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Gov. Mike Braun orders limits on environmental laws, cuts environmental justice from permit criteriaOne order aims to reduce environmental “over-regulation” to help businesses grow and another cuts environmental justice out of decision-making. It's not clear how much they would change.
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A federal grant spurred Indiana to create its first climate plan and the state hoped another grant would put it into action.
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Indiana’s climate action plan prioritizes things like expanding renewable energy and green industrial processes, making buildings more energy efficient, adopting electric vehicles, reducing food waste, and filling out Indiana's urban tree canopy.
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At a public meeting, IDEM officials said that tightening emissions limits on BP's Whiting Refinery would require a change to federal or state laws.
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An outgoing state wetlands employee has joined a growing list of stakeholders that say they weren't consulted on a bill that would reduce wetland protections.
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Northwest Indiana residents and environmental groups want the state to reduce pollution at a steel plant in East Chicago.
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IDEM said little construction has happened on the Riverview Energy site, which is why the company's permit is no longer valid.
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So far, IDEM has found unhealthy levels of PFAS in 19 drinking water utilities — 10 midsize utilities and nine small water utilities.
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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.
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A bill that would use some money for cleaning up gas leaks for upgrades at the state’s airports is headed to the governor’s desk.