Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026. In today’s newscast, protesters convened for a walkout and rally outside city hall Friday, demanding the city cut its contract with Flock Safety – a company whose technology has been used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for surveillance. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 69.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zero Roze speaks with Robyn Skuya-Boss of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club about how energy companies in Indiana are dragging their feet when it comes to phasing out the use of fossil fuels responsible for destabilizing …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 27th, 2024. Later in the program, thousands have seen their power restored in the past day after a supercell storm hit large portions of the state on Tuesday. More in today’s headlines. Also coming up in the next half hour, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSS This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 26th, 2024. Later in the program, a supercell storm hit Monroe County yesterday leaving thousands without power. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Better Beware – your weekly consumer watchdog segment on the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:07 — 27.7MB)Subscribe: RSSYou’re listening 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 We are looking into Indiana’s power grid – how it works, how it’s outdated and renewable alternatives the state could explore to …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 23.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES 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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:56 — 22.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES 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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES The Indiana Environmental Reporter says a pair of Purdue University professors have been appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly reconstituted Scientific Advisory Board. —Norm Holy In a story originated by WFYI, city officials from Bloomington, Carmel, and West Lafayette — and other Indiana lawmakers …
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Experts weigh in on the transition to solar energy in light of Duke Energy’s solar investment. Betty Lynch starts her day like anyone else: she flips on the lights, makes coffee and breakfast, and watches the news. Some days she cuts the grass, or hops in her car to drive to work. But Lynch doesn’t have to stop at the gas station on her way, or worry about her energy bill later. Her routine is powered by the solar panels on the roof of her home in Lawrence, Indiana. Experts say conditions are right for a transition to solar and renewable energy in Indiana. A subsidiary of the Duke Energy Corporation, Duke Energy Renewables, has announced plans for the $180 million “Hoosier Jack” solar farm in Vigo and Sullivan counties. Sophia Hall reporting for WFHB EcoReport
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:01 — 20.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Muncie Indiana Star Press reports that AquaBounty Technologies, a land-based salmon farming pioneer, has successfully commenced the commercial-scale harvest of conventional Atlantic salmon raised at its first farm in the United States. According to Alexis Baden-Mayer, of the Organic Consumers Association, in testimony presented to the …
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