Articles tagged as: air pollution
December 20, 2021
EPA releases 'most ambitious car emissions standards ever'
Transportation is the largest source of the U.S. emissions that contribute to climate change -- and passenger cars and trucks make up more than half of those emissions.
Read MoreDecember 3, 2021
Pollution settlement forces changes at BP's Whiting Refinery, company to pay $500,000
The Hoosier chapter of the Sierra Club and three other environmental groups have reached a settlement with BP for emitting too much particle pollution at its Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2021
What Ellettsville residents should know
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said long-term exposure to ethylene oxide increases your risk for cancers of the white blood cells like non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, and lymphocytic leukemia (chronic or acute). It can also increase the risk for breast cancer in women.
Read MoreJuly 21, 2021
Western Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Action Day Across Indiana
Smoke from wildfires in the western United States and southern Canada, along with local weather conditions, have created the potential for unhealthy levels of fine airborne particles in every region of the state.
Read MoreJune 9, 2021
Logansport To Do Its Own Air Monitoring Near Controversial Zinc Oxide Manufacturing Plant
The city plans to start monitoring air emissions at the wastewater treatment plant before the Waelz Sustainable Products facility begins operating.
Read MoreApril 15, 2021
Sierra Club Wins Lawsuit Against BP For Air Pollution Violations At Whiting Refinery
The Sierra Club has won a lawsuit against BP for pollution violations at its Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana. The plant exceeded its limits for particle pollution from 2015 to 2018 and also failed to do required follow-up tests.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2021
Carbon Emissions Went Back Up As COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted
Though carbon emissions went down during Stay-At-Home orders last year, the pandemic may not have had as much of an effect on air quality in 2020 as we once thought.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2020
Indiana Groups Sue EPA For Not Regulating Certain Steel Mill Pollutants
The Environmental Protection Agency is facing a lawsuit for not setting limits for certain hazardous air pollutants at steel mills -- like mercury and the cancer-causing chemical benzene.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2020
Smoke From Western States' Wildfires Visible To Hoosiers
Although meteorologists are forecasting sunny skies for much of Indiana over the next several days, you may be wondering why things look a bit hazy.
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2020
EPA Applauds Indiana Counties, Cities That Now Meet Air Quality Standards
Since 2017, 26 areas in the Midwest region of the EPA meet air quality standards that they didnt before.
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