Government

Lawmakers Want ‘Safe Harbor’ for Small Businesses Selling Illegal Air Polluting Auto Parts

Bipartisan group says agency effort to target aftermarket devices that defeat emissions controls will hurt small businesses without clear guidelines.
Government

Supreme Court Conservatives Rule to Drastically Reduce Protections for Wetlands

Sackett decision a big win for land developers, but communities expected to face more flooding and higher water bills.
On Air with IER

On Air with IER: Episode 124

This week: We take a look at a bill that seeks to clamp down on the few remaining state protections for wetlands and the powerful building lobby behind it.
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Bird's-Eye View

Every day, people across the world will make decisions or innovations that affect the way Hoosiers live. We’ll track the changes so you’re ready for them.

NYT: Climate change is making some parts of the country uninsurable

EPA Unveils New Air Pollution Tracking Tool

Grants available for school field trips to state parks, lakes

IDEM announces grant funding for recycling projects

EPA to hold public meeting on USS Lead Superfund site cleanup

Indianapolis Zoo Launches "Saving Species Challenge"

Land acquisition expands Hills of Gold conservation area

IDEM warns of diminished air quality due to Richmond warehouse fire

Program created to aid smaller Hoosier communities with federal climate and resilience funding

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In The Water

In the Water follows the complex discussions around Indiana’s most traditional energy source. It speaks to everyone from the miners who dig coal from the ground, to environmental activists fighting for coal ash disposal legislation and clean water, to residents whose health has been affected by coal ash pollution.

In The Water

In the Water section 18

After twenty years there are still residents who aren’t connected to municipal water and receive bottled water from NIPSCO.
In The Water

In the Water section 17

The Trump EPA proposed several amendments that were meant to significantly weaken the 2015 Federal Coal Ash Law.
In The Water

In the Water section 16

The cost of using coal to generate electricity is no longer the lowest cost option in many cases.
Climate & Energy

EPA Air Quality Report: National particulate pollution down, but other pollutant levels rising

Climate & Energy

New EPA Rule Would Require Utilities to Clean Up ‘Legacy’ Coal Ash Ponds, Landfills

Rule would strengthen state’s ability to address cleanup of dozens of coal ash ponds.
Climate & Energy

BP Products Agrees to Pay Record $40 Million Penalty to Resolve Allegations it Violated Clean Air Act Again

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By the Numbers

$8.6 million

Money spent by Indiana landowners and land managers annually to manage invasive species in Indiana.

5000

Beekeepers in the state of Indiana

13

Number of ethanol plants in Indiana

100%

Percent of Indiana's disaster relief fund financed by firework sales.

80%

of Hoosiers believe climate change is happening

200MIL

at risk for flooding this spring in the U.S.

With sound science as our base, we present environmental issues in a nonpolitical way. We seek to make science and environmental information available to and useful to all Hoosiers.

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