A new report on Superfunds from the Government Accountability Office, says climate change is expected to mean more flooding in Indiana and that could put the states hazardous waste sites at risk.

Officials hope a commission with representatives from Indiana and Illinois will help address problems with the Kankakee River, including flooding and sedimentation.

The group will talk about some of those at their annual Greening the Statehouse event Saturday, Nov. 16.

The tool, called the Hoosier Resilience Index, allows cities to see things like how many days of extreme heat or heavy rain they can expect by 2050.

Seventeen Indiana state park sites will close temporarily on Nov. 18-19 and Dec. 2-3 for a pair of controlled deer hunts.

The Great Lakes region is the best place in the U.S. to put renewable energy sources to get the most health benefits, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The environmental group says some regulated utilities like Duke are self-scheduling coal plants. That means theyre deciding to run coal plants even when energy from the grid is cheaper.

Storms over Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior caused beach erosion, flooding and damage to seawalls and roads.

U.S. Steel has reopened most of the Midwest Plant as of Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The thing that makes woody plants woody is also what makes them hard to turn into fuel a compound called lignin.