Food waste accounts for a quarter — 11,000 tons — of the 44,000 tons of garbage sent to the Dane County landfill each year. Even with recycling diverting some items from the waste stream, the landfill has limited space, and no one wants to tackle the thorny problem of trying to site a new landfill. […]
On Climate, Cars and Electricity
Last week, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez informed Washington Governor and candidate for the Democratic nomination for President Jay Inslee that the DNC would not hold a debate focused on the issue of climate change. Perez went further, saying that the DNC would ban any candidate who participated in any such debate sponsored by […]
Get a Box of Fresh-Grown Art
Imagine opening up a box from your favorite CSA farm, only instead of finding a head of lettuce, tomatoes or kohlrabi inside, you find a lithograph, a photograph made with a nineteenth century camera, or an original oil painting. Now imagine that you get a similar box every month. That’s the idea behind the Arts […]
Rep. Mark Pocan on Impeachment
To impeach, or not to impeach. With all apologies to William Shakespeare, that is the question roiling Congress this week. Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report has fueled an intense debate. Centrist Democratic leaders, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, publicly worry that, with a Republican Senate that has already refused to convict, a failed impeachment attempt […]
What Does Climate Change have to do with Weather?
Remember those fifteen inches of rain that fell out of the sky in less than a day last summer? The resulting flooding wreaked havoc, including at least one death and hundreds of millions of dollars of damage. Even though weather forecasters tracked and predicted the storms, the record rainfall came as a surprise. National Weather […]
Cannabis Legalization’s Rough Road in Wisconsin
On May 31, 2019, the Illinois House of Representatives voted 66-47 to approve a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in the state of Illinois. The House vote followed a bipartisan state senate vote of 38-17 in favor. The bill now heads to the desk of Governor J.B. Pritzker, who has said he will sign […]
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