Rob Hogg
@senatorrobhogg.bsky.social
Retired Iowa state senator. Author of America’s Climate Century (2013). Paris to Pittsburgh (2018). Born at 322 parts per million.
It was cold last weekend, but today (71 so far) is much closer to record high (75) than last weekend was to a record low.
For the month of November so far in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we are five degrees Fahrenheit above average.
In October, we were 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
For the month of November so far in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we are five degrees Fahrenheit above average.
In October, we were 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It was cold last weekend, but today (71 so far) is much closer to record high (75) than last weekend was to a record low.
For the month of November so far in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we are five degrees Fahrenheit above average.
In October, we were 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
For the month of November so far in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we are five degrees Fahrenheit above average.
In October, we were 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
Here is a video on research that shows extreme weather events in the southeast United States increased the overall death rate for 10-15 years after the event. Why? Health problems, stress, dislocation, and diminished economic conditions due to the extreme weather.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTo...
Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?
YouTube video by PBS Terra
m.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here is a video on research that shows extreme weather events in the southeast United States increased the overall death rate for 10-15 years after the event. Why? Health problems, stress, dislocation, and diminished economic conditions due to the extreme weather.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTo...
Climate change is increasing costs for insurance, construction, and food, along with more out-of-pocket disaster damage. We urgently need to slow down, stop and reverse the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.
Experts warn climate change could lead to higher insurance costs for Iowans
Experts warn climate change could lead to higher insurance costs for Iowans
Nearly 200 professors and researchers endorsed this year's climate statement highlighting how a warming climate may lead to increased insurance costs in Iowa.
www.thegazette.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Climate change is increasing costs for insurance, construction, and food, along with more out-of-pocket disaster damage. We urgently need to slow down, stop and reverse the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.
Reposted by Rob Hogg
If you live in Iowa, go outside and look at the northern lights. Incredible!!
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
If you live in Iowa, go outside and look at the northern lights. Incredible!!
Took this picture ten years ago on Veteran’s Day in Glidden off Highway 30. I personally knew a World War I veteran, my grandfather. Let us always commemorate this day and strive continually for the peace it envisions.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Took this picture ten years ago on Veteran’s Day in Glidden off Highway 30. I personally knew a World War I veteran, my grandfather. Let us always commemorate this day and strive continually for the peace it envisions.
Climate change is accelerating. More action to cut climate pollution is urgently needed.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...
Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections
They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Climate change is accelerating. More action to cut climate pollution is urgently needed.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...
They have suspended rescue efforts from the last typhoon - that killed over 200 - as a million evacuate for the even bigger typhoon.
Praying for the Philippines and more support for disaster relief, hazard mitigation, and action to cut climate pollution.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Praying for the Philippines and more support for disaster relief, hazard mitigation, and action to cut climate pollution.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fung-wong: Philippines braces for 'super typhoon' as nearly a million evacuate - BBC News
Typhoon Fung-wong with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph) is expected to make landfall on Sunday evening.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
They have suspended rescue efforts from the last typhoon - that killed over 200 - as a million evacuate for the even bigger typhoon.
Praying for the Philippines and more support for disaster relief, hazard mitigation, and action to cut climate pollution.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Praying for the Philippines and more support for disaster relief, hazard mitigation, and action to cut climate pollution.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Praying for the Philippines facing a much larger typhoon days after another typhoon killed over 200 people there. We urgently need more disaster relief, more hazard mitigation, and more action to stop the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Praying for the Philippines facing a much larger typhoon days after another typhoon killed over 200 people there. We urgently need more disaster relief, more hazard mitigation, and more action to stop the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
“Scientific evidence continues to show that human activities (primarily the human burning of fossil fuels) have warmed Earth’s surface and its ocean basins, which in turn have continued to impact Earth’s climate.”
science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...
science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...
Scientific Consensus - NASA Science
It’s important to remember that scientists always focus on the evidence, not on opinions. Scientific evidence continues to show that human activities
science.nasa.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Scientific evidence continues to show that human activities (primarily the human burning of fossil fuels) have warmed Earth’s surface and its ocean basins, which in turn have continued to impact Earth’s climate.”
science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...
science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...
