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Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
Illinois legislators should learn from the experience of other states as they consider Tenaska's coal gasification plant proposed in Taylorville. Duke Energy's coal gasification project in Edwardsport, Indiana reached $1 billion in cost overruns and they'...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
I've been watching coverage of the Martin Luther King Jr. monument dedication this week. I'm eager to visit DC again to see it.While news networks are honoring the most famous advocate of civil disobedience in American history, I've seen very little cover...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
Americans for Prosperity has a "running on empty" bus tour. The group is funded by the Koch brothers, who are invested in oil, and what do you know, the tour is pushing the oil industry position on energy issues.Their website is so stocked full of anti-en...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
A few days ago I wrote about the old news that the wind industry already employs more people nationally than coal mining. Grist pointed me toward One Block Off the Grid, which claims they've made a conservative estimate of how many solar industry jobs cou...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
I only caught parts of the speech Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave at the Illinois State Fair, but I heard him finish by talking about green jobs. It makes sense since that was the most successful part of the federal stimulus bill.The wind industry ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
CNN has an ongoing problem covering coal issues. Author Jeff Biggers wrote about their new special on mountaintop removal coal mining and Blair Mountain West Virginia. Dear Soledad: Appalachians Respond to CNN’s Blair Mountain Special on Mountaintop Rem...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
Tired of polluting interests having too much power in state politics Do you want to see more pro-environment candidates elected in Illinois Then Tuesday is your chance to help the environmental movement flex its political muscle.The Sierra Club Sangamon...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
Sarah Palin's bus sneaked in and out town before I knew she was here. Apparently, she only stayed long enough to visit the Lincoln Presidential Museum, two blocks from the Old State Capitol building where Obama announced his campaign for President.Just a ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
I listened to Rick Perry give his Presidential announcement speech today. He bragged about job growth in Texas and claimed it happened because he cut state government spending. That's an interesting fantasy, but the reality is that much of the job growth ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
"YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip" screened to a packed house at Liberty Brew & View Tuesday night. YERT is an official selection of the Route 66 Film Festival, which brought in viewers beyond the usual tree-hugger crowd. Pairing a road trip movie with ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
The Federal Rail Administration's public meeting in Springfield today lasted more than two hours. Members of the Springfield rail corridor study citizen advisory group appeared frustrated, confused and unable to agree on any major issue.The current study ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
We're used to hearing about temperatures and sea levels rising as a result of climate change. Senator Dick Durbin put the focus on one of aspect of what that means in practical terms. Is the federal government financially prepared to handle the rising num...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Do you recognize this Springfield intersectionIt's a rail crossing along the 3rd Street corridor at N. 3rd and Union. It's on the edge of downtown, near Memorial Hospital, in a residential neighborhood.Do you notice what's missing from the picture This ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
It's a breakthrough! A Tea Party leader endorsed the same plan for corporate taxes that Obama proposed in his last State of the Union address.Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of the Tea-Party-creating FreedomWorks, argued on Real Time with Bill Maher that th...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
The State Journal-Register published my guest editorial today....We were warned.In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a major report representing the scientific consensus on impacts of man-made climate change.For the Midwest, the...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Many progressive pundits seem to be stuck in the past. They expect Obama to be another Bill Clinton. Even before the inauguration he was accused of being the next DLC conservative Democratic sell-out after every hint of compromise or attempt at consensus ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Your Environmental Road Trip is coming to Springfield as an official selection of the Route 66 Film Festival. Since YERT is meant to inspire discussion, it's being shown in advance of the festival as a free Liberty Brew & View screening. Co-Director/Produ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Hey is there anything important going on in Washington I thought there was a near crisis caused by House Republicans refusing to raise the debt ceiling. I thought there was more work to do in order to reach a compromise.I must have been wrong because thi...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
It would be nice for a utility to have a series of rooftop solar panels or a large scale solar installation to act as a peak power supply on a hot, sunny day like this.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg just gave $50 million to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign. It was already the biggest, baddest thing happening in the grassroots movement to confront climate change. Now it's going to explode.The coal industry may soon wish i...
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