Households of color more likely to have utilities disconnected, not receive stimulus checks
Households of color continue to be affected at disproportionate rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, with utility disconnections, evictions and debt higher in their communities than in their white counterparts.
Environmental lawsuit against IPL helps pave the road to a coal-free Indiana
The lawsuit has sparked interest on how the switch from coal to natural gas will have a significant effect on the air quality and the health of the surrounding community in Indianapolis. Coal-fired power plants such as IPL have been contributing to a nationwide issue of air pollution.
Educating for Environmental Change garners Indiana’s top environmental award
Educating for Environmental Change, an Environmental Resilience Institute-supported program to help Indiana educators teach climate change in the classroom, recently received Indiana’s top environmental award, the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, for “extraordinary initiatives in protecting the environment.”
IU's statewide survey finds area residents making some concessions to climate.
These birds communicate by fluttering their feathers -- and they have different accents
Birds tweet, squawk, chirp, hoot, cluck, and screech to communicate with each other. Some birds have found another way to talk, though: they make sounds by fluttering their feathers or smacking their wings together really fast. Scientists just discovered another species that makes sounds with its feathers, a bird from the American tropics called the Fork-tailed Flycatcher.
Indiana University Rural Conference
Online via Zoom
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Indiana University Rural Conference
Online via Zoom
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Environmental Resilience Speaker Series: Sanya Carley and David Konisky
To be held on Zoom
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The Connections Between Racial Equity and Climate Change
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