Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
Recently Diane Lopez Hughes chose to engage in an act of civil disobedience in opposition to the School of Americas. The State Journal-Register ran an article about her arrest last week and today Diane has a guest editorial about her actions. For more n...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
The SJ-R reports that Porta School district is installing clean energy units including geothermal heating/cooling systems and a wind turbine."But, in the long term, we're going to continue to save money for future generations of the Porta School District,...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
I never would have guessed that corn would be such a hot topic of debate this year. The Washington Post has an article today about some of the issues being debated that's mostly sympathetic to corn growers. It names one of the reasons for the newfound fo...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
Everything in Springfield can be seen in a Simpsons episode. The three top dogs resigning at the SJ-R made a denial about their motivations that reminded me of an episode where Bart joins a jazz band. Three people making their own equally believable deni...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
The resignation of three top leaders at the State Journal-Register makes me nervous. I don't think I would have written my post yesterday had I known this was about to happen. There's no reason to kick a paper when its down.Publisher Sue Schmitt said, W...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The Illinois Times articles about Springfield's other news outlets is the kind of story that makes me appreciate having an alternative weekly. Its healthy for the news industry to engage in public self-analysis and I enjoy reading articles about how the ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Environmental Law and Policy Center director Howard Learner has a guest editorial in the State Journal Register today about how Illinois can create new jobs while reducing pollution that causes global warming.Learner writes about the energy efficiency pro...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Tuesday November 20 is the Liberty Brew & View showing of Harlan County USA at the Capital City Bar & Grill in the Capital City Shopping Center on Dirksen. The movie starts at 7pm but show up at 6:30 to eat and socialize.This is absolutely one of my favor...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
On Saturday about 100 people participated in a rally across the street from Peabody Coal's corporate headquarters in downtown St. Louis to oppose plans for a new coal fire power plant. The Prairie State plant proposed for rural Washington County Illinois...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I've written before about the drive to get Springfield to join the Cool Cities program by signing unto the US Council of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The Cool Cities program calls for cities to take action on their own to reduce global warming em...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The suburban Daily Herald reports about Illinois being recognized as a rising star among states taking action on clean energy issues. The recognition came from a report by a coalition group called Environment America. They rated states based on their re...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The coal industry is getting nervous. They see the national push to reduce global warming emissions and how difficult it is to build new coal fire power plants. They're working on a variety of ways to promote the use of more coal in an economy where car...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Peabody is attempting to build a coal power plant in Washington County Illinois that will be the largest new source of global warming emissions built in America in 20 years. Most of the power will be sent to other states while Illinoisans will be stuck w...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Veterans Day is a good time to remember and recognize all veterans. Tammy Duckworth has an excellent letter to the editor about homeless veterans and some of the programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Its also a good day to show appreciation for...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I didn't watch the news last night so I was surprised when I saw in the paper that there was an explosion at one of CWLP's power plants. What amazes me is that not only was no one hurt, but that I didn't even notice it happened since I was downtown at th...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Believe it or not, I'm going to do a non-political and non-environmental post for once. I recently bought an iPod. Yes, just now. I think I'm the last kid on the blogging block to buy one. Its like being the last kid in school whose parents got cable....
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I've had several people ask me to write more about what happened at Sunday's Step It Up Cool Town Meeting on global climate change to expand on the SJ-R's short article. It was probably the largest and most important environmental meeting I've attended i...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I first met Joe McMenamin a few weeks ago after the showing of a documentary movie in Springfield. He spoke during the group discussion period about why he felt Bush leading us into Iraq was misguided. He mentioned speaking in front of the Springfield c...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I took a few pictures of the two Step It Up events over the weekend. I just got a new camera so I admit I haven't figure out how to take great pictures with it yet. You can click on each photo to enlarge. Above, Diane Lopez Hughes speaks to start the Co...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I received an email that went sent to people across the country by the SOA Watch. I'm posting the email here because it has a message from a leading Springfield activist who plans to take a courageous step later this month.
Crossing the Line: A Nonviolen...
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