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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 20th, 2025. That’s Debbie Kelley – in Brown County they call her the “pollinator lady.” Hear about local efforts to restore pollinator habitat in south central Indiana later in the show. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:52 — 43.8MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024. Later in the program, Monroe County Government offices will be closed until Monday, July 8th due to a server error. Also, the City of Bloomington has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for 72 addresses. More in today’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSSYou’re listening to Eco Report for Friday, February 2, 2024. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets a breakdown of some bills currently before the Indiana House and Senate in Part One of his conversation with Sam Carpenter, the new Executive Director of the Hoosier Environmental Council. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES All stories by Norm Holy Early Monday evening, the City of Bloomington Utilities issued a statement regarding hydrocarbon odors coming from the sewage flowing to the Dillman Road Wastewater Treatment Plant. A thorough search was conducted and determined the smell resulted from a release of gasoline …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:36 — 16.0MB)Subscribe: RSSOn Friday, the Bloomington Fire Department conducted a prescribed burning of a home at 1213 South High Street as a training exercise. Matt Murphy, owner of Foursquare Construction and local landlord who lives in the area, says he felt a burning in his throat as he smelled what he …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:07 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA big reason for Indiana’s pollution is coal. Coal has shown to be a very dirty and detrimental fossil fuel for the environment, one of the main causes to climate change. Coal ash is the product of burning coal for electricity use. The waste product contains toxic …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:11 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Griffy Water Treatment Plant was built in 1925 to provide water to the city of Bloomington. The plant collected water from Griffy Lake and was treated to become safe drinking water for the community. The plant later closed in 1996, when Bloomington’s population outgrew the size …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 18.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 28.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:18 — 23.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFormer WFHB volunteer Casey Kuhn receives national Edward R Murrow award for her coverage of the Arizona Teacher Strike; Governor’s Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission seeks public input competitive teacher pay; IDEM issues Air Quality Action alert, warns of high ozone levels tomorrow. FEATURE Raised in Bagdad …