An Orchestra of Elephants

Imagine building a xylophone for a 6,000-pound mammal. Columbia University neuroscientist slash experimental musician David Soldier (aka David Sulzer) teamed up with elephant expert Richard Lair, and did just that.

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Indiana GOPers Pass Collective Bargaining Bill; Dem Re[s Go M.I.A.

Governor Mitch Daniels isn't the only Indianan taking a cue from his northern neighbors in Wisconsin: Protesting Hoosiers swarmed the statehouse in Indianapolis Tuesday, while House Democrats reportedly fled the state, and the GOP-led Senate has passed SB 575 [PDF], which would e …

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Ecuador Court Orders Chevron to Pay Up

A small court in the town of Lago Agrio, Ecuador, has ordered Chevron to pay plaintiffs from indigenous communities and their defense $9 billion for environmental damages.

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Every Day's Bring Your Gun to Work Day in Indiana

Just because your assistant keeps an AK47 in her car, doesn't mean you can fire her—at least, that's what Indiana legislators are gunning for.

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Mubarak's Human Rights Record

The West is glued to the internet, holding its breath in anticipation of Egypt's outcome. But how many of us know why Mubarak is so bad? I did a little digging into his human rights record. Here is the (abridged) list I came up with.

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Hey Kids! All Aboard the Clean Coal Bus!

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy, the propaganda machine for big coal, has launched a bus tour that is visiting universities and community gatherings around the country-- mostly in coal communities. Their aim: convince the public that coal can be clean.

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The 15 biggest oilspills of all time (hint: Exxon Valdez doesn't make the cut)

A map of the 15 Biggest Oil spills.

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The Gulf's Other Time Bombs

33,000 miles of pipeline. 50,000 wells. Did we mention it's hurricane season?: One scary effing map.

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The BP Cover Up

BP and the government say the spill is fast disappearing—but dramatic new science reveals that its worst effects may be yet to come.

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The Next Deepwater Horizon?

The next Deepwater? Another BP rig's lack of safety verification has some legislators' attention.

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My BP Mole Spills Secrets of BP's Clean Up Ops

BP clean up worker shares secrets to reporter Mac McClelland about BP's lies to the press and the public, and describes the relationship between the superiors and subordinates in the clean-up operation.

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Cops censoring US reporters on behalf of foreign company

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You know what else is unamerican, Rand Paul?

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Why is BP Still in Charge of the Spill Site?

With the Gulf spill now one month in, some lawmakers and environmentalists are starting to question why BP is still in charge of the containment and clean-up effort. The company's attempts to cut off the spill have failed.

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Targeting the Media in Mexico

"Yeny Yuliana Marchan Arroyo, 23, had been working as a cub crime reporter at the Mexican newspaper Diario 21 for eight months when she was shot three times by an unknown assailant..."

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France Pledges $450mil to Haiti

France pledged $450 mil in aid to Haiti. The donation included cancellation of Haiti's $77mil debt to France. Some Haitians want France to pay reparations from the compensation the small nation was forced to cough up after independence in 1807.

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Indiana Power Plant 4th Dirtiest in the Nation

INDIANAPOLIS — Coal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday.

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Tipton Judge Considering Validity of Kokomo Remonstrators' Plea

County residents in opposition to Kokomo's plans to annex are required, by state statute, to present sixty-five percent of property owners' signatures to a judge. In this case, it's Tipton Judge Thomas Lett.

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Indiana Lawmakers to look at tighter guidelines for lobbyists

The intersection of money and politics in Indiana has not sparked national outrage like corruption cases in Illinois, say, or Louisiana. But as more lobbyists spend more money trying to influence politics here, onlookers and political leaders alike are taking notice.

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Pulitzer-winner Rick Bragg avoids writing about 'top of pile'

After a wide-ranging conversation about poverty, college sports, his native Alabama and a dozen other topics, the subject turned to the sacrifices that people make every day, just to get by.

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Part 2: The Costs of Graffiti and a Debate Over its Existence

The cost of wiping out graffiti from Bloomington is becoming more expensive for Bloomington city officials and local proprietors.

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Part I: Bloomington Graffiti Writers Claim Misunderstanding

Despite Bloomington's status as an art-focused community, graffiti writers say their sub-culture is misunderstood and branded a nuisance, rather than art. In the first of a two-part series, WFIU's Emily Loftis sought out graffiti writers to talk about their work.

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Law Professors Discuss US Supreme Court Rulings Against Environmentalists

In its last term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided against environmental organizations in five of five cases. ....

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Combined Health Insurance Plans May Still Leave Many Uncovered

There are about 2,000 Hoosiers on the waiting list for the state's health insurance program, also known as the Healthy Indiana Plan. There's still space left in the plan to cover more people — but only those with children.

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HIP Proposal Aims to Meet Medicaid Rules, Cover More Hoosiers

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has devised a proposal for insuring some of the 23,000 childless Hoosiers who are eligible for coverage through the Healthy Indiana Plan but are currently on a waiting list.

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