Editorials
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Editorial: Pilot program could limit food waste going into landfillsSep 24, 2019 6:00 pm - You dutifully roll your recycling bin to the curb each week, and though you're doing a better job of cleaning out your jelly jars before tossing them and of sorting the ...
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Editorial: Funding needed to replace Volo Bog's boardwalkSep 22, 2019 11:00 pm - Billions of dollars in unpaid bills, deep cuts in social service programs, crumbling infrastructure, residents and businesses fleeing the state - it's the recent legacy ...
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Editorial: Elect leaders who know priority of climate changeSep 21, 2019 2:00 pm - Last in a series We got into a conversation the other day with a friend who, in reference to Friday's climate change protests around the globe, asked, "I wonder how ma...
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The Soapbox: Brief thoughts on impact of climate changeSep 21, 2019 1:00 am - Suffering agriculture Heavy rains this spring hampered farmers' ability to plant crops on time or at all, and the result will be smaller yields this fall. With heav...
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Editorial: You can make a difference on climate changeSep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - Fifth in a series We tend to think of climate change as a monumental global challenge that can be reduced only by the concerted efforts of nations, and certainly, a co...
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Editorial: On climate change, Illinois needs to keep up the pressureSep 19, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: Fourth in a series. The upcoming veto session of the state legislature needs to be a watershed six days for Illinois, and by extension, Planet Earth....
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Sep 18, 2019 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Sept. 18 The Dallas Morning News on a U.S. Supreme Court decision to require asylum seekers who enter th...
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Editorial: Not just a remote threat, climate change will affect us hereSep 17, 2019 11:00 pm - Third in a series When we think of global warming, certain images come immediately to mind - melting glaciers, rising sea levels, loss of animal species, even more and s...
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Editorial: Business has important role in curbing climate changeSep 16, 2019 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Second in a series Global warming, besides being a human catastrophe, will damage the world's economies. It will elevate the costs of doing business...
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Editorial: The climate crisis so many denySep 14, 2019 12:00 pm - First in a series The Daily Herald Editorial Board Nobody believes anymore that the earth is flat and that if you take a ship far enough out onto the ocean, you're in da...