Rebecca Thiele
Rebecca Thiele is an energy and environment reporter for our statewide team IPB News. She's based at WFIU in Bloomington.
Before coming to Bloomington, Rebecca worked for WMUK Radio in Kalamazoo, Michigan on the arts and environment beats. She was born in St. Louis and is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Contact Rebecca at rthiele@iu.edu and follow her on X at @beckythiele
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The bill makes several things currently required of IDEM optional — such as setting standards for investigating and cleaning up hazardous waste. -
Well-known Indiana philanthropist Lois Eskenazi passed away last week near her part-time home in Florida at the age of 92. Multiple Indiana leaders expressed their gratitude for her contribution to health and the arts. -
This time of year, you’re more likely to hear coyotes as they look for mates. While they can sometimes be a threat to small pets and livestock, a Purdue University expert said coyotes are mostly harmless and play an important role in the ecosystem. -
Road salt can reduce car accidents on icy winter days. But it often doesn't stay on the road — and that runoff can harm aquatic life in rivers and lakes as well as damage plants and soil. -
Since it launched in May, only about 1,400 Indiana residents have completed applications to save money on things like water heaters and insulation. -
AI data centers need a massive amount of energy to operate 24/7. Multiple Indiana utilities plan to serve them with new natural gas plants or by keeping coal plants open — leading to more air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. -
None of projects the operator approved so far are in Indiana, but at least six in the state are eligible this round. -
At least two major waste companies that serve Indiana now accept those cups in their recycling. -
The average winter temperature has gone up about five degrees for almost every Indiana city studied since 1970. -
The northern Indiana electric utility Indiana Michigan Power wants the state's permission to quickly acquire about twice as much electricity as it has now in order to serve AI data centers. Consumer advocates said that could cost more than $5 billion and it's not clear how much of the cost tech companies would pay.
