Tag Archives: Extinction Rebellion

HEADLINES Station WYHI (Terre Haute) reports bee populations are declining. More than half of the bat species in the United States are in severe decline or listed as endangered. And international scientists recently announced the monarch butterfly is perilously close to extinction. —Norm Holy A new study from the First Street Foundation has shown the coming development of what it …

HEADLINES 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 good fit and started doing research online. —Norm Holy Researchers are combing far …

For the last decade, the DNR has allowed logging during the summer because they had been given the OK from the U.S. Forest Service, or USFS, that there were no bats roosting in the area to be logged. This was the ruling even when bats were caught in mist nets in the area. —Norm Holy  Several members of the House …

Our correspondent, Katrine Bruner, presents a Feature about the Extinction Rebellion Movement in Bloomington.

In this post we have news about the accuracy of past climate modeling, the Hoosier Resilience Index, and a report that North American birds are getting smaller and that scientists think the climate crisis is to blame. We also have news that budget cuts at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM, are a threat to public health.  Jim …

A local chapter of the environmental protest group, Extinction Rebellion, has three demands for lawmakers to ensure carbon emissions drop to net zero within the next six years. WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner discusses the Extinction Rebellion organization with the founding XR Bloomington members. The Bloomington chapter of the Extinction Rebellion Organization began in the early summer of 2019. The group …

The local chapter of the international Extinction Rebellion organization is planning to take over the Bloomington City Hall on December 6 to demand immediate action in solving the climate change crisis, organizers said this week. Ellen Tamura, a member from Bloomington, Indiana’s Extinction Rebellion group, said the event will take place at Bloomington City Hall Friday, December 6th beginning with …

This Friday, September 20th, students around the country will be on strike, demanding action on climate change from their local elected officials. Bloomington is one of many cities across the country where students will take to the streets. Students will begin walking out of classrooms at 11:30 a.m. and meet at Indiana University’s Dunn Meadow. From there, the demonstrators will …