Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:24 — 40.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis Week On Eco Report: The Full Interview with Bloomington’s Urban Greenspace Outreach Coordinator, Gillian Field Environmental Reports: Burn it to build it Julianna Dailey misses the Whip-poor-whil Franklin Township says “No” to Google’s Zodiac Hey EPA – Are Wetlands part of the Environment? In Nature reminds …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:50 — 39.7MB)Subscribe: RSSIn today’s feature report, WFHB News Correspondent Madison Stratton speaks with non-profit organizations and local advocates about the importance of “shopping local” and addressing food insecurity issues in the community. Also, The City of Bloomington launched a community heat survey to address extreme heat challenges in the community caused …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:09 — 27.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s Eco Report feature we hear from Elisa Pokral, Community Outreach Coordinator of the newly rebranded Waste Reduction District of Monroe County, in a conversation with Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze. They discuss the District’s new name, their operations, services, programs and events happening this spring. Planting …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES The Indiana Environmental Reporter says our state has taken small steps toward breaking its heavy reliance on coal and natural gas, but some worry a new bill will slow that transition and keep emission-spewing fossil fuels around for much longer. —Norm Holy The Herald-Times recently reported …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES Two Indiana groups have joined a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to protect people and the environment from toxic coal ash in landfills that are no longer being used. —Norm Holy The herbicide atrazine is making frogs croak — and not in a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES Midwest Energy reports on a solar project that almost developed by accident. Larry Graham found himself scrambling when a farmer who had been renting a parcel of his land for three decades “kind of bailed out.” Graham figured leasing it for solar panels would be a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 23.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES According to the Tribune, Seymore’s newspaper, Community forums are set to learn about the newly published Lake Monroe Watershed Management Plan and how people can help protect and enhance water quality in the lake and its tributaries. —Norm Holy The Coalition Against the Mid-States Corridor, a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES KPVI reports that Governor Eric Holcomb has appointed a top employee at the state’s environmental oversight agency to serve as its new leader. Brian Rockensuess began his tenure as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management on Dec. 13. —Norm Holy Southern Indiana has recently …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:00 — 61.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA staff photographer at The Herald-Times is dismissed, as newspapers are sold to GateHouse Media; Indiana legislators support a ‘tax amnesty’ program; Supporters of redistricting reform push legislators to act; Sen. (R-Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect withdraws bill eliminating child labor laws, after conflict of interest scandal; EPA re-schedules …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:47 — 17.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | More369 Indiana schools — and 94% of the state’s public schools — are requesting hand-held metal detectors for the coming school year; Researchers at Indiana University have developed a new tool to help first-responders determine when and where a landslide may strike; City of Bloomington Utilities Director …
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