water quality Archives

Get Yer (Coal) Ash Out of the Vermillion River!

July 31, 2021August 2, 2021 Mike Nowak America's Most Endangered Rivers, American Rivers, Andrew Rehn, coal ash contamination, Earthjustice, Eco-Justice Collaborative, Jennfer Cassel, Middle Fork Vermillion River, Pam Richart, Peggy Malecki, Prairie Rivers Network, The Mike Nowak Show, water quality

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In a victory for clean water, Dynegy recently agreed to remove toxic coal ash from the floodplain of the Middle Fork of the Vermillion River in east central Illinois. Pam Richart from Eco-Justice Collaborative, Jenny Cassel of Earthjustice, and Andrew Rehn from Prairie Rivers Network explain how that happened only after years of work from a broad coalition of concerned groups and citizens.

Gardening Podcast Water conservation

Trowels Out at Garden Rant

March 20, 2021May 18, 2021 Mike Nowak COVID-19, Current Water, Garden Rant, gardening controversies, Marianne Willburn, Peggy Malecki, Scott Beuerlein, Susan Harris, The Mike Nowak Show, water quality, World Water Day 2021

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Garden Rant is celebrating its 15th year of poison pens and killer wit about all things gardening. Ranter Marianne Willburn and co-founder Susan Harris stop by to talk about their work…and fun. Alaina Harkness of Current Water returns to talk about World Water Day 2021 and protecting water quality in the age of climate change and coronavirus.

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

June 24, 2017 – Acting Koi

June 23, 2017July 7, 2017 Mike Nowak Bob Passovoy, chlorine, Ed Buck, environment, gardening, Kloubec Koi Farm, Midwest Pond and Koi Society, The Max, The Mike Nowak Show, water quality

The Mike Nowak Show broadcasts live from the the second day of the Midwest Pond & Koi Society (MPKS) 25th Annual Koi Show and Trade Show in McCook, Illinois.