Articles tagged as: climate change
August 17, 2021
Youth Activists To Craft Climate Legislation With State Senator
Students in the group want the state to pass laws to help Indiana achieve carbon neutrality and address environmental racism.
Read MoreJuly 12, 2021
Purdue Expert Says Heat Stress Is 'Single Biggest' Impact Of Climate Change
Heat waves across the world and potentially record-breaking high temperatures in the western United States are bringing renewed attention to the dangers of heat stress.
Read MoreApril 26, 2021
Biden Working Group Targets Jobs For Fossil Fuel Communities
The group plans to hold a series of town hall meetings between Biden officials and the top coal communities, which include areas in Indiana, Illinois, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2021
NAACP: Carbon Tax Resolution Ignores Harm To Low-Income, Black, Brown Communities
The Baker-Shultz Carbon Dividends Plan proposes taxing companies that emit greenhouse gases and returning that money to U.S. households.
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2021
2020 Marked Another Year Indiana Was Hotter Than Normal
According to NASA, 2020 tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record globally. Though it was only the 14th the hottest year for Indiana, it marked the sixth year in a row that temperatures were above normal.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2021
Teachers React To New Climate Change Education Framework
The Indiana Department of Education released an online resource in partnership with Purdue University to help teachers teach climate change in schools.
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2021
Report: Indiana Less Prepared For Health Effects From Severe Storms, Tick Diseases
The report by Trust for Americas Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ranked states based on how vulnerable they are to the effects of climate change and how prepared they are to address them.
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2020
How Friend's Text Prompted This Local Author To Finish A Book He Started 25 Years Ago
WFYIs Jill Ditmire spoke with Jim Poyser about his new book, "The Last Actor," a novella that he started 25 years ago and was brought to his creative attention once again thanks to a text from a friend.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2020
Nonprofit Proposes Plan For Innovative Park Along Ohio River
A proposed urban park that would line the Ohio River along southern Indiana could become the first climate change-resilient riverside park designed in the Upper South and the Midwest, supporters say.
Read MoreApril 27, 2020
Rising Water Threatens The Great Lakes Shoreline Too
As sea levels rise, the nation's Atlantic and Pacific coastlines are eroding putting homes and businesses in jeopardy. But climate change also is increasing erosion on what's called the nation's "third coast" the Great Lakes shoreline.
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