Monday, February 27, 2012
New Coal Plant in the South Loop? Not So Much.
"Residents of the South Loop neighborhood were outraged yesterday to hear that Midwest Generation was purportedly building a new coal powered plant on a formerly abandoned lot at Harrison and Wells. The company, promising a plant with “a green roof,” even blanketed the neighborhood with fliers and pamphlets, advising residents that “construction and operation of the new plant will generate new revenue for local businesses.” Brochures, letters, warnings from the city, and solicitations from a legal firm were all part of a day's reading for the residents of the well heeled neighborhood, and they were not amused, flocking online to register their complaints.
“This is not an industrial neighborhood and shouldn't be treated as such,” said Yelp user Michelle in an angry post. “This is horrible, and Alderman Fioretti and others need to step up to stop this from happening.”"
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“This is not an industrial neighborhood and shouldn't be treated as such,” said Yelp user Michelle in an angry post. “This is horrible, and Alderman Fioretti and others need to step up to stop this from happening.”"
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Americans listening to politicians, ignoring climate scientists
"US public opinion about climate change has been riding a roller coaster over the past decade. After signs of growing acceptance and emphasis around 2006 and 2007, a precipitous decline brought us back to where we started, with fully a quarter of the public not even thinking that the planet has warmed up. It's not shocking that concerns about climate change would take a back seat to the economic recession, but that doesn't explain why some are skeptical that global warming is even real.
Since economic turmoil does not extend to past temperature measurements, it seems clear that public acceptance of the data depends at least partly on something other than the data itself. So the natural question is—what’s driving public opinion? Why the big shifts? The answer to that question may hold the key to the US' response to the changing climate."
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Since economic turmoil does not extend to past temperature measurements, it seems clear that public acceptance of the data depends at least partly on something other than the data itself. So the natural question is—what’s driving public opinion? Why the big shifts? The answer to that question may hold the key to the US' response to the changing climate."
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Independence for Scotland?
"“THE Breakup of Britain”? It sounds like a fantasy fiction title. To many people across the world, including the English themselves, it is inconceivable that this deep-rooted United Kingdom, the oldest royal democracy in the world, could split apart.
In the last few weeks, however, official London has panicked over the rising clamor of voices from all over the British Isles suddenly agreeing that the archaic structure of “Great Britain” is overdue for a shake-up — even a breakup.
Nowhere are these voices in better harmony than in Scotland. If “Britain” is more than a word on a passport, why do most Scots now feel their primary identity is not British?"
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