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Hope for an Effective “Great Lakes Action Plan”

February 22, 2010

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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asiancarp, EPA, greatlakes, greatlakesactionplan, invasivespecies, lakemichigan, lisajackson, nationaloceanandgreatlakespolicy, nationaloceanpolicy, presidentobama

The very able and impressive Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, chose this Sunday morning to issue a 5 year “Action Plan” to restore and protect the Great Lakes.  The EPA announcement assured us that the “Action...

Small Plans: Why Illinois' Asian carp response has Daniel Burnham spinning in his grave

January 6, 2010

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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armycorpsofengineers, asiancarp, chicago, danielburnham, EPA, greatlakes, illinois, invasivespecies, lakemichigan, michigan, supremecourt

Chicago has a secular patron saint. His name is Daniel Burnham. Around here, we quote him ad nauseum.  “Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood.” These are words that have guided Chicago for over 100...

The Value of Water

November 19, 2009

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably

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asiancarp, atrazine, charlesduhigg, chicago, chicagoriver, chicagotribune, greatlakes, illinois, invasivespecies, lakemichigan, newyorktimes, pollution, privatizedwater, waterpollution

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...