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

Date:
2019-07-29
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 Volkswagen settlement funding.

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

Date:
2019-08-05
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.

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

Date:
2019-08-19
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 effect on the surrounding environment.

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

Date:
2019-08-26
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.

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

Date:
2019-09-03
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 administration caused it to close a bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Indiana.

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

Date:
2019-09-16
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 potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.

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

Date:
2019-09-23
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 backing up a federal air pollution law that may make air pollution worse.

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

Date:
2019-09-30
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.

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

Date:
2019-10-07
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 chronicles the lawsuit that brought the toxic effect of those chemicals into the light.

120. On Air with IER: Episode 41 (15:45)

Date:
2019-10-14
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Two midwestern environmental advocacy groups take the first step in suing the company that owns a steel mill in northwestern Indiana responsible for Clean Water Act violations, and the state of Indiana received a nearly half a billion dollar loan to improve water infrastructure projects in the state.