Reposted by Rob Hogg
The U.S. has executed more than 66 alleged drug smugglers—and their identities are much more complicated than the “narco-terrorist" label put on them.
One strike killed a local crime boss, while another killed a 41-year-old fisherman from a Venezuelan peninsula plagued by poverty. trib.al/TuBzqa4
One strike killed a local crime boss, while another killed a 41-year-old fisherman from a Venezuelan peninsula plagued by poverty. trib.al/TuBzqa4
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The U.S. has executed more than 66 alleged drug smugglers—and their identities are much more complicated than the “narco-terrorist" label put on them.
One strike killed a local crime boss, while another killed a 41-year-old fisherman from a Venezuelan peninsula plagued by poverty. trib.al/TuBzqa4
One strike killed a local crime boss, while another killed a 41-year-old fisherman from a Venezuelan peninsula plagued by poverty. trib.al/TuBzqa4
Trump has gone way too far and Congress needs to stop him.
From the @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
From the @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump has gone way too far and Congress needs to stop him.
From the @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
From the @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
Things are really falling apart under Trump. He can’t get the government opened, but he’s taking care of his billionaire friends and himself, and he’s re-making the White House the way he wants it. Ugly.
Posts attribute this quote to Trump in 2013: "A government shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean, problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak." We looked into it: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Trump once said, 'A government shutdown falls on president's lack of leadership' and spoke about 'weak' presidents?
An alleged 2013 quote from the then-businessman and reality TV host made the rounds online during the October 2025 U.S. government shutdown.
www.snopes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Things are really falling apart under Trump. He can’t get the government opened, but he’s taking care of his billionaire friends and himself, and he’s re-making the White House the way he wants it. Ugly.
Might be too late to make the 7 pm show tonight (November 6) at the FilmScene in Iowa City, but I hope you get to see “Iowa’s Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal,” a 30-minute documentary, soon.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Might be too late to make the 7 pm show tonight (November 6) at the FilmScene in Iowa City, but I hope you get to see “Iowa’s Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal,” a 30-minute documentary, soon.
When will Republicans in Congress negotiate with Democrats to end the shutdown?
Democrats are still at the table waiting, but House Republicans aren’t even in session.
People need food assistance (SNAP). People need affordable health care. People are working for us and need to be paid.
Democrats are still at the table waiting, but House Republicans aren’t even in session.
People need food assistance (SNAP). People need affordable health care. People are working for us and need to be paid.
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
When will Republicans in Congress negotiate with Democrats to end the shutdown?
Democrats are still at the table waiting, but House Republicans aren’t even in session.
People need food assistance (SNAP). People need affordable health care. People are working for us and need to be paid.
Democrats are still at the table waiting, but House Republicans aren’t even in session.
People need food assistance (SNAP). People need affordable health care. People are working for us and need to be paid.
Reposted by Rob Hogg
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Iowa’s Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal“ is showing Thursday night, November 6, at 7 pm, at the FilmScene in Iowa City.
It’s a 30 minute documentary well worth seeing. Hope you can see it there!
icfilmscene.org/film/iowas-d...
It’s a 30 minute documentary well worth seeing. Hope you can see it there!
icfilmscene.org/film/iowas-d...
IOWA'S DIRTY SECRET: THE TRUE COST OF BURNING COAL - FilmScene
icfilmscene.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Iowa’s Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal“ is showing Thursday night, November 6, at 7 pm, at the FilmScene in Iowa City.
It’s a 30 minute documentary well worth seeing. Hope you can see it there!
icfilmscene.org/film/iowas-d...
It’s a 30 minute documentary well worth seeing. Hope you can see it there!
icfilmscene.org/film/iowas-d...
The death toll from the recent hurricane in Haiti and Jamaica is now up to 75, according to Reuters. Please support disaster relief with our elected officials, and please support Episcopal Relief & Development or your other favorite relief agencies.
