Agriculture and the Environmental
Be it resolved the Iowa Legislature:
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adopts land use zoning designed to require development and
redevelopment inside cities and towns whenever reasonable sites
are available.
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eliminate taxpayer subsidies of new development on tillable farmland
and natural areas
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create phased tax subsidies to organic farmers.
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Be it Resolved:
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Enact a national meat packer ban to stop the industry’s vertical
integration
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Limit farm subsidies to $250,000 per farming entity.
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Reform and expand FDA food inspection of domestic and foreign
origin foods and require and enforce Country of Origin labeling on all
foods.
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Support high-speed internet service to rural areas.
Global Climate Change
We support:
* reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2020.
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increasing Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency Standards (CAFE
Standards) to 50mpg by 2020
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development and production of alternatively powered vehicles
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energy conservation in the operations of all levels of government including new construction
and transportation.
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expanding public transportation and facilitating the use of bicycles
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the use of renewable energy sources including wind, solar power and
biomass to generate 35% of the nation’s electricity by 2025.
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Requiring energy generators and suppliers to generate and purchase
a greater percentage of their supply from renewable energy sources
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"net billing."
----CAFO
we support:
* an immediate moratorium of new or expansion to existing CAFOs (Confined
Animal Feeding Operations) until local zoning permit regulations are
implemented.
* legislation giving sole power to local zoning authorities through a permit
process to site new CAFOs and/or to expand existing CAFOs; establishing
enforceable odor regulations.
* Require the State of Iowa to enforce the Clean Air and Water Act to clean up
and prevent point/non-point CAFOs and Industrial pollution.