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Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
The law for a moment of silence in schools has to be one of the most boneheaded acts of an undistinguished session of the Illinois General Assembly. I read that there's no enforcement provision for students who don't comply. If students are truly free t...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Chris Britt's cartoons are often gutsy but he ventured out into new territory with today's cartoon about ethanol.I wonder if the SJ-R publishers will be hearing from ADM and its other big agribusiness advertisers I wish I had confidence that ethanol is h...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Yesterday General Motors announced it's laying off 767 workers at its Hamtramck assembly plant because of low demand for the cars made there, the Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS. According to the company website those cars get 16 and 15 miles per gallon i...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Several interesting topics came up at the Liberty Brew & View showing of "Who Killed the Electric Car" Tuesday night. Over 30 people came to see the movie and hear Illinois State Representative Mike Boland talk about the Illinois Clean Car Bill and othe...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Today is national blog action day when blogs around the world are supposed to unite to write about the environment. That's not a big stretch for me since I write about environmental issues all the time but I feel a little pressure to come up with somethi...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
I thought covering the Nobel Peace Prize might present a challenge for Fox News so I decided to see how they handled it. The first thing I noticed is this line in the first few sentences of their story: "Gore who was President Clinton's veep for eight ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Congratulations to Al Gore for winning the Nobel Peace Prize!The New York Times has an article I found interesting that describes why global climate change is an appropriate topic for a peace prize.The award to Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernme...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
State Representative Mike Boland will speak after the Liberty Brew & View showing of "Who Killed the Electric Car" happening this Tuesday, October 16, 7pm at the Capital City Bar & Grill in Springfield.Boland is a progressive downstate Democrat from Moli...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
There are so many environmental events coming up in Springfield that you would think this is earth month. The following are events I have on my calendar. Leave a comment if I missed one.Confronting Global Warming
A presentation by Don Wuebbles, Ph.D, ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
This could get interesting. They're trying to get bloggers to write about the environment on October 15th. I'll see if I can come up with something.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
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Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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...
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