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HEADLINES Two Indiana groups have joined a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to protect people and the environment from toxic coal ash in landfills that are no longer being used. —Norm Holy The herbicide atrazine is making frogs croak — and not in a good way. Because it’s so widely used across the United States for weed …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, February 3rd, 2022. Later in the program, residents of Central Indiana are hunkering down to avoid the current winter weather conditions. WFHB Environmental News Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel explains some interesting information about the storm. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington …

To build an idea of what possibilities may come, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation and numerous utility and corporate partners collaborated  to sponsor a wide-ranging study called “Powering Indiana’s Economic Future.” —Norm Holy A bill that could significantly reduce protections for Indiana’s wetlands was signed by Gov. Holcomb. The Indiana Environmental Council hoped the governor would veto the bill …

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 …

In his essential essay, “Fate,” published in 1860 in the book The Conduct of Life, Ralph Waldo Emerson writes: The book of Nature is the book of Fate. She turns the gigantic pages, –leaf after leaf,–never returning one. One leaf she lays down, a floor of granite; then a thousand ages, and a bed of slate; a thousand ages, and …