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Spending my days walking through the Illinois River valley.

• Study: Global warming is drying up the Colorado River — vital to 40 million people

  By jward199 on March 5, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  By Dan Elliott Global warming is already shrinking the Colorado River, the most important waterway in the American Southwest, and it could reduce the flow by more than a third by the end of the century, two scientists say. The… Read More ›

• End of Ultralight-guided Migration for Whooping Cranes

  By jward199 on January 23, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  Operation Migration has played a lead role in the reintroduction of endangered Whooping cranes into eastern North America since 2001. In the 1940s the species was reduced to just 15 birds. Using ultralight aircraft, Operation Migration pilots act as surrogate… Read More ›

• Meet IL Governor Bruce Rauner — Poster Boy for War on Middle Class

  By jward199 on January 21, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  by Robert Creamer Rauner makes me long for Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama’s senate seat, or Quinn, one of the most incompetent governors in Illinois history. Hell, I’d take Ryan over Rauner, given the choice. Illinois politics suck more than… Read More ›

• Conflict & migration

  By jward199 on November 27, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Conflict is one response to scarcity of resources. Although a lack of resources is rarely stated as the justification for war, such lack is often an underlying factor. Intercountry and civil war are the most extreme cases, but many lesser… Read More ›

• Imagine if Exxon had told the truth on climate change

  By jward199 on November 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  by Bill McKibben Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry. Presidential candidates have begun to call for Department of Justice investigations, and company spokesmen have begun to dig themselves deeper… Read More ›

• Can a Venture Capitalist Jumpstart Illinois?

  By jward199 on October 25, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  This man is ruining the entire state just so he can bust up the unions and forfeit the pension owed to state employees.  He thinks he can force through his plan to make the rich richer.  It isn’t working, and… Read More ›

•  What Candidates Talk About When They Talk About Inequality

  By jward199 on September 24, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Americans are deeply worried about wealth and income gaps. But the issue evinces only confusion on the campaign trail. By Eric Alterman  Were it not for Trumpmania, we might be using this endless election season to discuss the fact… Read More ›

• Palestinian Grassroots Resistance to Occupation Growing

  By jward199 on March 17, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Palestinians resist occupation in the West Bank in new ways

• Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US

  By jward199 on January 27, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  By Patricia Williams Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has been banned, in effect, from the schools in Tucson, Arizona. The anti-ethnic studies law passed by the state prohibits teachings that “promote the… Read More ›

• Fracking Brings Ammonium and Iodide to Local Waterways

  By jward199 on January 21, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  “There are significant environmental and ecosystem impacts of current [oil and gas wastewater] disposal practices in the U.S.,” they wrote, “Regulatory action is needed to address these concerns.”