The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting high ozone levels Tuesday for four regions in the central, southern and western parts of the state.

Smoke from wildfires in the western United States and southern Canada, along with local weather conditions, have created the potential for unhealthy levels of fine airborne particles in every region of the state.

The state approved an air permit for Waelz Sustainable Products last week. Concerned residents said they're disappointed.

Before her appointment to lead Missouri's Department of Natural resources in 2017 Carol Comer was commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

At a time when more Hoosiers are getting outside, the legislature has made even more budget cuts to Indianas underfunded and understaffed environmental agencies.

A bill that originally aimed to remove protections for Indiana's wetlands has undergone some big and somewhat contradictory changes.

If passed, the measure would eliminate a 2003 law that requires the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to issue permits in a state-regulated wetland and end enforcement proceedings against landowners allegedly violating current law.

Environmental groups and some lawmakers worry a bill, HB 1436, could pressure regulators to approve pollution permits they would otherwise deny.

A proposed plant that would turn coal into diesel fuel in southwest Indiana has overcome a legal challenge to its air permit.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is working with two other water quality agencies to collect data and samples for a new project called the White River Mainstem Project.