Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement has been fighting for social, economic, environmental, and racial justice since 1975.
Des Moines, IA
Joined December 2008
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"Who are you to decide?! If we live or if we die?"
The fight for healthcare justice is louder than ever.
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#StopDenyingCare #CareOverCost
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BREAKING: Reuters just released a special report that found Berkshire Hathaway’s coal plants – including those owned and operated by MidAmerican – emit more nitrogen oxide gases than any other coal-fired fleet in the county. reut.rs/42cYyRu #CleanUpMidAm
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Don't forget to register for this webinar next Wednesday, 10/23, with @AustinFrerick, co-hosted with @iowacci! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
WEBINAR, 10/23 @ 7pm ET: We'll expose how Big-Ag has monopolized food & farming, & how we can end their game through policy! Ft. @AustinFrerick & NFFC member-farmers who are challenging the status-quo. Co-hosted with @iowacci! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
CO2 pipelines use unproven technology to combating the climate crisis. & they take away resources (taxpayer dollars) from real solutions. allies in No. Dakota are urging TPG Rise Climate Fund to divest from Summit Carbon! Add your name here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
shout out to one of our key allies Sikowis with @PlainsAction with a feature in the Des Moines Register detailing some of their great work!
desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Smiling faces from Ankeny School Board meeting last night! Public School Strong gives us an opportunity to work together for honest, equitable, & fully funded public education! Join our next Public School Strong orientation Sept 24 at iowacci.org/pss #ILoveMyPublicSchool
Kudos to Hamilton County for standing up to Bruce Rastetter's cash grab. Supervisor Rick Young sums it up clearly in stating there is a "lack of public purpose" to Summit's project:
freemanjournal.net/news/loca…
Iowa CCI retweeted
🥚 How important are eggs to grocery store competition?
Kroger tracks egg prices among five "essential" products (w/ milk, sugar, bananas, lettuce) that guide weekly consumer grocery shopping. K price checks these weekly.
Today, K exec confirmed damning internal emails...
Iowa CCI retweeted
Kroger was the final gouger, not the only gouger. Every entity with power through the supply chain added a few extra percent, by the time it got to Kroger prices were much higher. Then Kroger also took its vig. It's why the 'net income' argument is so dumb.
Summit’s informational meetings kicked off this week. CCI member Jamey Rose breaks down the issue in short videos, check them out and other resources on the proposed pipeline at iowacci.org/pipeline
youtube.com/watch?v=qioO2TDV…
South Dakota says Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline is not a common carrier and that the CO2 being shipped and sequestered underground has no apparent productive use. This means that Summit has overstepped their bounds when it comes to surveying land.keloland.com/keloland-com-or…
Thanks to all who came out last night to knock doors in Manly about the proposed CO2 pipeline! We met great people (& dogs), and have 433 petition sigs from Worth Co. urging their Supervisors to pass a pipeline ordinance. help us get over 500 on Aug 17: iowacci.ourpowerbase.net/civ…
Iowans are navigating a water crisis, and communities like Penney's face high nitrates and forever chemicals in their drinking water. Our Senators 'could' do something about it: iowacci.org/blog/farm-bill-n…
Reminder to join us in person or online this Thursday for our final meeting of the Barons Book Club! Good food and good conversation is inevitable! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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This article does a really nice job laying out the state of play: everyone knows where the pollution is coming from (ag), that current approaches aren’t working (and never will), and what needs to be done instead (regulation), but no one has the courage or will to act.
“The situation is more pronounced in the Mississippi River basin, where an estimated 60% to 80% of the nitrogen entering the Gulf originates at farms and livestock operations.” mississippifreepress.org/the…
Remember when Gov. Reynolds said she wanted her own AG and State Auditor? Wonder what that could've been all about... iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024…
"If Des Moines wants to solve the homeless issue, the city needs to spend money on providing shelter instead of spending money enforcing this cruel prospective ordinance."bleedingheartland.com/2024/0…
pretty straightforward and simple challenge for candidates/elected officials to see which side they're on - everyday people or the pipeline profiteers:bleedingheartland.com/2024/0…