A press release from the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County: “THE ETHICS OF FRACKING” EDMC’s EcoFilm Series CRYSTAL LAKE – Please join The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, with co-sponsors the League of Women Voters and Citizens Climate Lobby, and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Natural Gas
The McHenry County Board’s Finance & Audit Committee has recommended fulfilling an Andy Zinke pre-election press opportunity to convert squad cars to Liquid Propane Gas. The vote on a three-year contract (with additional [unspecified] option years) is scheduled for Tuesday, … Continue reading
The Village of Oakwood Hills is under considered for a site for a gas turbine electric generating plant. Here’s what McHenry County Blog has found: an option running through March of 2014 has been been signed to purchase the property … Continue reading
I first learned of the gas smell when my wife called from her office in the Advocate Good Shepherd Building across from the Pingree Road Metra Train Station in Crystal Lake. She told me the building had been evacuated because … Continue reading
Crystal Lake’s Loren Burkett offers the following commentary: “McHenry County College recently hosted an informational meeting on natural gas production and hydraulic fracturing. “This was presented by the Sierra Club which has a strong history of supporting natural gas for … Continue reading
While the price of natural gas has decreased enough as a result of fracking, the Illinois Green Party is opposing expansion in Illinois. While this is a Southern Illinois issue, I thought those of us in Northern Illinois who have … Continue reading
I’ve been listening to Newt Gingrich since former State Rep. Bernie Pedersen starting sending me GOPAC tapes every month during the late 1980’s. What impressed me was that his visions embraced the entire country–from suburbs to inner city. I was … Continue reading
Either Governor Pat Quinn doesn’t know what he is talking about with regard to the appeal to business that ending the state tax on natural gas or he’s just blowing smoke. In 1986, in my last bureaucratic job with state … Continue reading