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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:18 — 17.0MB)Subscribe: RSSWhile it may seem a little outdated, the primary source of energy in Indiana is coal. As the state faces pressure to reduce emissions and transition to renewable energy, it is important to consider the economic and social impact the transition will cause. What exactly will it take? And …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 66.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreListen to this week’s episode of Eco Report to hear a weekly update on important environmental news. In this week’s news headlines WFHB’s Graham Capito report on Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt expecting to lobby for the coal industry and against coal plant closures across …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:50 — 3.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:36 — 26.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEco Report’s Julianna Dailey and David Lyman report on President Trump’s elimination of a rule that enabled the government to criminally prosecute businesses for accidentally injuring and killing migratory birds. Also on a new study on converting completely to renewable electricity, how Several areas of wilderness have …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:00 — 7.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s Eco Feature, Eco Report’s Norm Holy speaks with Madi Hirschland the founder of Solarize Indiana Project.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:36 — 28.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEco Report is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:27 — 7.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEco Report’s Norm Holy speaks with Jesse Kharbanda, Executive Director of the Hoosier Environmental Council. Kharbanda talks about the growing role and impact of alternative energy in this live broadcast Eco Report feature.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 27.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEco Report is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:13 — 2.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana State Senate voted 37 to 1 to pass Senate Bill 340 earlier this month, a bill that would ultimately change Indiana’s statewide energy saving program. Jodi Perras, Indiana Representative for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, further explains what effect the bill will have. “As …