Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

Wind Power
Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne argues in the newest issue of Illinois Issues that Illinois is at a turning point in its energy-producing future.

Inside A Toxic Tour
Mechanics' Sheila Burt takes a "Toxic Tour," founded by the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization as a way to educate the community about the looming toxic presence of several industries in their Chicago neighborhood.

On The Hook
In a new feature, the Reader's Ben Joravksy asks if Mayor Daley ever really believed the public wouldn’t have to pay for the Olympics. 

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