Illinoiss unemployment rate hit 10.4% this July, the highest in a quarter-century and one full percentage point above the national average. Clearly, theres never been a more important time to repower America and our economy with clean energy.

The Blue-Green…

AmerenUE now wants an 18% rate hike. The third requested in 3 years.

Here is a better idea. Why don’t we have Mr. Baxter and all the high-paid execs take a big pay cut.

Instead of making their millions in pay, bonuses…

In the six weeks or so since Barack Obama has taken office, he convinced the House and Senate to come up with the stimulus bill he proposed during his campaign. He is attempting to introduce a national health care program…

I recently left the hospital where doctors and nurses worked to cure my main illness. They were successful. I still have remaining problems but now that I am back on my feet, they can be attened to.

Sunday, I read in…

Missourians passed an initiative in 1976 to ban raising electric rates while building a new power plant (Construction Work in Progress). Now a 25-page bill to repeal this ban is before the legislature. It is full of special interest regulations…

What has happened to our country? I am all of 33 years old and I see the struggle that we are going through now and it breaks my heart to see how our great nation has detoriated in my short…

St. Louis citizens could easily save hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline per year. All we need to do is to synchronize the traffic lights on major East/West thoroughfares, like Manchester Rd., Watson and Olive Rd. Clayton Rd. Eastbound…

Regarding the letter “Nuclear power is not safe or sustainable” by Barbara Jennings of the Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investments:  It’s interesting to note in her letter, Ms. Jennings gives no reasons for not using nuclear power.

The fear generated concerning Nuclear…

Many people think that allowing drilling to commence, everywhere, in the United States would solve all of our energy problems, instantly. Few people realize that any oil recovered, discovered, or brought to the market will go onto the WORLD market…

The letters from readers section on Saturday, August 23 had four letters arguing against oil and nuclear power from people allied with The Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investments, Audubon, and the Sierra Club.  Naturally they proposed the usual solutions, wind, solar,…