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Eco Report – December 30, 2021

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES In 2020, the oil, gas and coal industry spent over a $115 million  lobbying Congress to ensure that it would obtain fossil fuel subsidies. Currently, the industry receives $15 billion  of taxpayers’ money in direct federal subsidies every year. —Linda Greene More than 100 countries concluded …

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Eco Report – April 29, 2021

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 22.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA British Petroleum refinery in northwest Indiana repeatedly violated air pollution standards for soot emissions between 2015 and 2018, a federal judge ruled in a lawsuit brought by environmental advocates, as reported by the Associated Press. —Norm Holy Indiana Public Radio reports that one of Indiana’s largest …

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Eco Report – August 27, 2020

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe massive redwood trees that dot the landscape of Northern California have survived through countless earthquakes and natural disasters. Yet the climate crisis may threaten their livelihood as the latest California wildfires have encroached upon the ancient trees, as NPR reported. —Norm Holy The Earth has lost …

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