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81. On Air with IER: Episode 6 (15:51)

Date:
December 10, 2018
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Citizen scientists help make sure your waterways stay healthy, and researchers find out if people are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly beer.

82. On Air with IER: Episode 60 (24:21)

Date:
April 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: An Indiana University survey finds that only 1 in 5 Hoosiers thought a pandemic was possible, and northwestern Indiana residents are concerned a plan to close several coal ash ponds may ...

83. On Air with IER: Episode 61 (17:02)

Date:
May 4, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: We get a first look at which companies are asking IDEM for leniency during the COVID-19 crisis, and people living near the Michigan City Generating Station prepare their response to a co...

84. On Air with IER: Episode 62 (20:46)

Date:
May 18, 2020
Summary:
This week: More than half a dozen Indiana communities will take the first steps in cleaning up potentially contaminated plots of land, and parts of two Indiana cities have met federal air quality s...

85. On Air with IER: Episode 63 (15:19)

Date:
May 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Monroe County officials and two environmental groups sue to stop the U.S. Forest Service from implementing a plan they say could pollute Lake Monroe, and changes to a chemical reporting ...

86. On Air with IER: Episode 64 (23:06)

Date:
June 8, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Researchers from Midwestern universities say the region needs to transform its current agricultural system to survive in the current century, and new survey results find a majority of Ho...

87. On Air with IER: Episode 65 (20:48)

Date:
June 15, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A federal court ordered the EPA to ban the sale of three dicamba herbicides after understating the products risks and understating their damage, plus Congress hears how environmental inj...

88. On Air with IER: Episode 66 (18:06)

Date:
June 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A coalition of groups from across the nation threaten to sue the EPA unless it reviews flare standards for the first time in three decades, and a Goshen man faces multiple charges for an...

89. On Air with IER: Episode 67 (21:07)

Date:
July 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A legal battle between IDEM and the EPA over the air quality designation for a small part of Huntington County could get even more complicated after three groups threaten to sue over sup...

90. On Air with IER: Episode 68 (18:55)

Date:
July 13, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A group of scientists say a family of thousands of persistent and potentially toxic chemicals known as PFAS should be treated as a single chemical class to improve the efficiency and eff...

91. On Air with IER: Episode 69 (25:54)

Date:
July 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Once known for the healing power of its spring-fed spas, the city of Martinsville, Indiana now faces the specter of health threats caused by the contamination of its water supply.

92. On Air with IER: Episode 7 (15:40)

Date:
December 17, 2018
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A Chinese law threatens to reduce the number of endangered Amur tigers in the wild, and your choice of Christmas tree could make a significant environmental and economic difference.

93. On Air with IER: Episode 70 (17:51)

Date:
July 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: East Chicago residents are concerned the EPA will delist 671 properties from the Superfund National Priorities List before all health threats are removed, and a court has ordered the EPA...

94. On Air with IER: Episode 71 (16:07)

Date:
August 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA finalized a rule that could delay the closure of toxic coal ash ponds in Indiana and elsewhere, and new survey results find that race plays a role in how Hoosiers experience and ...

95. On Air with IER: Episode 72 (18:32)

Date:
August 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA wants to know what you think about a plan to clean up a toxic Superfund site in Martinsville, a coalition in northwestern Indiana gives out awards for clean air contributions, an...

96. On Air with IER: Episode 73 (21:09)

Date:
August 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Youth activists from West Lafayette want Purdue University to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, and the IDEM commissioner speaks about the agency's actions during the earl...

97. On Air with IER: Episode 74 (26:00)

Date:
August 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: IER's Beth takes a look at complicated legacy of large scale farming in Indiana. It helps farmers stay in business and gets food to stores, but at what cost?

98. On Air with IER: Episode 75 (19:38)

Date:
August 31, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: We take at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, LLC steel mill. The facility recently had a big win in air quality, but is also under investigation for how it and its contracted laboratory te...

99. On Air with IER: Episode 76 (15:58)

Date:
September 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: EPA's Region 5 is refuting a new report by the EPA's Office of the Inspector General that may have found major record keeping issues, Indianapolis Power & Light has settled a lawsuit all...

100. On Air with IER: Episode 77 (15:57)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: IDEM closes the door on ephemeral streams protection in Indiana, and COVID-19 slows the military's transition to a PFAS-free firefighting foam.