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Videos and audio clips about the AltEn environmental crisis in Mead, Nebraska

Drone photo by Dr. John Schalles

To see a photo album of photos of the AltEn property, click here.

Most Recent videos:

Waste removal at Mead’s AltEn to wrap up in 2025, KOLN, by Samantha Bernt, Sept. 24, 2024

High levels of methane found in AltEn groundwater well-casings, KETV, by Jessica Perez, July 13, 2023.

Nebraska leaders skeptical about cleanup of solid waste from AltEn in Mead, WOWT News, May 26, 2023

Video of the AltEn contamination Town Hall meeting in Mead, NE on the January 30, 2023 featuring researchers from UNMC, UNL and Creighton University.

Harmful chemicals from AltEn ethanol plant found in Mead homes, KETV News, Sean McKinnon, January 31, 20233

'Recovery' and cautious optimism: researchers share progress and concerns two year's after AltEn closure, News Channel Nebraska, January 30, 2023

Conservation Nebraska and the Nebraska Water Center's video of Dr. Daniel Snow's presentation on current water quality issues in the state of Nebraska, Posted Feb. 10, 2023

Webinar: "Struggling bees, systemic pesticide pollution, and the health of our communities" given by UNL Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Dr. Judy Wu-Smart sponsored by the Kanza Sierra Club (Passcode: 0J@2V0uR)

Click here to view the media coverage of the February 14, 2022 Rally: Stop the Coverup at AltEn. Held at the Capitol Rotunda

Click here to view the Lincoln Journal Star's documentary video 'Bad Seed'

Click here to view the NDEE video 'AltEn Winterization Activities', December 2021

Click here to view a video and story from KETV, 'Plan treats Nebraska ethanol plant like EPA Superfund Site,' January 2022

Click here to view a YouTube video, 'University of Nebraska researchers investigate long-term impacts of AltEn pesticide contamination,' January 5, 2022

Click here to view the KMTV News segment about AltEn, 'Nearly a year after being shut down, the impact of the Alt-En ethanol plant in Mead is still being researched and investigated,' January 6, 2022.

Click here to view the WOWT News segment about AltEn, 'Mead community questioning closed ethanol pland cleanup efforts,' January 6, 2022.

Click here to view a video and story from KETV, 'Bee researcher sounded alarm on hazardous waste site,' January 31, 2022

Click here to view the KETV News segment, 'Paper trail reveals state of Nebraska approved unprecedented use of pesticide-laden seed corn,' February 9, 2022

Click here to view the KETV News segment, 'Bill seeks $10-Million to study Nebraska ethanol plant's health hazards,' February 14, 2022

Click here to view the KETV News segment, 'Plan treats Nebraska ethanol plant like EPA Superfund Site,' February 18, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV News segment, 'Helicopter installs temporary cover on toxic waste pile at AltEn,' February 18, 2022.

Click here to view the News Channel Nebraska story and video, 'Future health concerns surround polluted plant in Mead,' February 24, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV News Segment, 'Who pays for Nebraska's biggest hazardous mess?' February 24, 2022

Click here to view the hearing before the Executive Board for LR159 which would create an investigative committee to look into regulatory oversights, cleanup procedures and associated costs at AltEn

Click here to view the KETV News video, Stabilizing environmental hazards in Mead proves challenging, March 6, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV News video, 'Researchers urge Nebraska lawmakers to fund health study on toxic mess at AltEn,' March 23, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV News video, 'Mead Farmer wants his poisoned pond cleaned up,' March 25, 2022.

Click here to view the WOWT News video, 'Lawmakers debate over studying health implications of Mead waste,' March 31, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV News video, 'Chemicals discovered in groundwater 30 miles west of Omaha,' April 26, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV News video, 'Many, many, many unknowns': Concern over contaminated wastewater dumping from AltEn site, April 27, 2022

Click here to view the NTV News segment, 'AltEn seeks permit renewal for disposing of treated wastewater,' April 27, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV news segment, 'Mead's AltEn ethanol plant: Researchers reveal preliminary findings, Alexandra Stone, June 16, 2022

Click here to view the KETV news segment, 'State reissues permit for AltEn's wastewater treatment,' July 5, 2022.

Click here to view the Nebraska Public Media topical show "Consider this . . ." entitled "AltEn Crisis in Mead," July 23, 2022.

Click here to view the KETV news segment, Hemp can help clean up AltEn mess according to UNL researcher, Andrew Ozaki, August 5, 2022.

Video summary of the concerns at the AltEn ethanol plant, Lincoln Journal Star

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Audio Clips about AltEn

'The Smell of money: Mead, Nebraska's fight for its future,' audio documentary, Nebraska Public Media, August 4, 2021

'Seed Corn Companies Try to Claw Back AltEn’s Sold-Off Assets in Two Lawsuits,' Nebraska Public Media, February 24, 2022

'AltEn and Mead, One Year After the State Sued the Ethanol Plant,' Nebraska Public Media, by Elizabeth Rembert, March 1, 2022

'The Different Ideas on How to Clean Up AltEn, and What’s at Stake,' Nebraska Public Media, by Elizabeth Rembert, March 18, 2022

'Nebraska Plans to Renew Permit for AltEn to Release Treated Wastewater Onto Nearby Fields,' Nebraska Public Media, by Elizabeth Rembert, March 21, 2022

‘Way Ahead of Schedule’: Nebraskans Weigh in on Plans to Renew Permit Allowing AltEn to Release Treated Wastewater, Nebraska Public Media, by Elizabeth Rembert, April 27, 2022.

Other Media:

Click here to view a StoryMap - A primer on pollution from the AltEn plant in Mead, NE, by Pierce Greenberg and Caroline Adrian

Click here to view photos of the AltEn plant

Click here to see the unorthodox and unsafe technique of decontaminating a worker at the AltEn plant

Click here to view the University of Nebraska Medical Center's webpage on AltEn Environmental Pollution

Click here to view the What About Mead, Nebraska Facebook page.

Click here to view the Facebook group Quality Life for Saunders (Saunders County Nebraska)