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June 13, 2011-By Heidi Cullen in Huffington Post My phone tends to ring a lot more when the weather is bad. I often get calls from reporters and producers who usually ask me the same question a bunch of different … Continue reading →

Multimedia op-ed by Bill McKibben and Stephen Thomson. Written version first appeared in the Washington Post. [youtube id=”xhCY-3XnqS0″ w=”600″ h=”400″]  

June 6, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor After failing to notify the public last week when Ozone levels soared to unsafe levels on Thursday as they are required to do under an agreement with the Federal Government, the City of … Continue reading →

June 3, 2011-by Ben Geman in The Hill’s Energy and Environment Blog A top Navy official said Friday that the department isn’t interested in developing coal-based transportation fuels as an alternative to oil, noting there are more promising options. Tom … Continue reading →

May 31, 2011-by the Herald Leader. On election night, Gov. Steve Beshear talked about how he has stood with Kentucky families as they “dug deep” to endure an economic downturn and a “series of unforeseen and devastating weather catastrophes.” It … Continue reading →

  May 1, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Cairo, Illinois is still with us but huge “sand boils” are being reported in the levee that protects the community from the power of both the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Cairo, in … Continue reading →

April 30, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. A pair of barges sit down river from the confluence of the Ohio And Mississippi Rivers loaded with explosives that may be used to destroy a levee to remove pressure from another levee … Continue reading →

April 22, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Forty-one years ago today my life changed although it took several years to discover just how much. Earth Day 1970 was a tumultuous time. The protests of the 60s civil rights movement had … Continue reading →

April 22, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Photo© 2011 John Blair HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! Tulips are neat even when they are at the end of their blooming stage. I shot this one in near darkness, using an exceptionally high camera … Continue reading →

April 19, 2011-by the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana. Testimony filed yesterday by Citizens Action Coalition in the proposed Indiana Gasification, LLC substitute natural gas plant (SNG) proceeding currently before the IURC included a letter from State Representative Win Moses … Continue reading →

April 12, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Yesterday’s drenching rainfall added beauty to the night as bluebells (L) blossomed and fresh tulips (R) readied their opening to herald another Spring. The flowers were moist with the recent rain which added … Continue reading →

April 10, 2011-by John Blair valleywatch.net editor For several weeks the land inside the “horseshoe bend” at Evansville was inundated by flood waters causing the River to ultimately rise to 43.5 feet. The Kentucky side of the River at Evansville … Continue reading →