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Hello and welcome to Eco Report. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondents Noelle Herhusky-Schneider and Kade Young look into how the Charles C. Deam Wilderness was established, in light of recent legislation introduced by Senator Mike Braun which would expand the boundaries of the wilderness area. And now for your environmental reports: The Indiana Capital Chronicle lists some of the …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze looked into what it will mean for local residents that the City will no longer be sending out vacuum trucks to collect leaves raked to the curbside and we have the answers from Michael Large, Special Projects Manager …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. In this edition of Eco Report, we will hear from Marcia Veldman, State Coordinator for the South Central Indiana chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby on the scope of their activities across the state working to affect national policy and channel resources to local efforts to address …

In this week’s Eco Report EXTRA we hear from Marcia Veldman, State Coordinator for the South Central Indiana chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby on the scope of their activities across the state working to affect national policy and channel resources to local efforts to adress and adapt to Climate Change. Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks Marcia Veldman of Citizens Climate …

HEADLINES  It’s obvious why Indiana is the target for new ventures that are very likely to pollute the air. They know that Indiana’s air-pollution laws are very weak. Politicians want new jobs no matter how polluting the industry. —Norm Holy Wind energy prices — particularly in the central United States, are key to selecting wind as the low-cost option, said …

HEADLINES The Indiana Department of Health has adopted an emergency rule increasing what it considers elevated levels of the neurotoxin lead in children’s blood and has initiated family education and case management for children with lead in their blood. —Linda Greene WTIU reports that Indiana households have more energy insecurity than all but seven states in the country. That’s according …

HEADLINES  Members of the Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District board received an update from chairman Doug Peine about the closure of a Duke Energy coal ash pond in southern Indiana. Peine said the Hoosier Environmental Council filed a lawsuit over the closure of the ash pits at the Gallagher Power Plant in New Albany, along the Ohio River. …

HEADLINES Two IU groups, Concerned Scientists at IU  and Advocates for Science, recently sent a letter to the university administrators asking the university to analyze how it affects the climate, to commit to becoming carbon neutral by a specific date, and to create a climate task force to realize that plan. —Linda Greene A story in the IndyStar has good …

  HEADLINES Doral Renewables has broken ground on the Mammoth Solar project in Indiana, set to be the US’s largest solar farm once complete. The 400 megawatts of energy produced here during the first phase of the project is enough to power 75,000 Midwestern households and will infuse millions of much-needed dollars into local Indiana communities. —Norm Holy At the …

In this episode of Interchange we welcome back Holly Buck whose new book is Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough, published by Verso. And as we did in our previous show with Buck, which was called “Capturing the Carbon Imaginary,” we’ll feature music from Polish jazz pianist and composer Krzysztof Komeda. Komeda was born in 1931, the …