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Good afternoon. This is Eco Report for Friday, April 14th, 2023. Coming up in this half hour, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council about what’s going on in the Indiana Legislature this year regarding matters directly impacting our Ecosystem. And now for your environmental reports: Indiana Legislature Does Bidding of …

HEADLINES All Stories By Norm Holy WFYI reports that the new executive director for the Hoosier Environmental Council hopes to tackle some big issues in his new role. Sam Carpenter said Indiana has several areas of concern when it comes to the environment. Since its accidental introduction near Detroit, Michigan, in the mid-1990s, emerald ash borer (EAB) has rapidly spread …

HEADLINES 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 proposed new-terrain highway in southern Indiana, has joined the Sierra Club, Indiana Forest …

Morton Solar held a ribbon cutting July 15 after donating two solar energy systems to Community Action Program of Evansville for two homes located near downtown Evansville. Three Indiana environmental organizations—the Hoosier Environmental Council, Friends of Lake Monroe and Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter—collaborated to demand that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, review its policies after the July …

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature carried out a detailed, multi-year study showing that climate collapse and environmental degradation are fueling violence against women and girls and that gender-based exploitation is hurting our ability to tackle the environmental crises. The global fossil fuel industry emits 25-40 percent more methane than previously thought, a study published in Nature found. This includes …

Earlier this month, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to loosen a 2015 regulation regarding coal ash disposal. According to the Associated Press, some of the rule changes would push back the deadline to close problematic ash dumps. Other changes weaken drinking water protections by removing some contamination limits. State officials would be allowed to end groundwater monitoring. The …

369 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 Vic Kelson reports the new, south central sewer interceptor is flowing; Bloomington residents …

Indiana wildlife groups are pushing for recognition of Indiana’s Lake Sturgeons as a federally endangered species. The fish-which can grow up to 8 feet in length and live to over 100 years old- have seen a 99% population reduction in the last century. In today’s feature report, WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester discusses the importance of the sturgeon with Hoosier Environmental …

Food Truck Fridays are coming to Ellettsville; In other Ellettsville news, the town Council is taking preliminary steps to acquire land for a second entrance for a planned subdivision; In their meeting last week, the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance request for parking that has already been built; North Curry Pike, North Smith Pike, and West Woodyard …

A new report shows groundwater across the state is being contaminated by unsafe amounts of toxic heavy metals from coal ash. The residue left over from coal-fired power plants, coal ash is either stored in large watery ponds or lagoons, or shipped away and buried. The Hoosier Environmental Council is warning that the latest data, provided by energy companies themselves, …