Start Over Date 2019

111. On Air with IER: Episode 31 (20:06)

Date:
July 22, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expands the use of a pesticide it admits is "very highly toxic" to bees, and teachers get lessons on how to teach students about climate change.

112. On Air with IER: Episode 32 (15:51)

Date:
July 29, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The U.S. EPA has chosen not to ban an Indiana-made pesticide linked to brain abnormalities and autism in children, and the state of Indiana has chosen the first round of proposals for Vo...

113. On Air with IER: Episode 33 (18:15)

Date:
August 5, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This Week: Air quality gains have slowed after two decades of improvement, and an app is helping beekeepers and growers check in on their bees without disturbing them.

114. On Air with IER: Episode 34 (19:07)

Date:
August 19, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Community and environmental groups are suing the EPA for higher dust-lead standards, and environmental groups are concerned a Hoosier National Forest management plan may have a negative ...

115. On Air with IER: Episode 35 (15:46)

Date:
August 26, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: We track a chemical release in the Little Calumet River, and we take a look at how changes to the Endangered Species Act could make it harder to protect vulnerable plants and animals.

116. On Air with IER: Episode 36 (13:27)

Date:
September 3, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The town of Speedway is trying to find out who is dumping a large amount of industrial oil into the town's water supply, and a biofuel company says Big Oil's relationship with the Trump ...

117. On Air with IER: Episode 37 (17:56)

Date:
September 16, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Lots of roll backs. The Trump administration rolls back a rule that would have made light bulbs more efficient, and the EPA rolls back limits on methane, a greenhouse has 25 times more p...

118. On Air with IER: Episode 38 (14:38)

Date:
September 23, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rolls back a 2015 rule that expands the definition of waterways protected by federal law, and the state of Indiana and 19 other states are backin...

119. On Air with IER: Episode 39 (21:43)

Date:
September 30, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Hoosiers joined a global climate strike, and the EPA may rewrite a cross-state pollution rule after a court cracked down on open-ended compliance deadlines.

120. On Air with IER: Episode 40 (21:07)

Date:
October 7, 2019
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A long-term Indiana University air pollution monitoring program will use a $5.9 million grant to measure the amount of PFAS chemicals in the Great Lakes, and a new book and movie chronic...