It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the largest oil spill in recorded history, but in Lake Michigan, the largest repository of fresh water on the […]
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Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour into Lake Michigan
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged BP, British Petroleum, Corporate Crime, crude oil, Deepwater Horizon, drinking water, fresh water, Great Lakes, gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, Indiana, Michigan, oil, pollution, tar sands, Whiting, Whiting refinery 10 Comments
Milwaukee part two… fish fries, public art and swooning tweens
A week or so ago, when I told you about my recent trip to Milwaukee, I promised that there would be a follow-up post, in which I’d talk about fish fries, public art, and the like. Well, I’m afraid that I’ve put it off so long now that I can’t quite remember what it was […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged alewife, Calvin Black, door-to-door eel salesman, Dorothy Avery, eels, experimental film, fish, fish fry, folk art, folk art environments, Frank Sinatra, fried fish, Galesburg, Howard Finster, Illinois, invasive species, kids today, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Mimi Dorothy, native species, perch, pollution, Possum Trot, public art, salmon, sculpture, street lights, Sweden, Water Street, Water Street Commons, wheatpasting, Wisconsin, zebra mussels 10 Comments