Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
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Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
On a recent trip to Austin I heard a radio station advertise a water conservation package from the city worth $2,000 as one of the prizes in a contest. I decided to google Austin's waster conservation efforts when I got home and discovered that they have...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The third quarter issue of the Illinois Sierra Club's newsletter, Lake & Prairie, was published recently. It includes a short article I wrote which overviews the drive for Illinois to adopt the California Pavley clean car standards, plus an article about...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
There are a couple things I've been meaning to write relating to online county government but I keep finding more interesting things to write about when I have the time to blog.Not long after my last post about open government, newly appointed county boar...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
On a recent trip to Chicago I passed by a construction site on LaSalle Street with a sign bragging about the future building's green design and LEED certification. I finally got around to looking it up to find out that its going to be a major new high-ri...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
CWLP's newly expanded insulation rebate is getting some news and advertising exposure. Its one of the first of what will hopefully be many new and expanded programs CWLP will offer resulting from the Sierra Club clean energy agreement. Springfield became...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The Detroit Free Press reports on an interesting, yet completely unsurprising, development in the push for states to enact improved auto pollution standards.The Bush administration organized a stealth lobbying campaign, with the auto industrys help, to o...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
How many conservative talk radio show hosts does it take to screw in a compact florescent light bulb (CFL) Answer: 12One to bring the ladder.One to bring the "mission accomplished" banner and hang it up before they do anything.One to blame Bill Clinton f...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I was glad to see the SJ-R cover a couple of issues yesterday that I've written about before. One is about recommendations made by the Illinois Climate Change Advisory Group with a focus on the proposed standards for lowering pollution from cars.A spokes...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The Liberty Brew & View showing of Sir No Sir! was a big hit Tuesday night! I was hoping for at least 20 people and got a few more than that. Everyone stuck around after the movie for what turned out to be a very animated discussion lead-off with commen...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Last night I went to the presentation sponsored by Sustainable Springfield Inc about a green home built in Springfield by Harv Koplo. Amanda Reavy wrote a good summary of the meeting so I won't rehash what she wrote.One of the themes throughout the prese...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
One of the things that made me decide to run for county board last year was an article about the selection of new voting machines. The first newspaper article I could find about the selection process for the new voting system was published a few days befo...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Liberty Brew & View will show a political film the third Tuesday of every month on the big movie screen at Capital City Bar & Grill. I've written about the first movie coming up this Tuesday, September 18, and the second will be "Who Killed the Electric C...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I watched a lot of boring documentaries growing up in school and I think everyone else did too. Its hard to get past the idea of documentaries being something you have to suffer through. Fortunately, in this new age of documentary films, there are good ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Under federal guidelines each state has the option of adopting federal standards for auto-emissions or the more stringent California standards. The California Pavley standards, named after the sponsor of the bill, would enact further reductions in pollut...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
When I went to Lollapalooza one of the groups on Green Street was the Working Bikes Cooperative. They're an interesting non-profit organization in Chicago that "diverts bicycles from the waste stream in Chicago by repairing them for sale and charity."The...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
In the years leading up to the American revolution, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized dissidents in the public houses of the colonies in the struggle for freedom. In the tradition of those revolutionaries I'd like to announce the formation o...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
My friend Martin had a good bit of Illinois political trivia last week that people might like.Who and when was the last elected Democratic Governor of Illinois that did not serve time in prison after leaving officeClick on "continue reading" for the answ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Pax Christi Springfield now has a website. In addition to information about the organization you can find a list of events for the upcoming "Days of Decision: We the People Declare Peace."
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Crain's Chicago Business has an article about the proposal for Illinois to adopt the California clean car standards. The auto emissions proposal from the Governor's committee on global warming is identical to Illinois House Bill 3424, which I've written ...
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