Ask the Right Question The following article was written by Larry Koehrsen, a graduate of Iowa State University with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering, who is now retired. Oil is on the move. Supplies of oil are transported around the state, around the country, and around the world to fill our insatiable demands for energy. Railroad tank cars full […]
The following article was written by The Rev. Dr. Barbara Schlachter of 100Grannies for a Livable Future and Iowa City Climate Advocates. About four years ago I became aware that a massive campaign was being launched nationwide to prevent our neighbor state of Nebraska from having tarsands oil run through a pipeline that would bring only possible catastrophe and no benefit […]
A Caution about Pipelines and Farm Land The following article was written by Mrs. Vena Larson of the Story City, IA area. Mrs. Vena Larson, who lives north of Story City with her family, has 60 years of experience with pipelines running through their farm land. They have had their whole farm operation compromised by pipelines and it continues aggressively […]
The following letter to the editor was written by Thom Krystofiak of Fairfield, Iowa. The public comments submitted to the Iowa Utilities Board regarding the proposed Bakken oil pipeline are available online. Reviewing these, and having attended the informational meeting about the pipeline in Fairfield, I find that a pattern emerges. Many of those who support the pipeline are either (1) […]
The following letter to the editor was written by Jonas Magram of Fairfield, Iowa. Jonas is a member of Fairfield’s No Bakken Here group and the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition’s steering committee. I am writing to urge local landowners, across whose properties the proposed Bakken Pipeline would run, to resist Dakota Access LLC’s pressure to sell access to their farms. […]
The following article is written by Brenda Brink, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition Communications Action Team member. Brenda attended an event on March 3rd at Drake University in Des Moines, IA where Lakota youth discussed the Keystone XL Pipeline and the extractive oil industry. Lakota Nation Organized to Stop the KXL “Black Snake” Beads, blankets (often infected with small pox), […]
The following article written by William Petroski was originally published on March 16th, 2015 online by USA Today. You can find the original article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/03/16/meskwaki-tribe-opposes-bakken-pipeline/24834269/ DES MOINES — The Meskwaki Indian tribe, which has had an Iowa settlement near Tama since 1857, is objecting to a Texas company’s plans to construct a 343-mile crude oil pipeline across 18 Iowa […]
The following article originally appeared on KCRG.com on March 6th, 2015. You can read the original version here: http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/former-iowa-lawmaker-walking-to-protest-proposed-pipeline-20150306 JEFFERSON COUNTY — One former Iowa lawmaker is walking 400 miles along the length of a proposed oil pipeline to protest the project and rally support. The Dakota Access pipeline would carry thousands of barrels of oil daily from North Dakota to […]
The below article was written by Charles Holdefer, an Iowan who is currently residing in Brussels and is a published author and teacher at the University of Poitiers in France. You can see photos of Charles’ family’s land below. My father grew up on a farm in Jasper County, Iowa, as did his father. As did HIS father. Through two world wars and […]
The proposed Bakken Pipeline would transport another 500,000 million barrels a day of crude oil, facilitating oil extraction. #NoBakken! The following article by Brian Clark Howard was originally published on February 12th, 2015 on NationalGeographic.com. You can read the original here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150212-megadrought-southwest-water-climate-environment/ Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Predicted for American West Large parts of the U.S. are in for a drought of […]
