Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably
We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they are unrelated ... scary fish ... E. coli contamination ... improperly regulated pesticides ... intentionally poisoned waterways .... But if...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
This week EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told NPR that the "EPA is back on the job.” And here in the greater Chicago region, EPA is back on the job in a big way! In a long-awaited move, the United...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
My... What disappointing news out of Copenhagen today as the International Olympics Committee voted down Chicago's bid to host the 2016 games in the first ballot. Yeah: "first ballot"---ouch! Stunning for a city that generally knows how to...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
Not long ago, I spoke with an attorney in Ohio who was surprised by my concern that state authorities had issued a water pollution permit for a facility containing provisions that had not been properly published for citizen review and...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The story of the slow-motion effort to prevent invasive giant Asian carp from infiltrating and destroying the Great Lakes ecosystem is, frankly, embarrassing and pitiful. We’ve known for years that these giant voracious fish were released into the Mississippi...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
I am really proud to work for the organization that largely wrote the Clean Air Act. It stands as a fantastically important, valuable, and genius bit of legislation more than 30 years later. And this week, we saw how some...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
Coal clunkers. That's how the Washington Post and clean air advocates described the two antiquated coal plants operating in the midst of Chicago. The Post's article focused on the Fisk and Crawford generating stations and a fight to clean or...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
Have you ever driven on the Stevenson Expressway in Chicago? If so, you’ve probably passed two of the city's more antiquated relics... They are easy to ignore if you don’t know what you are looking at---we aren’t talking about...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham’s iconic Plan of Chicago. The Plan re-imagined the American industrial city, identifying and prioritizing open space, cultivation of natural areas, and public access to water resources as keystones for the...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
In the demanding push to pass legislation that will deal with CO2 and climate change, it is easy to lose sight of more traditional air pollution problem we have in the Midwest. I got a very personal reminder of the...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
I was struck by the beautiful and poetic ode to the Chicago River that Deborah Shore posted on Huffington Post this week. The history of the waterway is truly amazing and central to the growth of the great city...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Solving Global Warming
Change is coming to the Midwest. In fact, its here. We are already in the midst of transformative changes to our economy, climate and the quality of life of our communities. And there is no way to prevent it from...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Solving Global Warming
Energy Secretary Chu has moved to restore the "FutureGen" project that the Bush Administration irresponsibly cancelled last summer. The action restarts an important effort to move the nation into a new energy future, which the past Administration's gaff had rendered...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution
"Hey, you got a nice business here. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it..." In films and TV, that's usually what the young toughs or Outfit guys say to the hardworking shopkeeper before they...continued→
Posted by Henry Henderson in Solving Global Warming
A look at last week's news clearly illustrates the fascinating rift developing in the way that Midwestern states are looking at coal right now. Happily, there are a number of states taking actions that challenge the pundits' view that the Heartland's...continued→
