Articles tagged as: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
March 7, 2022
Governor's veto of ethanol warning upheld by Indiana Senate
The Indiana Senate narrowly upheld a veto that Gov. Eric Holcomb issued last year on a bill that would have required additional labeling for fuel pumps distributing E15, a fuel blend that contains up to 15% ethanol in gasoline.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2022
EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds
The EPA is denying requests by three Midwest power plants to extend operations of leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds. EPA says plants in Indiana, Ohio and Iowa will have to close coal ash ponds months or years ahead of schedule.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2021
What Ellettsville residents should know
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said long-term exposure to ethylene oxide increases your risk for cancers of the white blood cells like non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, and lymphocytic leukemia (chronic or acute). It can also increase the risk for breast cancer in women.
Read MoreOctober 20, 2021
EPA lays out plans to address PFAS, some say it doesn't go far enough
PFAS have been found in everything from carpets, to fast food wrappers, to firefighting foams on military bases -- like Grissom Air Reserve Base near Kokomo.
Read MoreOctober 13, 2021
Chicago water advocate appointed as Great Lakes regional EPA administrator
Debra Shore will replace Kurt Thiede who was appointed during the Trump administration. Shore serves on the board of an agency responsible for wastewater treatment and stormwater management in the Greater Chicago area.
Read MoreApril 28, 2021
Indiana University's Janet McCabe Confirmed As EPA Deputy Administrator
Indiana University's Janet McCabe will officially become the deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Read MoreMarch 16, 2021
EPA Announces Cleanup Plan For Polluted Water, Soil In Martinsville
The agency suspects the water pollution at the Martinsville Superfund site mostly came from a local laundry and dry cleaning business in the 1980s.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2021
EPA Proposes Pollution Cleanup Of Delco Plant Site In Kokomo
The EPA's proposal chiefly aims to clean up high levels of trichloroethene, or TCE, a chemical the federal agency has classified as a carcinogen
Read MoreNovember 10, 2020
Midwest EPA Union Celebrates End Of Trump Presidency
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 said the president's leadership has made it difficult for them to do their jobs.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2020
EPA Crews Wrap Cleanup Of Tainted Site Near Gary Airport
The federal agency said it recently finished the cleanup of the Midco II Superfund Site near the Gary/Chicago International Airport, paving the way for the airport's potential reuse of the Gary site.
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