESISTANCE: Four “Rally and March To Stop the Bakken Oil Pipeline” Events Scheduled For Des Moines, Newton, Iowa City, and Davenport Statewide demonstrations against the pipeline coincide...
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18 factory farms owe $60,000 in uncollected fines
DNR Fails To Collect More Than $400,000 In Fines and Penalties For Environmental Violations, Some Going Back 10 Years 18 factory farms owe state of Iowa nearly $60,000 in uncollected fines The Iowa...
View ArticleDon’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket How the factory farm model exacerbates the Bird Flu Epidemic Chicken and turkey factory farms cram thousands, even millions, of birds into one facility. This...
View ArticleBig No Prestage Meeting in Wright County
Last night, on July 13, 50 residents of Wright County and surrounding counties organized to oppose the Prestage slaughterhouse. Why? Because it will mean: Even more factory farms and factory farm...
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