On my morning commute, I always listen to music. Maybe two or three times in the last couple of years, I’ve listened to NPR instead, but it’s rare. This morning, though, on a whim, I flipped over to hear if there was any primary news. And what is literally the very first thing I hear? "One Chicago entrepreneur thinks this waste energy can be captured to reduce costs and lower greenhouse gases."

Hey, that sounds familiar!

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Yup, it’s Tom Casten, father of our very own Sean Casten and chairman of Recycled Energy.

Here’s the NPR segment. It’s excellent.

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For more Tom, see my long interview from last year.