Start Over Date 2020

611. On Air with IER: Episode 79 (16:24)

Date:
October 12, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The COVID-19 crisis is making more Hoosiers energy insecure, and Indiana lawmakers discuss a draft bill that could set the foundation for carbon offset trading in the state.

612. On Air with IER: Episode 80 (24:13)

Date:
October 26, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA has removed all or parts of 27 Superfund sites, including three Indiana sites, from the National Priorities List. Is the contamination threat at those sites really gone? Plus, an...

613. On Air with IER: Episode 81 (17:43)

Date:
November 9, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA approved the registration of three dicamba products, despite previous federal court decisions invalidating earlier registrations and a growing number of complaints about the prod...

614. On Air with IER: Episode 82 (15:29)

Date:
November 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A new EPA proposal seeks to stop air pollution from upwind states like Indiana from crossing into downwind states and contributing to their pollution, and a federal judge ordered the FDA...

615. On Air with IER: Episode 83 (15:56)

Date:
December 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The Office of the Indiana State Chemist is considering some state-specific restrictions on dicamba, and climate activists discuss what steps President-elect Biden should take to combat c...

616. On the Ballot: environmental health advocate Catherine Flowers (23:51)

Date:
October 29, 2020
Main contributors:
Flowers, Catherine Coleman ; McCabe, Janet; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Where strong Alabama activist roots meet inadequate wastewater infrastructure, you find the work of Catherine Coleman Flowers. What began as a fight for improved environmental health in Lowndes Cou...

617. On the Ballot: Live with Julian NoiseCat and Ben Geman (1:01:00)

Date:
October 1, 2020
Main contributors:
NoiseCat, Julian; Geman, Ben; Shanahan, James
Summary:
With early voting opening around the U.S. and Election Day just about a month away, we want to dive into the races and issues to watch this season. In the first episode of our pre-election series,...

618. On the Ballot: wildlife ecologist Merav Ben-David (26:44)

Date:
October 19, 2020
Main contributors:
Ben-David, Merav; McCabe, Janet; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Merav Ben-David is a wildlife ecologist at the University of Wyoming. Her specialty? The effects of global environmental change on animals and their ecosystems. Her next move? A run for the U.S. Se...

619. On the Ballot: Zoya Teirstein and Sammy Roth (40:54)

Date:
October 16, 2020
Main contributors:
Teirstein, Zoya; Roth, Sammy; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Does this U.S. election season have your head spinning? In this episode, Grist reporter Zoya Teirstein and LA Times reporter Sammy Roth take us from the national to the local on what's important in...

620. On Topic with IU, with IUPUI Epidemiologist Shandy Dearth (12:29)

Date:
April 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Dearth, Shandy; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Shandy Dearth is the director of undergraduate epidemiology education at the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI. She explains pandemic surveillance, key indicators health experts will be lo...