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Yearly Archives: 2012
Ozone levels have sizeable impact on worker productivity
December 19, 2012- by e! Science News. Editors note: in 2012, data from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management indicated a total of six violations of the current 75 parts per billion Ozone standard. Researchers in the Department of Health … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Quality Standards, Evansville, IDEM, Indiana, Ozone, smog
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Indiana’s Environmental Chief Easterly advises coal utilities on delaying greenhouse rules.
December 13, 2012 – by PR Watch Staff at prwatch.org You’re probably familiar with the old “fox in the hen house” story, but what about when a hen joins the fox den?This is the case with the recent American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, corporate corruption, environmental fraud, Greenhouse gas, IDEM, Indiana, Tom Easterly
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Edwardsport “White Paper” reveals mismanagement, and corruption
Edwardsport Report December 11, 2012 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor A Report published by Valley Watch, Sierra Club, Citizens Action Coalition and Save The Valley is an indictment against Duke Energy and its corruption in building the $3.5 billion … Continue reading
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Seasonal confusion reigns. But we can’t mention that climate change is happening in the tri-state.
December 3, 2012 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Yes it is December and yes most honey bees disappear in late October but this year with November hurricanes and continuing drought encompassing much of the United States, it is clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, December weather, Evansville, global warming, hoiney bees, Indiana
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Yet another air pollution situation that went unnoticed by local authorities
November 28, 2012-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor For those who were breathing overnight, I hope you were able to survive. I had noticed that the air quality was poor this morning but did not immediately address the issue since my complaints in … Continue reading
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Citizen action wins one in Indiana. Jasper officials prevented sufficient public involvement
November 20, 2012-by Dave Stafford in the Indiana Lawyer A judge who ruled against opponents of the conversion of a former coal-fired energy plant in Jasper abused her discretion on a series of matters, the Indiana Court of Appeals held … Continue reading
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Tagged biomass, citizen action, Coal, IN, Japser, msicanthus grass, perseverance wins
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Tri-State air pollution event continues. Looks surrealistic!
November 19, 2012-by John Blair valleywatch.net editor Air Quality in the Evansville region continued to be poor today with fine particles increasing to 39.23µg/m3 during the 9 AM hour. Of course, there was no alert issued since that just does … Continue reading
Correspondence reveals deceit of Evansville’s supposed environmental protection regime
November 17, 2012-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Yesterday we complained that Evansville’s air quality was unhealthy but that the monitor which is supposed to verify particulate air quality was conveniently out of service, supposedly for preventative maintenance. Shortly, after our … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, EEPA, Evansville, Fine particles. EPA regulations, IDEM, NAAQS
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Air quality in Evansville is atrocious but of course the official monitors are not working
November 16, 2012-by John Blair valleywatch.net editor Below is a picture I shot this morning of the atrocious air pollution in Evansville today, 11/16. It was basically the same yesterday as fine particles built up in the region. Unfortunately, IDEM … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, EEPA, Evansville, fine particles, Health standards, IDEM
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Climate Likely to Be on Hotter Side of Projections
November 9, 2012-Press Release from NASA A new NASA-funded study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., finds climate model projections that show a greater rise in global temperature are likely to prove more accurate than those showing … Continue reading
Most energy subsidies go to fossil and nukes, not clean energy as the corporatists would have you believe
November 7, 2012-by Daniel B. Botkin in E-The Environmental Magazine A persistent and common criticism of solar and wind energy is that they don’t pay their own way, but require government subsidies. Discounting one-time allocations under the now infamous bailout … Continue reading
Grist Magazine’s David Roberts explains climate change in a TED presentation
This video is to promote general awareness of the science of climate change. It features David Roberts of Grist, and short clips from around the web. Edited by @ryanlcooper. Find more of my stuff at http://www.ryanlouiscooper.com. Find David at http://grist.org/author/david-roberts/ … Continue reading
Rate/Taxpayers end up losers in bizarre authoritarian scheme called Indiana Gasification
October 28, 2012-by Mike Jarmus in the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette You might not have, but the Indiana state government has signed a deal to potentially pass down the loss to taxpayers and natural gas users alike. Tracy Warner’s Oct. … Continue reading
Indiana Representatives, Carson and Visclosky score “A” while the rest of indiana Congressional delegation scores “F” on clean water protections on 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
October 18, 2012-Sierra Club press release Today the Sierra Club marked the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act by releasing a Clean Water Voting Record for the U.S. House of Representatives. The online report card features an interactive map and issues letter … Continue reading
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Tagged Clean Water Act. Water, Congress, Indiana, pollution, Sierra Club
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