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Check out the updated 2014 Valley Watch Nature Photo Album

Posted on October 9, 2014 by John Blair

October 9, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor We just updated the valleywatch.net 2014 Nature Photo Album with some really nice pictures of colorful closeups of bugs. While you are there, we recommend browsing all the Nature Photo Albums of … Continue reading →

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Blair Steals Show at Ground Breaking December 19, 1985

Posted on October 2, 2014 by John Blair

October 2, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor This is a video shot by Fred McCool and Leonard Judd for WEHT-TV on December 19, 1985. Music and Editing were by then WEHT anchor, Paul Morrison. It shows me, John Blair, … Continue reading →

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Bell Telephone Science Hour discusses Photovoltaics in 1954 and a bit of local history

Posted on October 1, 2014 by John Blair

October 1, 2014-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor This video definitively shows that solar electricity had its roots more than 60 years ago. A few years later, I was working in a Rexall drug store and we had a promotion of … Continue reading →

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A bad year for coal but not because of government regs

Posted on September 26, 2014 by John Blair

September 26, 2014 – by Jacob Barker in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch It was supposed to be a better year for U.S. coal producers. But railroad congestion, a mild summer and indications that coal prices have yet to hit bottom … Continue reading →

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Valley Watch, colleagues finally win one in an Indiana court

Posted on September 9, 2014 by John Blair

September 8, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor On Monday, September 8, 2014, Valley Watch, along with steadfast colleagues, Citizens Action Coalition, Sierra Club and Save the Valley, achieved a rare victory in the Indiana Court of Appeals.  Duke Energy … Continue reading →

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Finally, after several days of BAD air, IDEM issues an air quality alert of SW Indiana

Posted on August 27, 2014 by John Blair

August 27, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor In case you have not noticed, lately, air quality has been pretty bad around Evansville for several days now. Yesterday, afternoon, fine particles reached a horrible level- 63.97µg/m3, almost twice the outdated … Continue reading →

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The absolute best five minutes of your day – Birds of Paradise

Posted on August 25, 2014 by John Blair

August 25, 2014 – by the Birds of Pardise Project-New Guinea, Cornell University Words are not necessary to describe this wonderful photography

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Duke Energy spills from 5,000 to 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the Ohio River near Cincinnati

Posted on August 19, 2014 by John Blair

August 19, 2014  – UPDATE- USEPA serving as on-scene coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Spill  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred last … Continue reading →

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Legislature Receives Report Detailing Success of Energizing Indiana

Posted on August 19, 2014 by John Blair

August 19, 2014- Press Release from Citizens Action Coalition Discontinued programs delivered over $3 in benefits for every $1 spent On August 15th, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) submitted the Demand Side Management (DSM) Report to the Indiana General … Continue reading →

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NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend

Posted on July 15, 2014 by John Blair

July 16, 2015 – by  National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the … Continue reading →

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Please do not end up like this

Posted on July 10, 2014 by John Blair

July 10, 2014-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor When I was a kid, all I wanted for summer vacation was a trip to the beach. Sun, sun, and them some more sun. Yes, there was a price to pay. Not only did … Continue reading →

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Reactionary response to carbon rule is misguided

Posted on June 6, 2014 by John Blair

June 6. 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor “Every means at our disposal” is the way that Indiana Governor, Mike Pence asserts he will fight regulations proposed on June 2 by the USEPA designed to turn the corner on … Continue reading →

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EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Comes to Agreement on Ozone Standard Recommendation

Posted on June 4, 2014 by John Blair

June 4, 2014 – by Gretchen Goldman, analyst. Center for Science and Democracy Today the EPA’s chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) agreed on a recommendation to Administrator McCarthy regarding an update to the ambient air pollution standard for … Continue reading →

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USA finally takes some action on Climate Change

Posted on June 2, 2014 by John Blair

June 2, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor June 2, 2014 will certainly go down in history as a potential turning point in the way humanity deals with the whole crisis of climate change and global warming. Today, EPA finally … Continue reading →

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America’s Dirty Secret: Coal Ash

Posted on May 14, 2014 by John Blair

May 14, 2014 – A Production of LinkTV.  Editor’s Note: Indiana and Southwest Indiana in particular is home to numerous massive coal ash dumps that were not featured in this video. Indiana Government has simply looked the other way as generally … Continue reading →

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