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Interchange – Steve Higgs, Tom Healy – Year in Review

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Andy Mahler hosts his final edition of Interchange in an annual WFHB tradition – a “year in review” looking at the top stories of the year with Bloomington Alternative editor Steve Higgs and Branches Magazine publisher Tom Healy. Among the topics covered are CAFOS and coal. CAFOS are confined animal feeding operations which continue to proliferate across the rural Indiana landscape, while coal continues to be the primary energy source (providing over 95% of the state’s electricity) as Indiana ranks 49th out of 50 in Forbes Magazine’s ranking of the ‘greenest’ states. Duke Energy’s permit to build a new coal fired power plant near Edwardsport is one of the few new power plant proposals in the country to receive the green light. Also covered are developments with the proposed I-69 highway, new logging in the state forests and other environmental issues. On the positive side are new developments in local food supply and sustainability. Andy thanks his co-workers at WFHB, his many guests and all of the listeners to Interchange over the past seven years.

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