In this edition of Eco Report, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Amelia Bucher discusses coal in Indiana with Robyn Skuya-Boss, Chapter Director of the Sierra Club in Indiana.

The nay-sayers often chide those who believe in climate change that cows are the big contributor to warming. Indeed, methane from all sources causes about 30 percent of the global warming. The skeptics imply that the only (unacceptable) solution is to eliminate cattle, which, of course, will never happen. WTIU, on Aptil 14, reported a very simple solution: feed seaweed to cattle and most of the methane from cows goes away. The seaweed contains an enzyme that inhibits methane format. It takes very little seaweed to effectuate the change. The cattle are fed hay and only 0.5 percent seaweed. The beef has been on the market for two years, with no side effects.

The New York Times reports the Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency. The planned cancellation of the research grants, which were awarded to scientists outside the agency, comes as President Trump continues to dismantle some of the E.P.A.’s core functions. The grants are designed to address a range of issues, including improving the health of children in rural America who have been exposed to pesticides from agriculture and other pollution; reducing exposure to wildfire smoke; and preventing “forever chemicals” from contaminating the food supply.

In this edition of Eco Report, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Amelia Bucher discusses coal in Indiana with Robyn Skuya-Boss, Chapter Director of the Sierra Club in Indiana.

• Take a Growing Plants from Seed class at Brown County State Park on Saturday, April 26th, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, in the Nature Center program room. Learn how to propagate native plant seeds.
• A Friendship Bracelet Making class is scheduled for Saturday, April 26th, from 1 to 3 pm at McCormick’s Creek State Park. Meet in the Nature Center to learn how to make friendship bracelets.
  There will be a Wildflower Walk at Brown County State Park on Friday, May 2nd, from 11 to 11:45 am. You will walk around the Nature Center gardens and woods to enjoy all the wildflowers in bloom.

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On Air…………………………………Julianna Dailey
On Air………………………………………..Zero Roze
Headlines………………………………….Norm Holy
Feature Report……………………………..Zero Roze
Script…………………………………..Julianna Dailey
Events Calendar………………………Julianna Dailey
Engineer…………………………….Branden Blewett

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