Start Over Date 2020

731. 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...

732. 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...

733. 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...

734. 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...

735. 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?

736. On Air with IER: Episode 78 (14:43)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The new owners of several steel mills in Indiana promise a "greener and more socially responsible" future for the facilities, Gov. Eric Holcomb awards six environmental excellence awards...

737. 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...

738. 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...

739. 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...

740. 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...