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December 4, 2013-by the International Panel on Climate Change The IPCC has produced a video on its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The first part on the Working Group I contribution to AR5 is now available. The other parts will be … Continue reading →

November 13, 2013- Video by photographer Shane Black October 23, 2013—After quitting a comfortable day job, photographer Shane Black spent two months on the road shooting time-lapses of some of America’s most beautiful spots. His “Adventure Is Calling” video is … Continue reading →

November 9, 2013-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor You know that winter is closing in when ladybugs seem to appear all over. In this case. two ladybugs of suffering species share the same wilting foliage. © 2013 BlairPhotoEVV

November 9, 2013-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor A trip through Audubon State Park on a beautiful Autumn day. All photos © 2013 BlairPhotoEVV. © 2013 BlairPhotoEVV A funky self portrait. © 2013 BlairPhotoEVV © 2013 BlairPhotoEVV © 2013 BlairPhotoEVV

November 6, 2013-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Having cut my environmental teeth in a seven year (successful) effort to fight the Marble Hill nuclear plant in Indiana, I wrote Dr. James Hansen the following letter today admonishing him to reconsider … Continue reading →

October 15, 2013-by Wendy Bredhold, Mom’s Clean Air Force Moms Clean Air Force Hosts UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS Award-Winning Documentary About the Chemicals Around Us – And In Us 7 p.m. November 4, AMC Evansville 16 “Unacceptable Levels” is a no-nonsense documentary that … Continue reading →

September 25, 2013 – in Environmental and Energy Management News Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and California are the greenest states, according to a NMI survey of more than 3,000 U.S. consumers in the 25 largest states. The least green states are … Continue reading →

September 20, 2013-EPA video. Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. Editor’s note: Janet McCabe used to be the head of IDEM’s air program during a time when Evansville and environs sought to improve air quality, particularly ozone in … Continue reading →

September 9, 2013-Press Release from  Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller Representing the prosecution in appellate court, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office is seeking to reinstate criminal charges against a former state utility regulator by appealing a trial court’s order … Continue reading →

September 9, 2013-byChristopher Rowland in the Boston Globe House Republicans scouring for evidence of overreaching environmental regulations are taking aim at a two-decade-old, taxpayer-funded scientific study by Harvard researchers that linked air pollution to disease and death. Even though the … Continue reading →

August 29, 2013-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Nature can be cruel. In my garden this year, I have numerous spiders called “orb weavers” or garden spiders. I was watching them today to capture a possible new angle when suddenly a rather … Continue reading →

August 29, 2013-by John Krull, in the StatehouseFile. Ed. Note: The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on this case on September 5 and Valley Watch, Inc. is one of the parties to this case, along with Vectren, other … Continue reading →

August 28, 2013, by Bil Musgrave, member of the United Mine Workers of America Local 1189. Editor’s note: This was originally intended as a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal for publication on Labor Day, next week. They … Continue reading →