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August 20, 2019
Indiana Agency OKs Cleanup Plan For Former Hospital Site
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management wants cleanup work on two areas at the former Reid Hospital complex in Richmond.
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Piping Plovers Rest On Indiana Beaches During Journey South
There are about 75 pairs of Piping Plovers in the Great Lakes population and most of them nest in Michigan.
Read MoreAugust 19, 2019
Wildlife Roam Where US Once Made Nuclear And Chemical Arms
From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States made and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2019
Indiana National Dunes Beaches Closed After Fish Kill
The spill is still under investigation and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management will lead the effort.
Read MoreAugust 15, 2019
Federal Agency To Consider Protections For Lake Sturgeon
The prehistoric fish was once abundant in the Great Lakes but has been reduced to dangerously low numbers by overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction.
Read MoreAugust 15, 2019
Air Pollution Permit Fees To Increase For First Time In More Than A Decade
As coal plants shut down in Indiana, the state gets less money from the air permit fees that companies pay to put pollution in the air.
Read MoreAugust 13, 2019
DNR Confirms Fatal Deer Disease In Clark County, 17 Other Counties Suspected
A dead deer in Clark County has tested positive for a fatal virus called epizootic hemorrhagic disease or EHD.
Read MoreAugust 13, 2019
Report: Great Lakes Cleanups Boost Economic Development
The U.S. and Canada identified 43 "areas of concern" in the 1980s. Work remains to be done on most of them.
Read MoreAugust 12, 2019
UN Climate Report Says Eat Less Meat That'd Mean Big Changes In Indiana
The report says we need to devote less land to raising and feeding livestock and more to capturing emissions through things like cover crops, biofuels, and forests.
Read MoreAugust 12, 2019
How To Have Solar Power And Eat, Too
Purdue researchers are investigating the viability of solar power production on farmland, hoping their work in "aglectric" engineering will balance food and energy production.
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