Videos Available from the Illinois EPA
Darwin Burkhart, BOA checks out Chicago's new hydrogen-fueled buses for "Our Environment Today" program on alternative
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The Illinois EPA's Office of Public Information has a number of
programs available on video tape. Many of these programs were created
for Our Environment Today, a bimonthly cable
television show developed by the agency for local public access stations
and the education community. The program uses a documentary approach
to present current statewide environmental issues. Approximately 32
local cable stations in Illinois now air Our Environment
Today.
To receive a free copy of any of these programs, specify which program(s)
you desire and send a blank video tape with return address to:
Illinois EPA Studio #27
P.O. Box 19276
1025 North Grand Ave. E.
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
For more information about video programs, call Bob Wiatrolik at 217-785-1629
or send e-mail to Bob.Wiatrolik@illinois.gov.
Program Titles and Descriptions
- Air Monitoring
- A look at agency air monitoring equipment and activities with a view
from the top of the Sears tower. (1992; 30 min.)
- Alternative Fuels
- Brief history of early alternative fuels and a current look at electricity,
propane, natural gas, hydrogen and ethanol as viable fuels for today's
vehicles. (1997; 30 min.)
- Asbestos
- A close look at various asbestos removal activities and the many
federal, state, county and local safety requirements. (1995; 30 min.)
- Biological Stream Sampling
- Look at two state agencies and numerous volunteers sampling and monitoring
the aquatic inhabitants of the Mackinaw River. (1995; 30 min.)
- Cash for Clunkers
- An agency "pilot" pollution credits program where industries
buy old polluting cars in order to reduce the amount of air pollution.
(1993; 30 min.)
- Clean Break
- A look at the agency program which encouraged small businesses with
pollution problems to accept agency assistance to identify and correct
these problems. (1996; 30 min.)
- Coal Mining
- Brief history of coal mining and a current look at environmental
changes/progress made in the industry. (1996; 30 min.)
- Community Relations
- How good community relations incorporates local citizens and groups
in the planning process resulting in many successful environmental
remediations. (1996; 30 min.)
- Environmental Clubs
- What unique things one Illinois high school class does in their environmental
club. (1996; 30 min.)
- Environmental Poster Contest
- Follow a fifth grade class all the way through the agency's
environmental poster contest activities to the awards ceremony. (1995;
30 min.)
- Farming Environmentally
- A look at how one Illinois farm family incorporates environmental
practices into their personal stewardship of the land. (1997; 30 min.)
- Glenview Naval Air Station
- Two part look at one of the most successful base closures/environmental
remediations in the nation. (1994; 60 min.)
- Governor's Environmental Corps
- A participants look at the agencies eight week paid summer environmental
corps program available to college students. (1994; 30 min.)
- Great Flood of '93
- Three part program about floods impact on drinking water and sewage
treatment plants, land fills, and the cleanup and recycling of damaged
major appliances. (1993; 90 min.)
- Companies for a Cleaner Environment
- A look at what several Illinois companies are doing to prevent pollution.
(1995; 30 min.)
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Look at several aspects of a typical agency sponsored community collection
event. (1992; 30 min.)
- Illinois EPA 25 years ago
- First director Clarence Classen tells how the agency began, what
the activities were like then and what the agency and priorities are
now. (1995; 30 min.)
- Methane Recovery
- A look at what productive things are being done with and to old landfills.
(1996; 30 min.)
- Out in the Field
- Two part program which follows agency field personnel on routine
inspections of landfills, sewage treatment plants and drinking water
facilities. (1996; 30 min.)
- Ozone
- What is ozone and how is the agency monitoring ozone levels in the
Chicago area. (1995; 30 min.)
- Pollution Prevention
- A two part close examination of several companies incorporating serious
pollution prevention practices and equipment in their production processes.
(1998; 30 min.)
- T.A.R.P.
- Go 300 feet under Chicago and see the tunnel and reservoir plan (TARP)
and learn all about storm water. (1996; 30 min.)
- Trash Train
- A look at what happens to municipal waste from New York when it arrives
in Illinois for proper disposal. (1992; 30 min.)
- Used Tire Shredding
- A look at the agency's cleanup of one of the largest abandoned tire
dump sites in the Midwest. (1993; 30 min.)
- Vehicle Inspection Program
- A look at the agency's first emissions testing program for gasoline
powered vehicles in the Chicago and metro-east area. (1994; 30 min.)
- Watersheds
- A two part program thoroughly examining what watersheds are, how
we impact them and how they affect our environment. (1998; 60 min.)
- Hazardous Waste Cleanup Projects
- There are "several" programs on various remediation projects
the agency has been involved in. Please call for specific information.
(30 min. each)
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