Introduction
Welcome to Episode 53 of the IER Podcast hosted by Enrique Saenz.
Major Pesticide Producer to Stop Selling Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children
By Enrique Saenz
One of the country’s largest agricultural chemical companies announced it will stop selling its chlorpyrifos pesticides by the end of the year.
Judge Rules for Advocacy Groups in First Dale Plant Challenge
By Beth Edwards
Two Southern Indiana environmental groups have won one stage in a battle to halt the construction of a coal-to-diesel plant in Dale, Indiana, that they believe will negatively affect health, quality of life and tourism in the area.
Intermission
A roundup of recent climate and environmental related headlines from around the world.
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EPA makes available $55 million for Indiana infrastructure projects
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Plastic waste thought to be recycled clogging U.S. landfills
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Almost half of U.S. states working on PFAS legislation
Link for the third story.
Morgan County Residents Find a Fresh Way to Farm
By Beth Edwards
Morgan County residents are learning how to use aquatic life to grow food.