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Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long and are being found almost everywhere.

Ball State student research team receives second federal EPA grant for microplastics work

The student team learning how to remove them from wastewater has now been given a total of nearly $125,000.

Terre Haute residents rally against carbon storage project

This week on Noon Edition, we will talk with guests about the carbon sequestration project and what that means for Terre Haute residents.

Kimmie Gordon of Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) overlooks the Little Calumet River at a peaceful spot in the city. Gordon said Gary deserves more spaces like this.

'If not now, then when?' Gary residents seek brighter, cleaner future through Biden's EPA

Rebecca Thiele

Gary’s industrial history has also come with a legacy of pollution.

City utilities violated EPA requirement for drinking water testing

Lucas González

The city said the required monthly sample of total organic carbon in drinking water was not reported to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management because of a shipping error.

Governor’s veto of ethanol warning upheld by Indiana Senate

Associated Press

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.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan announces the EPA's roadmap for addressing PFAS in North Carolina.

EPA lays out plans to address PFAS, some say it doesn't go far enough

Rebecca Thiele

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.

Debra Shore at a river clean up event put on by Friends of the Chicago River.

Chicago water advocate appointed as Great Lakes regional EPA administrator

Rebecca Thiele

President Joe Biden has chosen a new administrator to oversee Region 5 of the Environmental Protection Agency — which covers Indiana and other Great Lakes states.