Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:33 — 3.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees recommended on the Tuesday meeting that they should join a multidistrict lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit has already gained traction, involving nearly 100 school districts over the past couple of years. It was first filed in California …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:50 — 2.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast month was officially the hottest November our planet has seen. As a direct result of climate change, this decade we are about to leave, 2011-2020, will be known as the warmest decade in history, according to the World Meteorological Organization. So what were the key events …
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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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:13 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More Hours after the lawsuit was filed, IPL announced their compliance with EPA’s allegations and said that they would reduce their emissions at the Petersburg plant. Following this, EPA announced that Morgan County’s air quality is officially within federal standards. The lawsuit has sparked interest on how …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More This story was edited for clarity on August 10th. According to court documents from last year, the charge asked that the court “mandates the Huffs to immediately restore and stabilize the land and vegetation they disturbed or removed, or caused to be disturbed or removed from portions of …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:42 — 3.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More On July 6th, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued a ruling requesting that the 1,172 mile long Dakota Access pipeline shut down for further environmental review by the Army Corps of Engineers. In 2016, both natives and non-natives set up camp to protest against the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:01 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMore than three years after the epic pipeline began pumping crude oil across the country, Boasberg has stated, “given the seriousness of the Corps’ NEPA error, the impossibility of a simple fix, and the fact that Dakota Access did assume much of its economic risk knowingly, and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (5.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBaby boxes provide a safe and anonymous way for mothers or providers to surrender their infant without giving out personal information or being seen. Infants must be no more than 30 days old. When a baby is placed in the box, a delayed silent alarm is triggered and will alert …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (2.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter over 48 years of business, Pygmalion’s Art Supplies is permanently closing June 30, according to an Instagram post from the business. The post states the business is closing because the rent costs have become too much, and even though it is profitable, it is not enough to keep the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:43 — 20.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More On March 30, Indiana Governor Holcomb signed an executive order to cancel or postpone all non-invasive and non-essential health care facilities in Indiana. This order applies to all health-care providers however the discretion is left to them where services can be delayed or postponed if it …
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