Tag Archives: Sierra Club

Eco Report – April 25, 2025

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:56 — 70.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this edition of Eco Report, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Amelia Bucher discusses coal in Indiana with Robyn Skuya-Boss, Chapter Director of the Sierra Club in Indiana. The nay-sayers often chide those who believe in climate change that cows are the big contributor to warming. Indeed, methane …

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Coal and the Cost of Change: Indiana’s Energy Crossroads

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:18 — 17.0MB)Subscribe: RSSWhile it may seem a little outdated, the primary source of energy in Indiana is coal. As the state faces pressure to reduce emissions and transition to renewable energy, it is important to consider the economic and social impact the transition will cause. What exactly will it take? And …

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Eco Report – October 18, 2024

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:42 — 68.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this edition, Robert Shull interviews Charlie Laughlin who runs Commercial Services for Heating and Cooling, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of geo-thermal heat pumps. The Indiana Capitol Chronicle reports Indiana utilities earn a collective ‘C’ grade on clean energy goals.  One Indiana utility company earned …

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Eco Report – October 11, 2024

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 69.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zero Roze speaks with Robyn Skuya-Boss of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club about how energy companies in Indiana are dragging their feet when it comes to phasing out the use of fossil fuels responsible for destabilizing …

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Eco Report – June 14, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:58 — 70.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this week’s Eco Report feature, Robyn Skuya-Boss, Chapter Director with the Sierra Club in Indiana, will be talking about the Duke Energy Rate Increase Case. The New York Times reports the Biden administration on Friday tightened vehicle fuel mileage standards, part of its strategy to …

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Eco Report – September 8, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:51 — 41.1MB)Subscribe: RSS Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I am Cynthia Roberts. Later in this half hour, we hear from Marilyn Bauchat of Uplands Network, an aspect of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club, about their conservation initiatives and upcoming events. And now for …

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Eco Report – May 12, 2022

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 23.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES 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 …

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Natural Gas Consumers Forced to Fund New Private Gas Plant

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:40 — 14.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday, the Indiana Supreme Court issued a ruling that could force consumers of natural gas in Indiana to pay the long-term construction and operational costs of a private sector coal gasification plant in Southern Indiana. Back in 2010, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, or the IURC, signed …

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