In 1911 the Peabody family moved into a new mansion in a suburb of Chicago. The move was made possible by many Peabody company miners living in shacks and risking their lives in unsafe mines downstate. Unions gradually improved conditions and pay for miners but the basic economic dynamics of coal haven’t changed. Mining communities […]
Will Reynolds
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Third Street better for transit center
Springfield’s consideration of high speed rail has focused on how freight rail interrupts auto traffic, with little discussion of the best location for a combined passenger rail and multimodal transit center. Decreasing use of oil is a vital national interest for economic, environmental and security reasons. Besides reducing reliance on oil, good passenger rail can […]
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Take power into your own hands
City Water Light and Power’s new Dallman 4 coal-fired power plant is going online and testing of pollution levels will continue for several months. Although the power plant nears completion, important work remains to complete the clean energy agreement between CWLP and the Sierra Club. Involvement by CWLP customers and support from the city council […]