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
Responding to Hurricane Melissa
Episcopal Relief & Development is in close contact with our partners in the Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa continues to cause widespread devastation throughout region.
www.episcopalrelief.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The death toll from the recent hurricane in Haiti and Jamaica is now up to 75, according to Reuters. Please support disaster relief with our elected officials, and please support Episcopal Relief & Development or your other favorite relief agencies.
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Election Day for school and city candidates in Iowa. Voting runs from 7 am to 8 pm.
If you haven’t voted yet, learn the candidates and ballot measure(s) and go vote.
Election Day for school and city candidates in Iowa. Voting runs from 7 am to 8 pm.
If you haven’t voted yet, learn the candidates and ballot measure(s) and go vote.
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Election Day for school and city candidates in Iowa. Voting runs from 7 am to 8 pm.
If you haven’t voted yet, learn the candidates and ballot measure(s) and go vote.
Election Day for school and city candidates in Iowa. Voting runs from 7 am to 8 pm.
If you haven’t voted yet, learn the candidates and ballot measure(s) and go vote.
Did you the so-called “clean CR” passed by the U.S. House would only operate the government through November 21?!?!?
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes to end the shutdown.
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes to end the shutdown.
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Did you the so-called “clean CR” passed by the U.S. House would only operate the government through November 21?!?!?
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes to end the shutdown.
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes to end the shutdown.
The so-called “clean CR” passed by the U.S. House would only operate the government through November 21.
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes.
Get back to work. End the shutdown.
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes.
Get back to work. End the shutdown.
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The so-called “clean CR” passed by the U.S. House would only operate the government through November 21.
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes.
Get back to work. End the shutdown.
Time for Republicans to get back to work and negotiate with Democrats if they want Democratic votes.
Get back to work. End the shutdown.
Rob Sand endorsed by the Iowa Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids this afternoon. Touting nonpartisan reform and working for ordinary people, not special interests and insiders.
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Rob Sand endorsed by the Iowa Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids this afternoon. Touting nonpartisan reform and working for ordinary people, not special interests and insiders.
November 1, 2025
Are people able to use SNAP food assistance today or not?
What are you experiencing yourself or seeing or hearing?
Are people able to use SNAP food assistance today or not?
What are you experiencing yourself or seeing or hearing?
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
November 1, 2025
Are people able to use SNAP food assistance today or not?
What are you experiencing yourself or seeing or hearing?
Are people able to use SNAP food assistance today or not?
What are you experiencing yourself or seeing or hearing?
Zach Wahls, US Senate candidate, was in Cedar Rapids today to convene and lead a rally to “protect our health care” under attack by Ashley Hinson and Republicans. Affordable Care Act tax credits for working people are expiring, and Republicans already voted to take away funding for Medicaid.
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Zach Wahls, US Senate candidate, was in Cedar Rapids today to convene and lead a rally to “protect our health care” under attack by Ashley Hinson and Republicans. Affordable Care Act tax credits for working people are expiring, and Republicans already voted to take away funding for Medicaid.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, finished October more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit above average for the month and with only 1.23 inches of precipitation, 58% below average.
Remember, science has been telling us that climate change ia accelerating.
#iaweather
Remember, science has been telling us that climate change ia accelerating.
#iaweather
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, finished October more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit above average for the month and with only 1.23 inches of precipitation, 58% below average.
Remember, science has been telling us that climate change ia accelerating.
#iaweather
Remember, science has been telling us that climate change ia accelerating.
#iaweather
Death toll rising in Jamaica and widespread destruction from the hurricane. Please support disaster relief and more action to stop the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hurricane Melissa: Death toll rises as aid effort struggles to reach parts of Jamaica - BBC News
The devastating storm claimed nearly 50 lives when it swept Haiti and Jamaica this week.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Death toll rising in Jamaica and widespread destruction from the hurricane. Please support disaster relief and more action to stop the buildup of climate pollution in the atmosphere.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...