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Deep Dive: Lake Monroe Watershed (Part 3)

This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into the Lake Monroe Watershed and the water quality. This week, we look into how water moves through our county and how the county is working to mitigate flooding.  We …

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April 1, 2022: No Choice But Poisoned Water

For our show this week, Micol Seigel talks to Abby Cuniff. Cuniff is a reporter who recently published an article about arsenic contamination in Kern Valley State Prison in California. In this conversation, they talk about the prevalence of arsenic in California’s Central Valley- including in its prisons. She also describes the impact of the PLRA- The Prison Litigation Reform …

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October 15, 2021: Jessica Reznicek – Dignity in Rebellion

This week, we hear from a friend and supporter of Jessica Reznicek, who was recently sentenced federal prison after she admitted to sabotaging the widely opposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in 2017. In this episode, Monte tells Jessica’s story from her childhood influences to her experiences in the NoDAPL Movement, in solidarity with the struggle of the Standing Rock Sioux.  …

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Indiana University Professor Awarded NASA Grant to Study Drylands

When you think of drylands, what first comes to mind? A field of zebras galloping across the savannas of Africa. Or, perhaps, a rattlesnake slithering past cacti in the deserts of Arizona. Maybe you think of a herd of cattle, munching their way through the Great Plains of the United States. Dryland ecosystems make up around 40% of the land …

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IKE’s Merger with Hoosier Environmental Council

The public interest nonprofit Improving Kids’ Environment, or IKE, announced its merger today with the Hoosier Environmental Council. IKE’s mission for two decades has been to reduce toxic risks to children from lead, particulate matter, pesticides, and household chemicals. The nonprofit Hoosier Environmental Council has spent 36 years working in environmental education and advocacy. The public interest groups see the …

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Myco-Remediation

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In this segment Kalynn Huffman Brower explains how growing mushrooms can be targeted to clean up toxic waste in our land and our water in a process called myco-remediation. 

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Heavy Rainfall, Flooding Closes Brown County SP

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced Brown County State Park and parts of Hoosier National Forest are closed to the public, yesterday. According to the Department of Natural Resources, Brown County State Park faces a lack of usable water due to abnormally heavy rainfall over the weekend. The DNR reports flooding has increased erosion in the surrounding area. The …

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One Year After EPA Designation, Little Progress on Spencer Groundwater

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In April of last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added a hazardous waste site in Spencer, Indiana to the Superfund’s National Priorities List. The EPA says contamination at the downtown Franklin Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Spencer, was, “due to the risk [chemicals] pose to human health and the environment.” In particular, the EPA cites contamination of the carcinogenic …

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Ellettsville Struggles to Address Repeated Flooding

The Town of Ellettsville has a 100 year history of flooding. At the town council’s meeting yesterday, Fire Chief Mike Cornman said heavy rains and flash flooding left no way in or out of the town, last Thursday afternoon. The town is working with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management on a flood study. Chandler Funeral Home Director Ron Wayt …

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Brown County Water Dispute Continues

The opening of Hard Truth Hills in Nashville is the latest development in an ongoing water dispute. The town of Nashville and Brown County Water Utilities are currently in legal proceedings over who gets to supply water to the distillery. Because of the size of the company and the amount of beer and spirits they distill, Big Woods is the …

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