Join anti-corporate pranksters The Yes Men Thursday 10/29 at the Co-Prosperity Sphere to help plan an action after the Chicago premiere of their film "The Yes Men Fix the World" Friday 10/30 at the Music Box Theater.
Yesterday JPMorgan Chase moved to increase its presence in the carbon trading and carbon offsets business, another sign that Congress is sure to pass some kind of climate change legislation.
Congress is moving slowly, but midwestern leaders have already forged their own plan for a carbon cap-and-trade system. Henry Henderson, one of its architects, explains how the market, and commercial self-interest, can be used to cut back on pollution.
In the news: with a little federal help, cleaner cars and unionized jobs could come to Illinois, and Mayor Daley suggests the Obama administration follow his lead on privatization.
Rationing carbon, why Hayek is now a poor model for libertarians, the Trib on alternative medicine, why problems at the CPS are getting worse, and more.