WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
A group of Martinsville, Indiana, residents and business owners called a community action group is seeking to persuade others to allow federal officials to test the air in houses, apartment buildings and businesses that might be contaminated with the toxic chemicals tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene from a Superfund site that was formerly a dry-cleaning business.
—Linda Greene
WFYI reports that Indiana will award a group of eight electric utilities more than $5.5 million to set up charging stations for electric vehicles across the state.
—Norm Holy
WJCT news of Jacksonville, Florida, reports a land-based fish farm in Indiana is preparing the first commercial harvest of its genetically engineered salmon. AquaBounty’s fish is the first genetically modified animal for human consumption on the US market.
—Norm Holy
At ExxonMobil’s annual shareholders’ meeting recently, the shareholders voted to dump at least two members of the twelve-member board of directors because of the company’s poor response to the climate crisis.
—Linda Greene
Coal is being increasingly abandoned as a means of power generation. Several studies have shown that wind and solar could provide all the power requirements for Indiana.
—Norm Holy
Factory farms’ toxic emissions of ammonia aren’t being regulated by the federal government. Factory farms are responsible for over seventy percent of the ammonia emissions in the U-S.
—Linda Greene
Field researchers had noticed that certain bird populations appeared to be lower in the years that periodical cicada broods emerged in their territories.
—Norm Holy
The Burnett Oil Company is seeking a thirty-year permit to drill in Florida’s Everglades. The area is sacred Seminole land. Further, the Everglades is exceedingly environmentally sensitive.
—Linda Greene
South Africa is taking steps to resolve its controversial captive lion industry, making headway in major conservation efforts. This response brings an end to the international treaty that bans the global sale of products made from big cats.
—Norm Holy
The New York Times reports the pandemic abruptly slowed the global march of coal. But demand for the world’s dirtiest fuel is forecast to soar this year, gravely undermining the chances of staving off the worst effects of global warming.
—Norm Holy
