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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 …

A state senate bill would study how to reduce consumer utility costs through securitization. Much like refinancing a home, it allows customers to pay off coal plants over a longer period of time at a lower rate— lowering energy bills. —Norm Holy  Indianapolis Power & Light Company is planning to acquire a 195-megawatt solar project. The project, which is expected …

The Environmental Protection Agency evicted around 1,000 people from the West Calumet Housing Complex, because of lead and arsenic contaminated soil. The Superfund site was formerly a US Smelting and Lead Refinery facility, and includes part of the former USS Lead facility. Areas nearby include commercial, municipal, and residential buildings. According to EPA records, the site was originally used as a …

A new report shows groundwater across the state is being contaminated by unsafe amounts of toxic heavy metals from coal ash. The residue left over from coal-fired power plants, coal ash is either stored in large watery ponds or lagoons, or shipped away and buried. The Hoosier Environmental Council is warning that the latest data, provided by energy companies themselves, …