Utilities Board rules against DAPL!
Dear Friends, First a quick reminder about two events happening in Des Moines today and tomorrow (and check out our conversation about them on the second half of this week’s Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Dakota Access
Climate Emergency justification in Pearson’s trial
Dear Friends, Here’s the release Bold Iowa sent out on Friday about this Wednesday’s press conference, organized jointly with the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition. Heather Pearson’s jury trial for her arrest last fall Continue Reading →
Board that Approved Pipeline Again Under Fire
Dear Friends, The Iowa Utilities Board continues to demonstrate how out of touch it is with both reality and public opinion. Check out this Bleeding Heartland story about Board chair Continue Reading →
Native Youth Run to Stop Pipeline
Dear Friends, Yesterday, I learned from sources in southeast Iowa that pipeline construction has started in Lee and Jefferson counties. This is a sad moment for Iowa. But after the Iowa Continue Reading →
A Fourth-of-July Stand Against Injustice
Dear Friends, I sound like a one-trick pony lately, but that’s how serious is this fight against the Bakken Pipeline. Led by farmers, landowners, tribal communities, environmentalists and a dedicated Continue Reading →
Pipeline Fighters Needed on Monday!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, June 5, 2016 Contact: Ed Fallon, Bold Iowa ed@boldiowa.org, (515) 238-6404 Adam Mason, Iowa CCI adam@iowacci.org, (515) 282-0484 “BROKEN HEARTLAND” RALLY OPPOSES PIPELINE Des Moines, IA – With the Continue Reading →
Hold Exxon accountable for climate change coverup
Dear Friends, A year ago today, I was arrested by my friends with the Iowa State Patrol because Governor Branstad refused to hear the stories of landowners I’d met during my 400-mile Continue Reading →
Awaiting presidential action on the pipeline
Dear Friends, The Bakken Pipeline poses serious risks to Iowa’s farmland and waters. Yet the project’s impacts have not been fully assessed by the Army Corps of Engineers, despite what Continue Reading →
Pipeline Opponents Will Continue Fight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3:00 p.m. CST – Thursday, February 11, 2016 Contact: Ed Fallon, 515-238-6404 or fallonforum@gmail.com Kathy Holdefer, 515-491-8468 or kholdefer@hotmail.com State Rep. Dan Kelley, (641) 521-9260 or dan.kelley@legis.iowa.gov Pam & Bill Alexander, (641) 682-5905 or wha-lex55@hotmail.com Pipeline Opponents Will Continue Continue Reading →
Pipeline Battle Moves to Courts
Dear Friends, Good news in the battle to stop the Bakken Oil Pipeline! Landowners and attorneys have formed the Private Property Rights Coalition (PPRC) to take the fight to the Continue Reading →