The Mike Nowak Show

Recent Episodes

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

Posted July 31, 2021 • 02:02:15

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...

Local Food Is Getting Better In Illinois

Posted July 24, 2021 • 02:04:25

Where local food is concerned, it was a good spring session in the Illinois General Assembly in 2021. Molly Gleason from the Illinois Stewardship Alliance...

Climate Change and Chicago’s Water

Posted July 17, 2021 • 02:04:26

Commissioner Debra Shore of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago explains the connections involving climate change, extreme...

Return of the Butterfly Whisperer

Posted July 10, 2021 • 02:04:35

Doug Taron is a PhD, Chief Curator of the Chicago Academy of Sciences at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring...

How to Rescue Storm Damaged Trees

Posted July 3, 2021 • 02:03:35

Following a June 2021 that featured drought, excessive rain and destructive storms, homeowners and municipalities are assessing the damage done to their...