Government

May 13, 2021

IDEM Commissioner Comments on “Pretty Tough” 2021 Legislative Session

IDEM Commissioner Bruno Pigott addressed Environmental Rules Board about several bills passed by the Indiana Legislature affecting the agency directly.
May 13, 2021

EPA Awards Brownfields Grants to Three Indiana Communities

May 10, 2021

EPA memo calls for strengthened enforcement in polluted communities

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has moved to boost inspections and enforcement in environmental justice areas.
May 5, 2021

New Law Restricts Local Governments’ Ability to Address Climate Change

House Bill 1191, now Public Law 180, takes away local governments’ power to restrict natural gas or set energy-saving regulations on buildings.
April 29, 2021

Governor Signs Bill Repealing Most State Protections for Wetlands into Law UPDATE

New law removes state protections and permitting requirements for more than half of all state wetlands and weakens protections for most remaining wetlands.
April 29, 2021

EPA Tightens Exemption Allowing PFAS Chemicals to Skip Full Chemical Reviews

Obscure Toxic Substances Control Act exemption allowed PFAS chemicals to avoid review.
April 27, 2021

IU Professor Confirmed as EPA Deputy

Janet McCabe was narrowly confirmed by a vote of 52 to 42.
April 27, 2021

Dozens of Groups Ask Governor to Veto Controversial Wetlands Bill

Representatives from more than 100 groups representing tens of thousands of Hoosiers delivered a letter to Gov. Eric Holcomb, asking him to veto a bill that would eliminate state protections for most Indiana wetlands.
April 22, 2021

Groups Want Biden Administration to Scrap Trump Rule on Industrial Polluter Negligence

Rule would allow individual states to determine the level of standard required to prove industrial polluters were negligent in upholding permitting requirements, potentially allowing special interests to influence local enforcement of federal Clean Water Act permits.
April 20, 2021

Inland stream trout season in Indiana opens April 24

Indiana Department of Natural Resources staff have stocked more than 23,000 rainbow trout.
April 20, 2021

Bill establishing state coal ash permitting program heads to the governor

Bill would allow state to apply for a state coal ash permitting program under federal law.
April 13, 2021

House amendment pares down wetland protections

The bill moves to the Senate.
April 8, 2021

Pared Wetlands Bill Removes Protections for Temporary Streams, Adds Exemptions for Croplands

Amendment to Senate Bill 389 excludes ephemeral streams from state protections, reduces mitigation ratios and provides further exemptions for croplands.
March 31, 2021

Indiana investigating second bald eagle death

DNR conservation officers are investigating the shooting deaths of two juvenile bald eagles near Shelburn.
March 31, 2021

Decades of “Missed Opportunities” Exposed Multiple Generations of East Chicago Residents to Lead Contamination, Federal Report Finds

HUD Inspector General report finds department failed for at least 30 years to identify threat to West Calumet Housing Complex residents, despite red-flag reports from other agencies.
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