Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:08 — 73.0MB)Subscribe: RSS [Part One: America’s first certified Energy Positive public library] In the first part of a four part series of feature segments aired by WFHB News and Public Affairs during our Local News and Eco Report programs, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with local eco architect and sustainability pioneer …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES All stories by Norm Holy IndyStar has written an extensive piece on coal ash pits – a topic many environmental groups have complained about for years and years. Yet the state legislature does nothing to change the picture. It’s part of the reason Indiana ranks 48th …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES Indiana’s state insect is a lightning bug. In 2018, after years of campaigning by Hoosier elementary students, the Indiana legislature and Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed the Say’s firefly as the state’s bug. Not only is this species of firefly native to Indiana, it also is named …
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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 …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:56 — 2.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSolar energy advocates continued their criticism of Senate Bill 309 today. The bill takes aim at net metering, a process in which solar energy customers sell extra power back to the grid. The bill was approved by the Senate Utilities Committee on Thursday. This morning, the Indiana …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:57 — 26.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEco Report is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take …
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