Articles tagged as: Environmental Protection Agency
October 10, 2016
Group Of Northeastern States Wants EPA To Add Indiana To List Of Smog-Contributors
They want a federal judge to force the EPA to add nine more states, including Indiana, to the group required by law to act together to reduce smog in the Northeast.
Read MoreOctober 5, 2016
East Chicago Residents Search For Answers About Their Health
Lead contamination is the most serious in young children. Because they're still growing, lead is more easily absorbed into their bodies which can delay neurological functions and cause learning and behavioral problems.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2016
Indiana Has More 'Super Polluters' Than Any Other State
Five coal plants in Indiana ranked in the top 100 for both toxic and greenhouse gas pollution - more than any other state.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2016
East Chicago Residents Want More Time, Help To Move From Lead-Tainted Homes
Hundreds of families living in the West Calumet neighborhood have been told to find new homes by November.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2016
New Fuel Rules For Big Trucks Spur New Logistics Markets
The new standards include a 25 percent cut to tractor-trailer emissions and fuel use in the next decade.
Read MoreMay 19, 2016
Coal-Fired Power Plants Balance Business, Environmental Regs
Some, like Indianapolis Power and Light's plant in Indianapolis, are converting to run on natural gas.
Read MoreApril 4, 2016
Tunnels Expected to Solve Sewage Overflow Problem in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne
More than 100 of Indiana's sewage systems need improvements to comply with federal standards, and the Environmental Protection Agency has sued many cities and towns over sewage overflow problems. Some cities are building new sewage overflow tunnels to fix the problem.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2016
State Lawmaker Wants To End Federal Emissions Testing In Northwest Indiana
Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, says it's not fair that Lake and Porter counties are lumped in with metropolitan Chicago.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Will Hear Waters Of The U.S. Challenge
Given the amount of time it takes to go through appeals court, it is unlikely that the case will make it to the Supreme Court before Justice Scalia is replaced.
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2016
Clean Power Plan Stay Has Little Impact On Coal Companies...For Now
Coal industry representatives in Indiana, one of the nation's top coal-producing states, say the Supreme Court's stay of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan has little immediate effect on the state.
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