Articles tagged as: EPA
March 18, 2024
A bill to secure industry use of toxic PFAS is dead – for now. How could it have harmed Hoosiers?
Indiana manufacturers pushed to change the state's definition of toxic PFAS to ensure they can continue using some of those chemicals. That effort failed at the Statehouse. But we'll likely see more legislation like this as manufacturers try to hold on to chemicals the federal government wants to limit.
Read MoreMarch 8, 2024
IDEM says it can't make air pollution permits stricter. Experts say that's only partially true
Former experts with the Environmental Protection Agency say there are some things IDEM could do.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2024
EPA approves construction permit for controversial carbon storage project
The permit will allow Wabash Valley Resources to secure financing for the project and start construction on the injection wells.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2024
Federal government challenges Cummins' claim of no wrongdoing in emissions 'defeat devices'
Indiana engine maker Cummins didn't admit to wrongdoing in the alleged installation of emissions defeat devices on more than 900,000 RAM pickup truck engines over the past decade. The company said it was a defect. In a press conference on Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice pushed back on that statement.
Read MoreDecember 18, 2023
EPA to clean up last of soil at USS Lead in East Chicago. Will residents nearby be safe?
The company doing the work hopes to build a logistics and distribution warehouse where the West Calumet Housing Complex once stood. Residents worry Industrial Development Advantage, LLC could spread that pollution around the neighborhood and recontaminate yards.
Read MoreDecember 14, 2023
Town of Pines residents sign letter urging EPA to ban using toxic coal ash as fill in construction
This comes after a recent EPA risk assessment draft showed exposure to coal ash used as fill can increase peoples risk of cancer and other health issues.
Read MoreDecember 1, 2023
EPA wants all lead drinking water pipes removed in 10 years. Can Indiana utilities do it?
That’s according to a proposed lead and copper rule the agency announced on Thursday in a big move to protect kids and vulnerable people from exposure.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2023
Report: EPA needs to ensure CountryMark, other oil refineries control cancer-causing pollution
Oil refineries emit benzene a chemical that can cause cancer and other health problems. From 2018 to 2021, 25 oil refineries in the U.S. had high levels of benzene at their fence lines for more than two weeks after the plants should have taken action to lower them.
Read MoreJune 12, 2023
EPA aims to ban a cancer-causing chemical found in Franklin, Martinsville and other sites
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to phase out the use of PCE a chemical used in dry cleaning, products like brake cleaners and brake pad glue, and some industrial processes.
Read MoreApril 11, 2023
These industries use Reagan-era standards to control water pollution, groups sue for updates
Every five years, the EPA is supposed to review new pollution control technology and set stricter limits for pollutants as those treatments improve. But the standards for facilities like BP's Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana havent been updated since the '80s.
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