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September 4, 2018
Indiana Rye Seeds Less Viable This Year, Have Weeds
Rye is a popular cover crop for Hoosier farmers because the seed is cheap. But the plant isn't used to Indiana's warm climate and that affects the quality of the seed produced here.
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2018
Purdue Hopes Invention Will Take Antibiotics Out Of Water
With every sip of water you take, you ingest low levels of chemicals found in drugs like antibiotics. That could be building up your resistance to the life-saving drugs.
Read MoreAugust 31, 2018
Warming Could Make Pests Eat More, Study Says
A recent study shows rising global temperatures are likely to make pests hungrier, but researchers disagree about what impact that would have on Indiana.
Read MoreAugust 29, 2018
State Revises Plan For Spending VW Settlement Money Based On Public Feedback
Indiana received more than $40 million after German automaker Volkswagen violated the Clean Air Act.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2018
City Wants To Speed Up Testing In Franklin
Some residents think contamination from the site could be responsible for rare blood and brain cancers in the area. The Environmental Protection Agency is already collecting samples in the same area.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2018
East Chicago Advocates: Lead Dust Standards Unequal Across Superfunds
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to tighten restrictions on lead dust in homes. But it wouldn't affect those by Superfund sites like USS Lead in East Chicago.
Read MoreAugust 27, 2018
More Than 900 Indiana School Buildings Checked For Lead
Testing completed in May showed about 60 percent of the participating schools had at least one fixture with lead levels above that mark.
Read MoreAugust 23, 2018
ACE Rule Unlikely To Steer Utilities Toward More Coal Says IEA
The Affordable Clean Energy rule is the Trump administration's replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.
Read MoreAugust 21, 2018
How The Rule Replacing The Clean Power Plan Might Affect Indiana
New rules from the Environmental Protection Agency give states the power to set their own goals for greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Read MoreAugust 20, 2018
Public Comment Ending On Commission's Regulatory Power
ORSANCO has proposed leaving the care of the Ohio River largely to the states. The organization would continue its other programs.
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