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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2002
Page
5
The editorial notes the consensus from IPCC NAS and EPA that human activity causes warming. It warns warming will raise temperatures and worsen droughts floods and heat risks in Iowa and urges action. It calls for Kyoto Protocol ratification and state switch to clean energy such as solar and wind to prevent disaster.
A reader argues that religion should be removed from academics and sports and urges presenting both creationism and evolution as data driven interpretations. They claim evolution is invalid and advocate teaching real science without pushing any single view.
A reader calls for broader conservation buffers on Iowa rivers to save topsoil and crops. They cite a June 2001 Grassley letter noting 350 million dollars in mandatory conservation funding for 2002 to 2011 to pay producers to restore wetlands and buffers.
A reader recalls television ads attacking Dr. Greg Ganske and argues the focus should be on his Medicare voting record. He cites past GOP alignment with Newt Gingrich to gut Medicare and more recent votes against higher Medicare reimbursements for Iowa, noting such history shapes a politician’s persona.
In a playful note, Eve and Joan Brunius share a clipping about sailing through tycoons and hurricanes. Jerry Elsen clarifies that typhoons are Pacific hurricanes, and a quirky digression notes ocean definitions and myths about the Mediterranean. The piece ends by asking where the fictional sea of Ken Lays lies.
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