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Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Normal, Illinois is abnormal for its leadership on smart growth and environmental initiatives. It has become a model community for small to mid sized towns in Illinois and the entire Midwest.One of their latest initiatives is creating a private-public par...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Anyone who follows Illinois energy issues will hear coal lobbyists and their politicians say our state is "the Saudi Arabia of coal." It has become a well worn cliche.I heard on the Colbert Report that the natural gas industry upped the ante by claiming t...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
My latest threadless t-shirt was popular at the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter meeting. The closed plant seems pretty happy about not polluting anymore. It's called "Just quit smoking."
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 7 months ago.
Buffalo Springfield's Bonnaroo performance of Keep on Rockin in the Free World is in my head this Independence Day. The videos I found of that show were all pretty poor so here's Neil doing it with Pearl Jam. It brings to mind Obama's speech in Cairo deli...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 7 months ago.
Over the weekend I went to Scheels, the new sports superstore behemoth in Springfield. They have a large section of bicycles and riding gear. They did a good job putting bike racks out front. They even have a large statue of a bicycle rider. And yet, ther...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 7 months ago.
By day four of Bonnaroo the volunteers were saying "thank you" every time I threw something away. I suspect they were tired of picking up trash off the ground but they did a great job of clearing the place every night. I also appreciate that Bonnaroo make...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 7 months ago.
It has been over a week and I'm finally getting around to writing down my experience. The first two days of Bonnaroo were amazing but Saturday turned it up to 11.The day started off with a Nashville band called Cheer Up Charlie Daniels that won some kind ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 7 months ago.
Wow. My third Bonnaroo. I'll write a few thoughts for my own memories and maybe somebody will find it interesting.I already wrote about Thursday's big highlight; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking at the screening of The Last Mountain. Two people passed out f...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 7 months ago.
I went to Bonnaroo for the third time and made my first trip to the cinema tent for a screening of The Last Mountain. It was a thrill to have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on hand to introduce the film and do a short Q&A after.I've shown several movies on mountai...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
I'm passing through Southern Illinois Monday, so why not go on the radio to talk about the coal industry I'll be on Greenhouse Rebellion on Carbondale's WDBX. Talking about coal is always more fun in the heart of Illinois coal country.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
It's as true in southern Illinois as it is in the Appalachian mountains.If you missed it, watch Robert Kennedy Jr's interview with Stephen Colbert about a new movie, The Last Mountain.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cRobert F. Kennedy, Jr.www...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
Business-friendly Democratic State Senator Mike Jacobs lost his shit and made some fun comments to reporters before calming down. I'm compiling the best quotes here so everyone can participate in the schadenfreude entertainment.The setup: Jacobs was set o...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
A former conservative talk radio host who emceed Tea party rallies is now working a government job that's funded by Obama's Environmental Protection Agency. The State Journal-Register writer was too polite to point out the hilarious irony, but I'm not. He...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
This is a good thing to check out.There's a lot of work already being done on air emissions from coal power plants. Heartland Coalfield Alliance is a group forming to be a resource for those combating all the impacts of coal, including mining and coal ash...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
I'm glad the legislature drew a new Congressional district which includes Springfield, Champaign, and Decatur. The new 13th isn't as monstrously misshapen as the old central Illinois districts and it can be won by either party.But, I can't understand why ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
I've heard and read a number of complaints from friends and others about having to work over the holiday weekend because the Illinois legislature is still in session.Here's the problem. The rest of us in Springfield all know that the legislature is normal...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
Anyone who attended Springfield's Earth Fair on May 7 was impressed by the "Refrigerators on Parade" contest. Fridges were decorated in honor of CWLP's 100 years of operation and the contest also promoted the energy-saving Refrigerator Roundup program.I f...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
Happy Memorial Day!I was reading that Memorial Day has its origins in Decoration Day. The Grand Army of the Republic, led by Illinois politician and union general John A. Logan, made it a national holiday to decorate the graves of civil war soldiers.In Lo...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
I wondered why so many facebook friends were posting about Gil Scott-Heron this weekend. I wish I had gotten the chance to see him perform before he passed on.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 8 months ago.
Have you ever heard of a letter to the editor being removed from a newspaper's website for being too controversial Apparently, that's what happened at the Canton Daily Ledger, a paper owned by Gatehouse Media.Canton Area Citizens for Environmental Issues...
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