Julian Castro

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Thursday, October 17, 2019 Des Moines Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes, Ed Fallon, Todd Steichen Here are two videos from the event at Urban Dreams. The first shows Castro bringing up climate at the end of his stump speech. In the second video, Ed challenges Castro to be as vocal about climate as Governor Jay Inslee had been when he was a candidate for president. ******* Saturday, July 27, 2019 Des Moines Asian & Latino Coalition Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes, Adrianne Erickson, Ed Fallon, Sam Kuhn, Valerie Continue reading →

Pete Buttigieg

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Saturday, October 12, 2019 Roosevelt High School Des Moines Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes, Ed Fallon, Channing Dutton Our Bold Iowa bird dogs had an eventful Saturday! At Buttigieg’s rally  the lawn at Roosevelt High School, Kathy and Ed maneuvered themselves behind the stage and displayed “Climate is a Crisis” signs. Take a look at The Hill tweet below, which at last count had 55,000 views. Unfortunately, Channing Dutton was kicked out of the event for his climate flag. Oh well, you can’t win them all! Continue reading →

Steve Bullock

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Des Moines Bird Dog: Shaun Ahern Shaun asked Bullock if he would oppose Energy Transfer Partner’s proposal to double the flow of oil through the Dakota Access Pipeline. Bullock told Shaun that he didn’t know much about DAPL, but thought he would probably be opposed to it. He mentioned the situation he has dealt with in Montana with the Keystone XL Pipeline. ******* Thursday, August 8, 2019 Des Moines Bird Dogs: Ed Fallon, Shari Hrdina ******* Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Des Continue reading →

Sherrod Brown

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Friday, February 1, 2019 Perry Bird Dogs: Vern Johnson, Keith Puntenney Boone County farmers Keith Puntenney and Vern Johnson live on the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline and have sued over the abuse of eminent domain. They questioned US Senator Sherrod Brown, candidate for president, about the pipeline, water quality, and climate change. Keith says, “Senator Brown didn’t respond to our concerns. He’s a warmed-over Hillary Clinton look-alike who came to Iowa for a photo-op and softball questions. He wasn’t really interested in getting Continue reading →

Cory Booker

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Friday, August 10, 2019 Tama Meskwaki Pow Wow Bird Dogs: Lee Tesdell, Donnielle Wanatee Lee shares: “I had a chance to chat with Cory Booker tonight at the Meskwaki Powwow. When I asked him if climate change was number one, he agreed. “Donielle showed him around the museum tent.” ******* Friday, July 26, 2019 West Des Moines Bird Dogs: Shaun Ahern, Christine Curry, Channing Dutton, Samantha Kuhn, Anmol Pakhale and Susan Pohl Bold Iowa bird dogs talked to Cory Booker at his event at the Continue reading →

Michael Bloomberg

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Des Moines Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes, Ed Fallon Ed writes, “Protesters interrupted the start of the event, and while one of their concerns seemed to be Bloomberg’s support for fracking, it was a very confusing message. “We viewed the film, Paris to Pittsburgh.  It was excellent, laying out the urgency of climate change and proposing solutions. Afterwards, one of Mr. Bloomberg’s staff persons came up to talk with us. When she learned that I had walked across the country for climate Continue reading →

Joe Biden

February 14, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Summary of Biden and Harris stated opposition to expanding the Dakota Access Pipeline On the campaign trail in Iowa in 2019, Biden and Harris spoke out repeatedly against doubling the flow of oil through DAPL. They need to cancel the pipeline’s expansion … NOW! ******* Sunday, January 26, 2020 Des Moines Bird Dogs: Shaun Ahern, Kathy Byrnes, Ed Fallon and Samantha Kuhn Samantha writes: This was an event at Urban Dreams, a non-profit that works with Des Moines’ Black community. Joe Biden’s approach to convincing people Continue reading →

Michael Bennet

February 14, 2019 by Ed Fallon
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 Indianola Bird Dog: Margaret Vernon US Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) spoke at a coffee shop. Margaret Vernon questioned him on his climate plan. Check out the video Margaret shot of his response. Margaret had a chance to speak with Bennet later and writes, “In talking with Bennett later to clarify, he did say we have to do everything we can to address climate change. We need to work on measures that can’t be changed whenever the president changes, and he’d take Continue reading →

Climate Bird Dog FAQs

February 13, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Q: How do I sign up? A: Go to this link and fill out the short form with your contact information. Someone with Bold Iowa will get in touch with you. (We promise never to share contact info with anyone else.) Since candidate events often pop-up on very short notice, you’ll get notification of opportunities to bird dog with either a phone call, email, or text message. Q: I’m new to this. Are any trainings or workshops planned? A: So glad you asked! We have almost Continue reading →

Climate Bird Dog Partners

February 13, 2019 by Shari Hrdina
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Climate March The goal of Climate March is to build on the legacy of the Great March for Climate Action and its mission to change the heart and mind of the American people, our elected leaders, and people across the world to act now to address the climate crisis.   Seeding Sovereignty We are a multi-generational, youth-led model by and for indigenous and non-indigenous womxn based on mentoring relationships and principles of unity, solidarity, justice, sharing and respect. Our purpose is to seed paths of Continue reading →