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February 9, 2012-by National Aeronautics and Space Administration The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the … Continue reading →

February 3, 2012-Text and photos by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor.  It’s supposed to be 60 degrees again today and that will surely bring out more new bugs and evidence that Spring is just around the corner. Will it stay? That … Continue reading →

An Appeal from actress, Julianne Moore for mothers across America to unite to bring about Clean Air.

January 26, 2012-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. On January 25, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, IDEM (otherwise known as It Doesn’t Even Matter) held a pubic hearing to take testimony on their “draft” air pollution permit for the nefarious … Continue reading →

January 24, 2012-By Amy Westervelt in Forbes Magazine Make no mistake: Kentucky is a coal state. Legislators have lined up time and again in support of the industry. The state’s governor famously told the EPA last year to “get off our … Continue reading →

January 20, 2012-by Sue Sturgis in Facing South Environmental and public-health groups plan to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to force the release of long-awaited federal standards for disposal of coal ash. On Jan. 18, the nonprofit environmental law firm … Continue reading →

January 8, 2012-by Heather Gillers in the Indianapolis Star Beginning this year, the Bear Run Mine in southwestern Indiana is expected to produce 8 million to 12 million tons of coal annually and will become the largest coal mine in … Continue reading →

January 4, 2012-Excerpted from the National Wildlife Federation 10. The Dirty Water Act Yes, 2011 will be remembered as the year Congress decided America’s water was just too darn clean, attacking the Clean Water Act and investment in clean water … Continue reading →

December 31, 2011-New York Times Editorial It is a national disgrace that the strongest supporters of tougher mine safety concede that it will likely take another disaster before lawmakers will be willing to buck Big Coal and pass desperately needed … Continue reading →

December 21, 2011-Valley Watch press release issued today. For Immediate Release     Contact John Blair @ 812-464-5663 Valley Watch is Thrilled with EPA’s issuance of the Mercury and Air Toxics Rule today. Valley Watch, the Evansville based environmental health … Continue reading →

December 31, 2011- by John Blair, valley watch.net editor Coal protest have now gone global as more than 30,000 people in China tools to the streets on one coal plant city to protest against the plant and its pollution. http://youtu.be/5vdncZbkmsw

Indictments issued against former IURC chair for official misconduct December 16, 2011-by Steven Higgs in the Bloomington Alternative While citizen advocates hail indictments charging Gov. Mitch Daniels’s chief utility regulator with official misconduct, they say David Lott Hardy is but … Continue reading →