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January 22, 2019
Regulators Sign Off On Dairy Farm In Northwestern Indiana
Indiana regulators have a granted a key permit for an organic dairy farm that could become home to more than 4,000 cows in Newton County.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2019
New National Park Push Being Made For Indiana Dunes
The national lakeshore was established in 1966 and now includes about 15,000 acres at the southern end of Lake Michigan.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2019
Indiana Regulators Review Coal Ash Pond Cleanup Plans
Indiana Department of Environmental Management sent letters to utilities in December noting that it can't give approval until utilities show how the plans will control contamination.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2019
Indiana Panel Adopts Rule Making Invasive Plants Illegal
State officials will be educating 350 growers and 3,500 nursery dealers, and the public, about what plants will soon be illegal.
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2019
Newest Indiana Nature Preserve Contains Insect-Eating Plants
The Natural Resources Commission on Tuesday approved designating the more-than-176-acre site as the Lydick Bog Nature Preserve.
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2019
Lawmaker Wants To Continue Indiana Dunes National Park Plan
The U.S. House approved proposal failed to advance from a Senate subcommittee and expired Thursday when the 2-year term of the 115th Congress ended.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2019
IDEM: Overturned Truck Killed More Than 40,000 Fish
In June, a truck owned by MOB Carriers, Inc. overturned off of Interstate 70 near Richmond, spilling about 1,000 gallons of a cosmetic ingredient into Clear Creek.
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2019
Tugboat Crash Causes Coal Barges To Sink In Ohio River
Yet another coal barge has sunk in the Ohio River as a result of a tugboat crash on the Kentucky-Indiana border on Christmas night.
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2019
EPA Says Limits On Mercury, Air Toxics Too Expensive For Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering the reasoning behind its rule that limits air pollutants from coal and oil-fired power plants.
Read MoreDecember 31, 2018
Ban Coyote Contests To Curb Deer Disease, Says Wildlife Group
A wildlife advocacy group says coyotes can help control chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness in deer.
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