Dear Friends,

Next week, I travel to France to being a walk from the coast of Normandy to Paris for the U.N. Climate Summit. This will be my third long walk in two years, and people are starting to ask if I have a walking addiction. “Perhaps you need a 12-step program, Ed,” they jest. Some tell me to enjoy my vacation, and I want to scream that walking 12-15 miles a day in mostly cold and rainy conditions, even if it is in France, is not an offer you’ll find in any tourism brochure.

The U.N. Climate Summit is truly a pivotal moment in The Climate Mobilization that’s needed if the nations of the world are to embrace the urgency of the climate crisis. Yet mobilizing entire nations will take each of doing our part. For me, walking 200 miles from Normandy to Paris is one thing I can do. (See today’s press release and please share.)

If you are in central Iowa, here’s something else you can do: This Thursday, November 5 at 10:00 a.m. in front of the Federal Building (210 Walnut Street in Des Moines), join State Senator Rob Hogg, State Rep. Dan Kelley, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie and other Iowa elected leaders in a press conference signing the Pledge to Mobilize in the fight against climate change.

Here’s something else you can do: Continue the fight against the expansion of fossil-fuel infrastructure! In Iowa, all eyes are on the Iowa Utilities Board as it deliberates the fate of 350 miles of Iowa farmland threatened with an oil pipeline. There are all sorts of ways to be part of that process. For the latest developments, visit Bakken Pipeline Resistance.

On today’s Fallon Forum, we’ll discuss:

– Water quality and wetland restoration
– Bernie Sanders and his Palestine problem
– Governor Jindal’s growing credibility gap
– My day of Halloween fun at the Republicans’ Growth and Opportunity Party

Join me and my guests today live from 11:00-12:00 noon CDT on KDLF 1260 AM (Des Moines) and online. Call (515) 528-8122 to add your voice to the conversation. The program re-broadcasts Wednesday on KHOI 89.1 FM (Ames) at 4:00 p.m. and Monday at 6:00 a.m. on WHIV 102.3 FM (New Orleans).

Thanks! – Ed Fallon