Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES All Stories by Norm Holy A new study of more than 80 refineries raises serious concerns about the wastewater they are pumping into lakes and rivers across the U.S. One of those polluters is BP’s Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana. A study found that textbooks’ coverage …
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Eco Report – September 2, 2021
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES The Indiana Environmental Reporter says a pair of Purdue University professors have been appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly reconstituted Scientific Advisory Board. —Norm Holy In a story originated by WFYI, city officials from Bloomington, Carmel, and West Lafayette — and other Indiana lawmakers …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES As the effects of the climate crisis ravage the West with severe drought and persistent wildfires, Indiana will become accustomed to more frequent bouts of severe weather. —Norm Holy The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is investigating reports of sick and dying songbirds in five Indiana …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 20.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAccording to the EPA and the U-S Government Accountability Office, two Bloomington Superfund sites, Bennett Stone Quarry and Neal’s Landfill, are vulnerable to flooding from climate change. —Linda Greene On a two-hundred-acre tract of farmland in northeast Saint Joseph County, Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power is installing …
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