Indianapolis is adopting a new way to recycle. The Board of Public Works voted 4-1 in favor of allowing Covanta to build a $45 million facility to sort out recyclables before trash goes to the incinerator.

The federal government has awarded two northern Indiana cities $500,000 for projects to improve Lake Michigan's water quality by filtering the runoff from city life.

A proposal to change how Indianapolis recycles could eventually cost the city millions. According to General Counsel to the City Fred Biesecker, terms of the contract could trigger penalties.

Three information sessions will be open to the public to learn about a proposed program that would let applicants pay a fee for unavoidable impacts to Indiana's streams and wetlands.

The Sierra Club is pressing Indianapolis' local power company to retire a coal-fired power plant that's long been the Hoosier capital's single biggest industrial polluter.

Residents and experts weighed in on the future of recycling in Indianapolis, Wednesday. They gave their opinions on Covanta's proposed $45 million facility that will sort out recyclables before trash goes to the incinerator.

A City County Council Committee is meeting, Tuesday, to discuss a proposed resolution to have Indianapolis Power and Light Company phase out its coal burning sooner. The utility plans to convert two units to natural gas by 2020, but will keep one boiler burning coal until 2034. Those who live near the plant and some doctors say that's too long because of the negative health effects.

A study by Purdue University ecologist Michael Jenkins found that plants in the city-owned Eagle Creek Park showed severe damage caused by deer. Deer hunts have been conducted in state parks over the past 20 years to control their populations, but hunting is prohibited in all Indianapolis parks.

Huge salamanders known as hellbenders or "snot otters" are disappearing from rivers across North America, and scientists are struggling to figure out why.

Those who want to get rid of old, unwanted prescription drugs will soon be able to do so year-round at many pharmacies throughout the state participating in the Yellow Jugs Old Drugs Program.