EPA Funding Freeze Darkens Indiana’s Solar Plans
The Environmental Protection Agency is threatening to pull over $20 billion in grant money from clean energy projects, including $117 million in Indiana.
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Indiana Steps Up To Get The Lead Out
Indiana is working to eliminate lead pipes under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, which require most lead pipes to be removed within 10 years.
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Indiana Leads 25 States In Filing Emergency Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court To Halt EPA’s Carbon Rule
Attorneys general in 25 states have sent an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to immediately halt a Biden administration rule they say threatens to shutter the country’s remaining fleet of coal-fired power plants.
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New EPA Rules Will Force Fossil Fuel Power Plants To Cut Pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, April 25, released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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EPA Approves Permits For Controversial Carbon Sequestration Fertilizer Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week issued permits allowing a West Terre Haute-based company to construct two underground wells for carbon sequestration.
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Indiana Gets Multiyear Grant For Climate Pollution Research
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is using a $3 million federal grant to track greenhouse-gas pollution in the state.
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Council Approves Economic Development Plan For New Housing
An economic development plan for Rabbit Ridge, owned by Dr. Larry Allen, was approved by the Syracuse Town Council during its regular meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 17.
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Draft EPA Rule Could Impact Nearly 50 Indiana Coal Ash Dumps
Draft federal regulations for toxic coal byproducts could cover nearly 50 exempted dumps spread across 14 locations in Indiana.
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From Pesticide To Coal Ash, Lawmakers Want More Control
Indiana lawmakers want to give the General Assembly more power over decisions that are currently left to state agencies — a move that some advocates say would put Hoosiers’ health and environment in jeopardy.
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Indiana American Water Releases Water Quality Reports
On May 16, Indiana American Water announced that results published in the company’s latest annual water quality reports available online indicated excellent water quality throughout its 22-county service area.
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EPA Credits Warsaw Police, Fire Officials With Averting Significant Industrial Spill
WARSAW — A representative of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had words of praise for emergency responders who put the brakes on a January oil spill in Warsaw. Police responded on Jan. 22 to a report of people trespassing at a closed factory site off Argonne Road known … Read More
Pence Remarks On EPA Lawsuit
Governor Mike Pence today offered the following statement regarding Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s decision to enter Indiana into a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s final “Waters of the United States” rule. “I am pleased that Indiana will join more than two dozen other states that are … Read More
North Webster Man Among Three To Plead Guilty In Biofuels Scam
Three brothers, one a resident of North Webster, have pleaded guilty to participating in a biofuels scam that federal investigators are calling “one of the largest tax and securities fraud schemes in Indiana history.” Chad Ducey, 39, Fishers entered a guilty plea Tuesday and his two brothers, Chris … Read More
EPA Seeks Input For Restricting Use Of TCE
By SHEILA CANAVAN United State Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominations from individuals who represent small businesses, small governments and small not-for-profit organizations to provide input to a federal panel that will explore risk reduction in the use of trichloroethylene. This panel will … Read More
Indiana Chamber Wants Your Feeback On New EPA Regulation
Indiana’s environment is cleaner than it’s been in our lifetimes. But such substantial progress here, and in other parts of the country, is not enough for the Environmental Protection Agency. Smart, necessary regulations make sense. However, that’s the opposite of what we have with the new directive to … Read More
Pence, Ellspermann Opposing ‘Waters Of The US’ Rule
Indianapolis – On Friday, Governor Mike Pence and Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann sent a letter to both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to withdraw the proposed rule that redefines “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water … Read More