On this Policy & Politics with Dave Crooks the guest is Dr. Terry Goodin. Goodin was chosen by President Biden to be the Indiana Director for the USDA United States Department of Agriculture. Learn more about the significant investments happening in rural Indiana & Illinois.

 

On this week’s episode of Policy & Politics is Joe Etling and Todd Thacker, President of the Vigo County Council. Joe & Todd update listeners on the latest economic developments in and around Vigo County. They also discuss the latest in local, state and national politics.

 
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The Indiana General Assembly approved a project by Wabash Valley Resources, LLC to construct a Billion dollar facility north of Terre Haute designed to manufacture Fertilizer and collect and capture carbon and store it in the ground in our area. They also plan to build an 11 mile pipeline and may need to use eminent domain to secure easements. Many residents are opposed to the project and have attended recent meetings in New Goshen and Universal.

On this Policy and Politics with Dave Crooks, guests are Kerwin Olson of the Citizens Action Coalition and Clate CT Sanquenetti a local resident and creator of Concerned Citizens against Wabash Valley Resources. Learn more about this controversial project from those opposed.

 
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The Wabash Valley Resources has a proposed Fertilizer plant that will be located north of Terre Haute. Dave Crooks has former Attorney General and current Vice President of External Affairs for Wabash Valley Resources Greg Zoeller and former Union official with the Indiana Building Construction Trades Pete Rimsans.

On this Policy & Politics, Dave tackles topics about the community’s negative response to the proposition, how the community could be impacted by an issue or disaster at the plant, how many jobs the plant will supply, and what the possible misconceptions of the plant could be.

 
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