Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize medical equipment, spices, and other things -- and is responsible for higher lifetime cancer risks near industrial facilities around the country. But many residents living near these plants weren’t told about the risks.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management said proposed changes at the Metalworking Lubricants Co. may reduce pollution. But residents are skeptical anything will change.

A report by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management this week says U.S. Steel violated its permit when it released excess iron into a Lake Michigan waterway last month, causing it to turn a rusty color.

A new study commissioned for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management shows more recycling could spur economic growth in the state. In 2019, only 19 percent of the state's waste was recycled.

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.