Tag Archives: environment

  With the season of spring upon us, many citizens of Bloomington may be noticing the vibrant signs in nature, from blossoming trees to the sounds of the songbirds. As a fellow citizen stuck inside most of the day, I noticed that the birds seemed to stand out more than before and I wondered whether or not the birds have …

BLOOMINGTON – In between rain, snow, and the increasingly less rare 65-degree weather days, it’s hard to imagine a place Bloomington locals and visitors alike have come to know and love on fire. We were always taught to prevent fires, but what happens when your city prescribes one? The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department will conduct an almost 8-acre prescribed …

Just one month into the year 2020, major steps have been taken in the Indiana Statehouse, with hundreds of bills filed and state legislative members introducing more to come. A majority of the new bills are to support the state’s environment and help encourage Hoosiers to improve Indiana’s carbon footprint and safety with health issues that we are facing. One …

BLOOMINGTON – Hoosier Energy announced last Tuesday their plans to close The Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County in 2023, affecting nearly 200 utility workers. Founded in 1949, Hoosier Energy is a non-profit generation and transmission cooperative. It serves 18 member electric cooperatives in central and southern Indiana, as well as southeastern Illinois. The cooperative’s mission is to provide members …

Recycling has been growing exponentially for years, but it wasn’t until recently that cities have found issues with the abundance of recycling and contamination issues from it. Junior Correspondent Katrine Bruner reports on the impact that contaminated recycling has on the City of Bloomington and Monroe County. It’s the crack of dawn and as many citizens of Bloomington are asleep …

The Indianapolis Power and Light Company (IPL) announced on December 9th that they would be shutting down two of their biggest units at the Petersburg Super Polluter coal plant. Their plan is to have both units completely retired by 2023. WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner reports the company will still have the remaining two plants in Petersburg until at least 2042. …

By Sarah Vaughan A carbon fee and dividend policy proposed by Citizens’ Climate Lobby could be a game changer for the environment, according to CCL volunteer lobbyists Robert Meitus and Richard Durisen. They believe an issue as large as climate change requires a large, collectively driven solution. “I kinda realized that, no matter what I do personally – driving a …

This week we share two presentations from the recent Fight Toxic Prisons convergence. Held this past month in Gainesville, Florida, Fight Toxic Prisons is in its fourth year of an annual conferences that focus on the intersection of mass incarceration and the environment. Our first segment features Jamani and Jordan, who speak about the environmental impact of prison and policing. …

Listen to this week’s episode of Eco Report to hear a weekly update on important environmental news. In this week’s news headlines WFHB’s Graham Capito report on Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt expecting to lobby for the coal industry and against coal plant closures across the state, also in this week’s news headlines a team of research scientists …

Listen to this week’s episode of Eco Report to hear a weekly update on important environmental news. For example in this week’s news a discussion on the total mass of insects worldwide falling by two percent a year and Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to ban single use plastic bags in the state of New York.  Also in this week’s …