IA Energy/Environment/Politics News for Thursday, July 5 Ames Tribune: 'USDA dedicates $85 Million food safety facility' http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=18554795&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554432&rfi=6 Burlington Hawk Eye: Brazil raids ethanol plant using 'debt slavery' http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/p0284_BC_Brazil_DebtSlavery_07_03_0551 Burlington Hawk Eye: 'Johanns: Farm Bill moving along' http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/k0150_BC_IA_Johanns_FarmBill_07_03_0380 Des Moines Register: 'Earmarks in Harkin bill face criticism' http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707040441 Des Moines Register: Clive spraying mosquito pesticide nightly http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070704/NEWS/707050309/-1/BUSINESS04 Des Moines Register: Zearing hog wash odors cause local controversy http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/NEWS/707050390/1001/NEWS Des Moines Register: Waste sludge spill into Maquoketa river http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/NEWS/70705008/1001/NEWS Marshalltown Times-Republican: 'Many questions left on power plant' http://www.timesrepublican.com/include/articles.asp?articleID=11046 Marshalltown Times-Republican: Biden: we must move beyond corn ethanol http://www.timesrepublican.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=11041 Mason City Globe-Gazette: 'Make your family more eco-conscious' http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2007/07/06/feature/doc468d788d8db80812540272.txt Quad City Times: 'Buffalo ethanol plant project on hold' http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/07/06/news/business/doc468dc98153f7b407189513.txt Sioux City Journal: Biden: Warming, major support for renewables http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/07/05/news/top/3de45dba4bdc9cf68625730f000d121f.txt Sioux City Journal: 'New coal plant one option to expand capacity' http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/07/05/news/nebraska/e7bf50704c779c0f8625730f000dc38f.txt Sioux City Journal: 'Elk Point meeting planned for Gorilla concerns' http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/07/05/news/local/f075d347f0647e408625730f000d0d5b.txt Wallace Farmer: 'How to move forward with ethanol?' - cellulosic http://wallacesfarmer.com/index.aspx?ascxid=fpStory&fpsid=28987&fpstid=1 -- Washington Post: 'Just How Green Is Live Earth?' http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070501602.html Washington Post: Environmental campaigners a focus of Simpsons movie http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070500439.html Washington Post Letter: 'Buyers Will Pay For Fuel Efficiency Rules' http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/04/AR2007070401379.html?sub=AR Andrew Snow Regional Representative - Iowa Sierra Club 515.331.0260 office 603.361.0218 cell [log in to unmask] www.sierraclub.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp