Way to Go, Lisa!
From the NY Times:Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's, the big credit ratings agencies, appear to be manipulating their reports to help the largest electric utilities in Illinois charge...
View ArticleComEd Produces Most Reprehensible Radio Commercial Ever
They're playing this over and over on WBBM Radio. It's driving me nuts! Here, you can listen to it yourself: ComEd Propaganda...This has got to be the most reprehensible commercial from a major...
View ArticleLt. Gov. Pat Quinn Blasts ComEd's 'Phoney Ads'
Either Pat Quinn is reading IDN or he's listening to the same radio stations.It was here after all that I reported on the absolutely loathsome ads that ComEd and Ameren were running 24/7 on the...
View ArticleDurbin, Obama and Clean Cars
Cross-posted from www.thereisaway.us There are a few news items about fuel economy that I've been meaning to write about. The Star Tribune has a good editorial about legislation that passed the Senate...
View ArticlePetition to Oppose BP Dumping Plans for Lake Michigan
Forwarded by Matt:British Petroleum is poised to start dumping up to 1,584 pounds of ammonia and 4,925 pounds of industrial solids into Lake Michigan every single day.Senator Dick Durbin and...
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Liberty Brew & View in Springfield
The third Tuesday of each month Liberty Brew & View will show a film on the big movie screen at Capital City Bar & Grill in the Capital City Shopping Center on Dirksen Drive in Springfield. The...
View ArticleAl Gore (D-USA) Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Former Vice-President Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize:He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.
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IDN Bookclub Selection for November: 'World Without Us' by Alan Weisman
Something a bit different and yet completely provocative for November: "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman.The book is a survey of how the world would evolve -- what would crumble first, what would...
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Author Alan Weisman on 'Chicago Without Us'
Alan Weisman, the author of our IDN Bookclub Selection for November, "The World Without Us" was on Chicago Public Radio discussing "Chicago Without Us". You can hear the segment by going here...Our...
View ArticleSo Much for 'Federalism'
George Bush makes the case for not leaving decisions* up to the states:The question is how to have an effective strategy. Is it more effective to let each state make a decision as to how to proceed in...
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