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	<title>Iowa Environmental Council Blog</title>
	
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		<title>Policy tool can help Iowans invest in renewable energy</title>
		<link>http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/policy-tool-can-help-iowans-invest-in-renewable-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a news release by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, featuring work by the Iowa Environmental Council&#8217;s own Nathaniel Baer and collaborators.  (Empahsis on Nathaniel&#8217;s quote added.) New research funded by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture explores a &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/policy-tool-can-help-iowans-invest-in-renewable-energy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=287&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our message at Environmental Lobby Day</title>
		<link>http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/our-message-at-environmental-lobby-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following are remarks by Marian Riggs Gelb, executive director of the Iowa Environmental Council, delivered at the statehouse earlier today.  The remarks printed here are as prepared for delivery. At the Iowa Environmental Council, we’re focused protecting Iowa’s natural resources &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/our-message-at-environmental-lobby-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=282&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latham, Boswell to attend Izaak Walton League farm bill forum Feb. 23</title>
		<link>http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/latham-boswell-to-attend-izaak-walton-league-farm-bill-forum-feb-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iowa Environmental Council</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a complete listing of upcoming environmental events in Iowa, visit iaenvironment.org/calendar. Iowa&#8217;s own U.S. Representatives Tom Latham and Leonard Boswell will headline a daylong farm bill forum to be held Thursday at the Izaak Walton League of America&#8217;s Des &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/latham-boswell-to-attend-izaak-walton-league-farm-bill-forum-feb-23/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=280&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iowans create water quality successes in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a press release by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The efforts of Iowans in 2011 to improve Iowa’s lakes, rivers and streams have resulted in success stories across the state, and more efforts are underway for 2012. Working &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/iowans-create-water-quality-successes-in-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=266&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Utilities Board sets public comment meetings as MidAmerican Energy Company proposes electric rate increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is from a press release by the Iowa Utilities Board.  You might also review MidAmerican&#8217;s own website about the proposed rate increase, which the company ascribes partially to &#8220;costs associated with environmental regulations.&#8221; The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/iowa-utilities-board-sets-public-comment-meetings-as-midamerican-energy-company-proposes-electric-rate-increase/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=262&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They said it:  Major shift possible in critical farm conservation program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With negotiations on the farm bill about to get underway, we&#8217;re continuing to hear conversation about a dramatic shift in land use in Iowa as high commodity and land prices are pushing more land into production of corn and soybeans.  &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/they-said-it-major-shift-possible-in-critical-farm-conservation-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=278&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FY 2013 Presidential budget calls for deep cuts in conservation programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a press release by the Mississippi River Network, of which the Iowa Environmental Council is a member&#8211;we emphasized a quote in this article by Susan Heathcote, our water program director. The Mississippi River flows through the heart of our &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/273/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=273&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iowans speak out on farm conservation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill&#8217;s op-ed rejecting the idea of connecting federal crop insurance subsidies to basic conservation practices on farms, the Des Moines Register printed a group of letters responding to Hill&#8217;s argument. In case you missed &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/iowans-speak-out-on-farm-conservation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=242&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting crop insurance subsidies to conservation:  An idea with merit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen two very different op-ed articles in the Des Moines Register recently about the issue of whether farmers should have to follow through with conservation plans for protecting vulnerable land in order to receive federal crop insurance &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/connecting-crop-insurance-subsidies-to-conservation-an-idea-with-merit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=244&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine’s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We made you this valentine: Valentine&#8217;s Day provides a great moment to say thank you to everyone who loves and protects Iowa&#8217;s natural environment. The Iowa Environmental Council is a community of people like you all across the state (and &#8230; <a href="http://iaenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/happy-valentines-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iaenvironment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30408436&amp;post=231&amp;subd=iaenvironment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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