Standing with Standing Rock: Day 1
Sunday, November 27, 2016. Nothing about Standing Rock is normal or predictable. As Lyssa and I approach the Oceti Sakowin camps just north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, our GPS navigator Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Ed Fallon
Silver-linings in Election Day cloud
Dear Friends, Being swamped with anti-pipeline work, I’ve been slow to process my take-away on Donald Trump’s Election Day victory. Bottom line: Trump’s presidency presents two tremendous opportunities. More on that in a Continue Reading →
NoDAPL National Day of Action Includes Des Moines, Omaha
Dear Friends, People have been asking me my thoughts on the election, and why I seem to have been silent. Honestly, I simply haven’t had time to fully collect what Continue Reading →
Weaver a true ally in pipeline fight
Dear Friends, Every day or two, there’s a new twist in the fight to stop the Dakota Access “Bakken” Pipeline. Last night, President Obama was asked about it on “Now Continue Reading →
Texas Pipeline Worker Sent Home
Dear Friends, First, a reminder about our exciting event this Sunday with Jane Kleeb and Josh Fox. We’ll watch Fox’s new film on climate, and Jane will update us on Continue Reading →
“How much for the little girl?”
Dear Friends, I hope you can join me and the Bold Iowa team when filmmaker Josh Fox (“Gasland”) visits Des Moines on October 30th, the final stop on his Climate Revolution Continue Reading →
Standing Strong at Standing Rock
Dear Friends, I don’t believe I’ve ever included a mainstream media story in its entirety in this weekly update. Yet the story on the Standing Rock Sioux encampment in North Continue Reading →
Bug the Size of a Pterodactyl
Dear Friends, While cruising along at 20 mph on my bike recently, my left eye had an intimate encounter with a bug that, from a centmeter out, seemed as big Continue Reading →
Saturday Oct. 1: Join the Mississippi Stand
Dear Friends, We’re calling on the more than 2,500 of you who have now signed the Bakken Pipeline Pledge of Resistance, to join pledge co-sponsors Bold Iowa and Iowa Citizens for Community Continue Reading →
SLAPP Suit Dismissed!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 21, 2016 Contact: Ed Fallon, Bold Iowa, 515-238-6404, ed@boldiowa.org Adam Mason, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, 515-314-2655, adam@iowacci.org Jane Kleeb, Bold Alliance, 402-705-3622, jane@boldalliance.org Dakota Access Withdraws Federal Lawsuit That Sought Restraining Continue Reading →