Rebecca Thiele
Multimedia Environmental/Energy Journalist, News-
Lower-income Hoosiers are more likely to live in older, less energy-efficient homes that use more power. Advocates say putting solar on these homes lowers their energy bills and reduces the need for more power plants — which all electric utility customers pay for. -
Half of them will be at places like gas stations and shopping centers along major highways and can charge in as little as 20 minutes. The other half can take hours. Those will be at places like city buildings, parks, and attractions like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Children's Museum. -
The standards set by the Biden administration aim to address a kind of pollution that isn't being controlled right now — leaks of toxic heavy metals and fine particles that don't come from a single point like a smoke stack. This pollution puts people living nearby at a greater risk for lung and heart problems as well as certain cancers. -
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to undoits finding that climate change harms people, and eliminate greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks. -
The Trump administration will let two chemical plants in Indiana bypass recent air pollution rules for two years. One of those plants tops the list for biggest polluters in the state — the other puts out barely any pollution, but what it does release is a lot more toxic. -
The agency said the nearly $5 billion loan commitment was "rushed out the door" during the final days of the Biden administration. -
A U.S. senator from Missouri wants to block an electric power line project that would run from western Kansas to Indiana's border with Illinois. -
The Biden administration put out rules last year to help control toxic coal ash in old, unused ponds that hadn't had federal oversight before. But an analysis by the group Earthjustice shows some utilities and landowners might not be following the law. -
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management released the state's initial climate plan last year with the help of a grant from the Biden administration. -
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has identified 10 rules it plans to change or get rid of all together. This comes as a result of Governor Mike Braun's executive order to find efficiencies in state environmental rules.
