Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES All Stories by Norm Holy With the legislature in session, there are many bills that will impact the quality of life in Indiana. Will the legislature address real problems, or will special interests dominate again this year? A nationwide comparison of electric utility performance by an …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES All stories this week were written by Norm Holy Getting rid of coal ash ponds continues to be a problem in Indiana. Residents and civil rights organizations in Michigan City are concerned they will face a water crisis if something isn’t done about a power generating station’s leftover coal …
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HEADLINES A proposed settlement agreement negotiated between utility companies, local governments and advocacy groups could finalize that one of the most carbon-emitting power plants in the state will close before the end of the decade. —Norm Holy The New York Times is skeptical of the fervor about black vultures attacking calves. The accounts described of Indiana farmlands and elsewhere seem …
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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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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 18.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDid hurricane Isaias impact turtle nesting? Sea turtles nest on beaches from Florida to North Carolina. The nesting season starts in April in Florida and in May farther north and ends in October. — Norm Holy Greenland is known for its glaciers, but in the past month, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 19.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAccording to a new report from the environmental and indigenous rights group Amazon Watch, five of the world’s largest banks are funding crude oil extraction in the western Amazon rainforest. After immense conservation efforts, the numbers of critically endangered black rhinoceroses is slowly ticking up, according to …
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