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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 29th, 2023. Later in the program, Dana Habeeb, an architect and urban designer at Indiana University, discusses record-high heat waves this summer, causing drought, wildfires and other negative health impacts. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a …

HEADLINES All stories by Norm Holy The Republic newspaper reports the Bartholomew County Plan Commission in a 5- 2 vote has approved changes submitted by the county commissioners to an ordinance regulating placement of solar fields. Despite strong opposition from the state’s own environmental and natural resource experts, and concerns from the Governor’s Office, lawmakers pushed through a bill last …

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 …

by Nathaniel Weinzapfel Introduction: First held in 1970 and recently reaching its 50th year anniversary, Earth Day is an annual holiday held to demonstrate support for environmental protection and celebrate life on our planet, with over a billion people participating in related events worldwide. This holiday has been extended to encompass all of April, in what has been aptly named …

HEADLINES 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 a round of negotiations on global efforts to restore and protect the variety …

HEADLINES While intense heat waves and wildfires scorch the Western U.S. and freak rainstorms spawn massive floods in Europe and China, the weather in central Indiana has been fairly tame so far this year. —Norm Holy As the country decides how hard it wants to fight climate change, Midwestern states have become battlegrounds for the nation’s energy future, according to …

The City of Bloomington continues to battle the emerald ash borer, an Asian beetle that feeds on ash trees. Last week, the Board of Park Commissioners approved an $11,000 contract with Ellington Tree Service to remove thirteen infested trees. In the same meeting, the Board approved a 45 thousand dollar contract with Runsdell, Ernsberger and Associates. Parks Director Paula McDevitt …