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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 27, 2021

Dalai Lama and Nobel Prize winners urge world leaders to stop using fossil fuels

April 26, 2021

Indiana Youth Move Mountains

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

Will Governor Sign Bill Removing State Protections for More than Half of Indiana Wetlands into Law?

Governor’s office reviewing Senate Bill 389, which eliminates state protections for an entire class of Indiana wetlands and reduces other wetland protections, after approval by both houses of the Indiana Legislature.
April 20, 2021

New study finds undisclosed inert ingredients in popular herbicide killing bumble bees

British researchers found that undisclosed inert ingredients in certain Roundup weedkiller products are highly toxic to bumblebees.
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 19, 2021

Federal judge says BP violated federal limits at its Whiting refinery on Lake Michigan

A federal judge ruled that BP's Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana was legally obligated to remedy the problem and retest emissions but failed to do so.
April 15, 2021

Coal Ash Could Help U.S. Be Competitive in Rare Earth Market

April 13, 2021

House amendment pares down wetland protections

The bill moves to the Senate.
April 12, 2021

Soil Health Urban Farm Tour set for April 23

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.
April 8, 2021

Carbon Market Bill Now Tied to Legal Protections for Unproven Carbon Capture Project

Senate Bill 373 originally set the foundation for a carbon market clearinghouse in Indiana, but could now protect a state-authorized carbon capture and sequestration company from lawsuits.
April 2, 2021

Local Governments, Environmental Organizations Ask Indiana Legislators to Consider Alternatives to Bill Repealing State Wetland Protections

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