The electric power company on March 1 released its compliance data and reporting on the coal ash ponds at the now closed Wabash River Generating Station.

Studies show that people who live in parts of Appalachia where coal mining is prominent have increased health problems.

Federal agencies suspect the contamination is leftover from a former commercial dry cleaning and laundry facility.

For years, environmentalists have said that increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline is hurting the planet. Now, they say they have proof.

The Toxics Release Inventory national analysis released Tuesday found Lake County had 378 toxic releases in 2017, while Porter County had 134.

More than 100 representatives of organizations in the region are in Washington, D.C., this week for an annual gathering in support of funding for priorities such as toxic pollution cleanups and fighting invasive species.

In a recent letter, Mayor Anthony Copeland says he supports a residential cleanup and also sides with the majority of residents who want all of the contamination gone.

Nearly three dozen homes were tested, particularly in an area near a site with a documented history of contamination that has migrated under residences.

Six of more than a dozen mute swans reportedly also had elevated lead levels in their kidneys. Tests for avian influenza, botulism and other toxins were negative.

Now only 48 employees oversee the states more than 4,000 public water systems.