BREAKING: A workplan has been signed!
Today’s the day we’ve all been working and waiting for. Because of the work of you and thousands of Iowans, we’ve got a victory. Environmental Protection Agency and the Iowa Department of Natural...
View ArticleFactory Farm Work Plan Must Be Strongly Implemented
Success of Deal Will Ultimately Be Measured In The Number of New Operating Permits Actually Issued to Factory Farm Polluters Iowa CCI members caution that Governor Branstad and the Iowa DNR cannot be...
View ArticleDid you miss CCI’s clean water webinar? Check out the slides here!
Call Jess, CCI Organizer, if you’ve got any questions, or are interested in more information at (515) 282-0484. Join the Fight! Learn how we can win big legislative victories for clean water! Join...
View ArticleEspey: Factory farm inspections must result in much tougher standards for...
This post originally appeared in the Des Moines Register’s A Better Iowa blog on September 19th, 2013. You can view the original here:...
View ArticleFull Schedule: Occupy the World Food Prize Week of Events, October 12-22
11-day “Occupy World Food Prize” Week of Action Will Begin At Noon, October 12 With A March Against Monsanto Beginning From Des Moines City Hall Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI)...
View Article345,000 strong against the World Food Prize
On October 17th, the Center for Food Safety, Pesticide Action Network North America, SumOfUs.org, and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, delivered petitions signed by over 345,000 people...
View ArticleOccupy World Food Prize by the numbers!
Last week, CCI members joined allies to Occupy the World Food Prize to protest the World Food Prize being awarded to scientists from Monsanto and Syngenta who invented Genetically Modified Organisms...
View ArticleDNR’s botched factory farm inspection results in avoidable manure spill
DNR Could Have Prevented Factory Farm Manure Spill Near Keosauqua in Van Buren County Factory farm with a repeated history of violations was inspected by the DNR on August 20, weeks before November 4...
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CCI delivers 5,344 petition signatures to the EPC
The Summer of Clean Water has paved the way for the next chapter of our Clean Water Act Campaign. Our hard work collecting petition signatures, holding DNR and EPA accountable and monitoring factory...
View ArticleDNR Disputes Julie Maschhoff’s Claim About Van Buren Manure Spill
Iowa DNR refutes claim by Maschhoff Public Relations Officer Julie Maschhoff that a November 4 manure spill at a factory farm outside of Keosauqua did not reach a water of the state A November 4 manure...
View ArticleCoalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act...
Large Sow Breeding Operation Continues to Have No Clean Water Act Permit Despite Repeated Illegal Spills A coalition of community, environmental and animal welfare organizations sent a notice of intent...
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Has your county passed the Master Matrix this year?
One of the tools that communities have in the fight against unwanted factory farms is the master matrix, a scoring system for proposed sites that the builder must pass. The master matrix is a flawed...
View ArticleIowa CAFOs: Draft DNR Clean Water Act Rule Weak
DNR’s Draft Factory Farm Clean Water Act Rule Needs Stronger Permit Requirements Community-Environmental Coalition Says the Department of Natural Resources Proposal Falls Short of Ensuring Factory Farm...
View ArticleBUSTED: Ver Steeg Manure Spill One of 76 in 2013
Governor Branstad’s appointee to the Environmental Protection Commission Gene Ver Steeg was one of 76 factory farm operators to spill manure in 2013, an audit of Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...
View ArticleCCI Tells EPA: DNR Dropping Ball on Clean Water Act Enforcement
DNR Dropping Ball on Clean Water Act, CCI Members Told EPA Feb 11 In Des Moines Iowa CCI members told top EPA Region 7 officials on Feb 11 that the Iowa DNR is failing to meet factory farm...
View ArticleCCI To Rock DNR’s EPC Meeting Tuesday
TIME FOR SOME ACTION! Bus-load of CCI Members To Stand Up For Clean Water During Tuesday’s EPC Meeting Members have ordered a bus to accommodate the large number of people from across Iowa scheduled...
View ArticleBranstad continues to meddle in Clean Water Act enforcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2014 Contact: David Goodner, Farm and Environment Organizer Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, 515.282.0484, david@iowacci.org Governor’s Office May Sign Off...
View ArticleDNR must build transparent, online factory farm CAFO database
DNR Must Create Transparent, User-Friendly, Online Clean Water Act Database Easily accessible reports on factory farm inspections and manure spills necessary to ensure DNR is complying with Clean Water...
View ArticleGov Branstad Must Approve Draft Clean Water Rules
Branstad Must Approve Draft Clean Water Act Rule So Critical New Factory Farm Enforcement Process Can Continue Moving Forward The governor’s office is sitting on a draft clean water rule after a flawed...
View ArticleThe 20,000 gallon Cargill blood, manure, and waste product spill
CCI members fighting three proposed factory farms near the Appanoose and Davis County line are saying that a process waste spill at a Cargill packing plant in Ottumwa is more proof that Southeast Iowa...
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