Indianapolis City County Councilors are calling on IPL to stop burning coal in the city by 2020. But, the electric company says doing so will come on the backs of customers.

The Department of Natural Resources is recruiting applicants interested in becoming Indiana conservation officers.

An Indiana effort to conserve land along the state's waterways has resulted in more than 31,000 acres being permanently protected.

A new solar farm is up and running near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. IMS owns the property and officials say the project is a way to push the state in a new energy direction.

Counties with a quota of three or less per hunter cannot participate in the state's late antlerless hunting season, which this year runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 4.

"I was amazed at how ugly it looked."

Climate change is no laughing matter - except in Indianapolis. Jason Margolis, a correspondent for PRI's The World, explains.

Analysis from the group Environment America shows Indiana dumped more than 17 million pounds of pollutants into its waterways in 2012 - more tonnage than any other state.

Covanta is planning to build a $45 million facility on the Southside to sort recyclables. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard calls it an opportunity for the city to improve its recycling. Right now only about 10 percent of residents participate, and Ballard thinks Covanta can increase that figure to 100 percent.

Indianapolis Department of Public Works is donating a vehicle to the Public Safety Foundation to clean up graffiti around the city. The mobile unit will be tested for the first time Saturday in the Garfield Park neighborhood.